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Gettysburg National Military Park

Artillery & Teamwork: The 9th Massachusetts Battery AND The Round Tops: A Critical Look

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

Battlefield Footsteps is a program that focuses on character traits that can be learned from the Battle of Gettysburg. Teachers select one of three traits to focus on: leadership, courage, or determination. Students will then "walk in the footsteps" of one of three different units while discovering their roles and action in the battle. The units can be either the 9th Massachusetts Battery (Courage); the 15th Alabama (Determination); or 6th Wisconsin (Leadership)

Gateway Arch National Park

Law Merit Badge

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Does protecting the law involve bravery? Does telling the truth equal courage? Investigate the judicial system and its important role in our society. Scouts re-enact a historic trial and debate contemporary issues. An attorney and a National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger will discuss their roles and responsibilities in society.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Grade 3-8 Harriet Tubman, Brave Woman or Just Plain Crazy?

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

To better understand Harriet Tubman's decisions in the larger context of the institution of slavery. What led Tubman to escape slavery and to return to rescue her family and friends? What factors led other enslaved people to remain in their conditions? Was Harriet Tubman's decision a product of personal courage, her situation as an enslaved woman facing sale, or a grave risk?

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.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Read with a Park Ranger, Buffalo Soldier Stories

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Our Read with a Ranger program allows students to explore the stories of the Buffalo Soldiers. Discover their adventures out west and the various National Parks they cared for. Learn about where the Buffalo Soldiers served, who inspired them, and what they accomplished between 1866 and the Korean War. The various books are suitable for grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Contains lessons of courage, bravery, and resilience.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Pickett's Charge: A Critical Look

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

Battle, as shown by "Pickett's Charge", was a sad, costly, and frightening experience during which soldiers exhibited many examples of courage, devotion, fighting ability and fear. The Pickett's Charge student education program seeks to personalize the battle by having each student focus on the life and sacrifice of one soldier. By role-playing the soldiers in one regiment involved in the infantry assault, it is hoped that the emotional context of battle is revealed.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Cows in the Campground - Pre-Visit Writing Activity

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

Students will read about the community of the Niobrara Valley prior to their field trip to develop an understanding of the significance of development and its co-existence with preservation of a natural resource. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interrelationships contained in the river system by writing a descriptive essay based on an essay prompt of their choice.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Intercultural Kinship

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

Lewis Garrard's ten-month journey on the Santa Fe Trail put him in contact with a variety of southwestern cultures. This lesson offers a chance to reflect on how family unions across cultures both helped and hindered successful operation of the Bent, St. Vrain, & Co. during the 1840s.

George Washington Carver National Monument

Overcoming Obstacles: George Washington Carver’s Pathway to Education

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

At about 10-12 years of age, George Washington Carver left Diamond, Missouri to pursue an education. This photo was taken around the time he set out on his own.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Self-Guided Gallery Tours

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

Photos, exhibits and interpretive media are combined to offer a summary of hardships due to racial injustice. Explore interactive exhibits relating to the Civil Rights Movement that followed in the wake of the decision in the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education gallery. Appropriate for ages 12 and up only.

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Exploring the Anza Trail

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

Welcome to Exploring the Anza Trail, an interdisciplinary program specifically designed for 3rd and 4th grade students. Through a series of hands-on activities, writing and drawing assignments, and a dramatic 50-minute presentation, students put themselves in the shoes of a colonist on the Anza Trail to explore the universal concepts of overcoming obstacles, using resources, and seeking a better life.