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Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Class of Discovery
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Class of Discovery is the most in-depth ranger/teacher conducted program at the park. Students become the members of the expedition while they visit the park and participate in hands-on activities to learn what life was like during the time the Corps of Discovery stayed at Fort Clatsop.
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
Online Classroom Visits
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Teachers! Sign up your class for a 30-minute virtual classroom visit from a National Park Service ranger or partnering staff focused on a wide selection of topics such as otters, environmental stewardship, or the history of Upper St. Anthony Falls!
- Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
Learn more and apply now to take part in this free workshop for K-12 teachers of all disciplines.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Classroom Ranger Talk
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
If your class wants to learn more about Ulysses S. Grant but you're not able to visit the park, have no fear. We'll come to you!
Gateway Arch National Park
Frontier Classroom Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Schools were much different in the 1800s compared to today's classrooms. In this traveling trunk, students will join the adventures of four children--Toussaint, Joshua, Catherine, and Jessie--as they experience schools in early St. Louis and on the Western frontier.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Using the Film "Andersonville" in the Classroom
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Popular media, such as books and films, have long been used to teach the story of Andersonville. The 1996 film "Andersonville" continues to be a popular classroom tool. This material is intended to assist teachers in clearly identifying historical reality versus Hollywood illusion and aiding students to think critically about the portrayal of historic events.
Acadia National Park
Phenology for Upper Elementary Classes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Phenology is the study of when natural cues in the environment happen and how those cues can change over time. This unit ranges from seed dispersal, to plant identification, to invasive species.
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Field Trip With Your Class
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Bring your students to Yellowstone for an educational experience of a lifetime. Park Rangers may be able to offer free ranger-led activities for organized groups such as K-12 school groups visiting the park on topics such as geology, geysers, wildlife, ecology, or history.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Pathways to Equality: Traveling History Classroom
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This Traveling History Classroom contains a hands-on study of the antislavery movement and Quakers, and how they influenced the First Women's Rights Convention. It includes a study guide that used documents, images, diary and letter excerpts, and reproduction items and clothing to explore how Quakers and antislavery reformers brought about the Seneca Falls Convention.
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Slavery Systems in America, a classroom lesson
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will use Kingsley Plantation as a setting to explore how slave systems in Florida varied under the Spanish, British, and American rule.
Acadia National Park
Outdoor Classroom: Weather K-2
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This unit introduces K-2 students to the concept of weather and how it influences their lives and the communities around them. Using tools, students observe, discuss, measure, record, data on wind, precipitation and temperature.
César E. Chávez National Monument
César’s Road, Rangers in the Classroom Program
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Many people have heard of César Chávez and how he fought for rights and justice for agricultural workers, but what were the conditions that nurtured his activism? Our education rangers guide students in a math activity that puts them in César's shoes, showing how difficult it was for migrant farmworkers to have stable housing. Finally, they learn how César Chávez fought for better conditions for farmworkers.
César E. Chávez National Monument
The Power of One, Rangers in the Classroom Program
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This program introduces students to the story of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Students explore how the impact of one person can be magnified through coalition-building and collective actions. After a short presentation on the life of César Chávez , students brainstorm ways to confront injustice and compare them to the methods César Chávez used in organizing farmworkers, The lesson culminates in a collaborative math activity.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will learn about the Great Lakes and be introduced to the ecological impact of invasive species in this region. An optional pre-site program is designed to orient students to terminology used by land managers when controlling invasive species. Students will watch the virtual program in which National Park Service rangers will talk about the Great Lakes and introduce the concept of invasive species to classrooms. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist focus on sea lamprey and their control.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Traveling Trunks: Bringing Kennesaw Mountain to the Classroom
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our traveling trunks are packed with items that facilitate a connection between students and the experiences of soldiers and civilians during the Civil War.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Battle of Cowpens – Reader’s Theater Script for Classroom
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The student will be able to: ●Identify key people in the battle and in the Revolutionary War ●Summarize the immediate and long term outcomes of the battle ●Summarize the role of geography in the battle ●Identify the effects of Morgan’s leadership style ●Summarize backcountry attitudes towards the British (in late 1780/early 1781)
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Ranger Classroom Visit (3rd-5th Grade)
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Bring the park to you with our Rangers in the Classroom programs! Our Park Rangers will come to your classroom with interactive activities that were designed to meet Louisiana Believes learning standards.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Ranger Classroom Visit (K-2nd Grade)
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Bring the park to you with our Rangers in the Classroom programs! Our Park Rangers will come to your classroom with interactive activities that were designed to meet Louisiana Believes learning standards.
Stones River National Battlefield
The Stones River Classroom: Ranger Guided Field Trip
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
You may select one or more of our Field Trip Programs for your visit. Curriculum standards listed represent the most common standards met by our programs. Park rangers can work with teachers to develop customized programs to meet other standards.
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Minuteman Missile Field Trip - Class Size of 18 or less
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site welcomes school groups for ranger-guided tours. Depending on group size, students may tour the visitor center, Launch Control Facility Delta-01 and/or the Delta-09 missile silo.