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Hot Springs National Park

Careers in Parks

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

Students will learn from a ranger about careers in the National Park Service, from studying park history and science (Resource Management), protecting features and visitors (Law Enforcement), building and maintaining infrastructure (Maintenance), and sharing the nation's stories (Interpretation).

Gettysburg National Military Park

Field Hospital: Caring for the Wounded

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

The Battle of Gettysburg is well known for its stories of courage and bravery on the battlefield. Lesser known is the story of the medical personnel, Union and Confederate, who had by 1863 greatly improved their bases of knowledge and organization to save lives and improve living conditions for the sick and wounded of the war. This program focuses on what happened to the sick and wounded Civil War soldiers before, during, and especially after battles.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Caring For Our Forests - A Legacy of Stewardship

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is a Global Studies and English unit that is ideally designed as part of a forest-focused, across the curriculum unit, which would complement work being done in the subject specific areas of math, science, and physical education of a typical middle school in Vermont. This unit could also stand on its own in terms of a place-based unit using forests as its focal point

Grand Teton National Park

Behind the Flat Hat: Ranger Careers

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

With Grand Teton National Park as the backdrop, students learn how classroom subjects apply to real life jobs with the national parks, as they explore careers in law enforcement, wildlife science, trail work, and more.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 9-12: Career Day

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

Interview a ranger about a variety of National Park Service careers. Explore career options in science, law enforcement, search & rescue, teaching, graphics editing, management, accounting, history, cultural lands management, motor vehicle repair, heavy equipment operation, several trades, public policy, and more! Programs are tailored to each school’s needs. (45 minutes)

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Communities Care in National Parks! Grades 2 and 3

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Explore communities through National Parks! Students will learn the types of communities that use National Parks and compare them to their own. We will also discuss the role of community members and how we work to solve problems in our National Parks.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Virtual Visit: Career Day - Park Ranger - 5-8th Grade

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

Join a Park Ranger live and explore the amazing jobs of Park Rangers! Students will explore the many jobs a Park Ranger may have including scientist, law enforcement, tour guides, educators, archeologist, and more. At the end, students can chat with a Park Ranger and ask questions about working in our National Parks.

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Commercial and Non-Industrial Occupations Post-Visit 2: Research Careers of Entrepreneurs

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

Students will be able to describe at least one entrepreneur or businessman/woman from the local area in the 19th and 20th century.

Where Does Food Come From? - Agriculture and Animal Care at Oxon Hill Farm

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Learn where your food comes from by exploring historic Oxon Hill Farm. This Field Trip is geared to Pre-K through 3rd grade but is also available for 4th grade and up.

Mālama Maui

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Mālama means to care for. This activity helps us to remember ways we can care for the environment on our special island.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Triage after the Battle

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

The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar with the healing and patient care required for returning soldiers to battle.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - The Artist: Yucca and Cactus

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

Focusing on Carver's career choice and the impact it made on the lives of others, this lesson concludes with students creating a floral relief sculpture.

Acadia National Park

Fire and Ice: Discovering Acadia's Geologic Past (5th-8th Grade)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

With a new found knowledge and appreciation of Acadia's geology, students will discuss ways they can help take care of the geologic resources in the park.

Glacier National Park

It Was a Very Good Year

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

Students learn to reconstruct history through the careful examination of tree-rings, and then construct a tree-ring representation of their own life history.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Man of Many Hats

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

This lesson examines the career of William Howard Taft through the many different characteristics often associated with other Presidents as well as Supreme Court leaders. William Howard Taft's career in public service exemplifies a man with great integrity, who wore many hats when making crucial decisions that affected the well being of the American People.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross

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

Follow Barton's remarkable career as a leader of charitable causes, from caring for the wounded on Civil War battlefields to founding the American Red Cross. The lesson could be used in teaching units on 19th- and early-20th-century American history, especially as related to social change during the period. It also could be used to teach about the history of women in the United States.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Abraham Lincoln: Savior of the Union

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Born in a small cabin, he rose to the White House. Follow Abraham Lincoln on his adventure to learn and save the nation he so cared about.

Glacier National Park

Stewards of the Land

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

Students learn about the four main tribes associated with the Glacier area. Then watch videos with tribal leaders and elders talking about their tribe’s relationship to Glacier National Park and why they feel it’s important to take care of the park. Students will reflect/discuss messages in the videos and write a contemporary story that teaches about caring for the Earth. Homework: Student Reading 1: People and Glacier National Park.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

What is Preservation?: 4th – 5th grade

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What is the difference between preservation and restoration? How do people help preserve the past in their daily lives? Students will learn about the concept of “preservation” and the careers that work in preservation.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Seals of Glacier Bay Lesson One: Flipper Feet

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

*What characteristics distinguish seals from sea lions? *How can careful observation lead to a better understanding of an animal? *How are seals and sea lions similar and different?