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Olympic National Park

Aspect, Treeline, and Climate

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this activity, students will learn about the factors that determine the location of the treeline in different locations in the world. The elevation of treeline is affected by the combined effects of snowpack depth, minimum winter temperatures, aspect, and soil moisture conditions. Treeline varies by latitude, but is also affected by whether it is an arid, temperate, or tropical climate.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Everglades National Park

"What's So Special?" Environment: 4-6 Grade

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will draw a favorite plant, animal, or activity common to the Everglades environment and explain, in writing, the reason they chose it. This will help students recognize and identify one valuable aspect of a national park’s environment, and draw conclusions as to why they value that aspect of the environment.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Family Ties (Post Visit)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Teacher will lead a discussion on what aspects of President Cllinton's early years were similar or different than the student's experiences.

Interacting With Yorktown Through Poetry

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson plan students will interact with Yorktown Historical documents to obtain a better understanding of the history of Yorktown and aspect free verse poetry.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Life of a Soldier

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Life for a soldier of the Atlanta Campaign wasn't easy! This guided program allows students to experience various aspects of that life with the help of a ranger or living historian.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Legacy of the Homestead Act

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In "The Legacy of the Homestead Act," students will identify aspects of text that reveal an author's point of view and produce their own presidential speech about the Homestead Act.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Virtual Scavenger Hunt- High School Level

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Participants will navigate different online sources, using the links provided, to answer the questions about the key details of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and important aspects of the larger Women’s Movement.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Virtual Scavenger Hunt- Middle School Level

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Participants will navigate different online sources, using the links provided, to answer the questions about the key details of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and important aspects of the larger Women’s Movement.

Introduction to the Kecoughtan People: "Home" in an Indigenous Tidewater Virginia Town

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson introduces students to the Kecoughtan people, an Indigenous Tribe that was located in what is now Hampton, Virginia. Students will examine the idea of "home" by learning about different aspects of life in the Kecoughtan's town.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Searching for the Past: A Scavenger Hunt at Kingsley Plantation

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Through developing background knowledge and researching information about Kingsley Plantation, students will become familiar with the historical aspect of the plantation with respect to the layout and rich history that is right here near our home.

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Cape Lookout Lighthouse Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This traveling trunk will teach students about this important aspect of our maritime history. Through journals, hands-on artifacts, and classroom activities, your class can experience some of the daily activities of a lighthouse keeper.

Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The lesson can be used in units on the history of westward movement or multiculturalism in America. The lesson can help students understand how Americans modified the Californio building style, at the same time adopting aspects of that style and way of life.

César E. Chávez National Monument

Cesar Chavez-A Man of Integrity

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

“A Man of Integrity” is a ranger-led education program that introduces students to various aspects of the life of Cèsar Chávez and the farm worker’s movement. Through three discovery stations, students will have an opportunity to experience the world of Cèsar Chávez and the United Farm Workers.

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Assiniboine Children

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Fort Union epitomizes the mutually advantageous interaction of American Indian and European American cultures associated with the fur-trading empire on the Upper Missouri region of the American frontier. This reference document describes aspects of Assiniboine life, Assiniboine childhood, and the tools used by adults.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (3rd - 5th)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (6th - 8th)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (9th - 12th)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 8 Occupation Cards

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This unit introduces the students to 14 people in occupations associated with the National Road through occupation cards that are for the students to read. Many people worked along the National Road, transporting, feeding and caring for travelers. The reason for travel also varied. These occupation cards allow the students to discover what types of people worked and traveled the National Road. Each National Road occupation is associated with a biography card from the previous section.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

1st Kansas Colored Infantry 7th & 8th Grade

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Statue of African American Civil War soldier