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Cowpens National Battlefield

Kids in Colonial Times

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

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Cowpens National Battlefield

Colonial Games

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

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Alaska’s Matanuska Colony

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

The New Deal reform, recovery, and relief programs changed the relationship between American’s and their government in revolutionary ways. The Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) were programs to get displaced families off relief. More than eighty years after the Matanuska Colony was established much of it remains to tell the story of the New Deal resettlement program in Alaska.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Colonial Correspondence Material

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

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Cultural Legacy of Spanish Colonialism

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

Are you teaching your students to identify cultural contributions and perspectives? Are you looking for an opportunity to share how the age of exploration and European colonialism influenced early America? Invite Park Rangers from Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas into your classroom through live video conferencing!

Cowpens National Battlefield

Then and Now (Colonial Comparison Student Activity)

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Using replicas of common items, students try to identify the objects and determine the purpose.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Colonial Games 2nd and 3rd Grade

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A Moravian Settlement in Colonial America

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

Learn why Moravians immigrated to the New World and how the towns they established embodied their religious beliefs.

Digging into the Colonial Past: Archeology and the 16th-Century Spanish Settlements at Charlesfort-Santa Elena

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

Both France and Spain raced to settle and control the southern coast of North America. On a small island off the coast of present-day South Carolina lie the ruins of Charlesfort, the French outpost for a year, which later became Santa Elena, a Spanish colonial town from 1566 to 1587. The site has been abandoned now for more than 400 years.

Haleakalā National Park

Every Kid Outdoors

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

In this lesson, haumāna (students) will learn about the Jr. Ranger program and the Every Kid Outdoors program that allows 4th graders and their family and friends into federal lands, parks and waterways for free. At the end of the program haumāna will earn their Every Kid Outdoors passes.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

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

Students will learn the National Park Service mission while getting an overview of Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP. They will understand the different types of parks within NPS and how many are within a close distance of where they live. They will learn about the different types of jobs park rangers do.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

A Kid's Life in Atlanta

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

This interactive program takes children back in time to see what life was like for a 10 year old girl during the siege of Atlanta.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

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

Attention 4th grade educators! Did you know your 4th grade students can obtain a pass to visit National Parks for free? This virtual program will take your students on a virtual nature walk to explore Lyndon B. Johnson NHP and learn how to obtain an Every Kid Outdoors Pass.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors (EKO)

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

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park would like to invite you and your 4th grade class for a virtual presentation of the NPS Every Kid Outdoors program! Completion of this program entitles fourth grade students to a free one-year pass to National Park sites.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

National Park Fair: Kids Teaching Kids about Our National Parks

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Inspire students and their families to discover America's best idea: our national parks. Students research a national park and create a visitor center display with souvenir items to share with their classmates.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

A Kid's Life in Atlanta Virtual Program

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

In this virtual program, students will be able to learn about the life of Carrie Berry, a 10 year old girl who lived during the Union siege and occupation of Atlanta, GA in 1864. Through her diary as a primary source and interaction with a park ranger, students will have opportunities to compare and contrast their own experiences with Carries.

Gateway Arch National Park

Every Kid Outdoors 4th Grade program

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

Gateway Arch National Park would like to invite you and your 4th grade class for a FREE visit to the park through the Every Kid Outdoors (EKO) program! Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, transportation costs will be paid in full. Your visit will include a ranger-led museum program and FREE rides to the Top of the Gateway Arch.

Petrified Forest National Park

Every Kid In a Park - Exploring Public Lands and Waters

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

Every Kid in a Park: Grade 4, 30 minutes in the park (45-60 min pre-visit lesson) Students meet a ranger in the park for a 30 minute question and answer session. This program can be conducted at any overlook or trail in the park. 4th grader passes are issued to the class at the end of the program.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Every Kid Outdoors Field Trip (4th Grade)

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

Are you a 4th grade teacher? Interested in Ulysses S. Grant and Civil War history? The Every Kid Outdoors program offers the chance for your classroom to visit Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site for a free field trip, all travel expenses paid.

Natchez Trace Parkway

Read with a Ranger If You Were a Kid During the Civil War

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

Are your early elementary students interested in history and the Natchez Trace? This program employs a story of two friends, a boy and a girl, to teach young people about the injustices which occurred during the Civil War. This program also ties these themes to the Natchez Trace and its history during the Civil War and the role the Natchez Trace played in preserving slavery.