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Petrified Forest National Park
Simulated Archeology Dig
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students engage in archeological field techniques while learning to measure, map, and identify artifacts of the ancestral Puebloan culture. Group size is limited to 25 students.
Petrified Forest National Park
Simulated Fossil Dig
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
During this field trip, students experience the thrill of discovery while learning how to see the bigger picture of an ancient ecosystem. They will map, measure, and identify fossilized remains of Late Triassic animals. Group size is limited to 25 students.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this lesson, students will explore 'fossils' by using chocolate chip cookies in an interactive fossil dig! Through creative problem-based learning that incorporates teamwork, students will work in collaborative groups to create an informational presentation about paleontology. After completing this group project, the students will be able to relate to paleontologists while understanding the significance of paleontology.
Everglades National Park
"Algae: It Feeds, Kills and Dies" Plant Activities: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Plant" unit is broken into six lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
- 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.
First State National Historical Park
Saving the Past, Shaping the Future
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will experience historic preservation through immersive digital tools to explore artifacts, read letters, hear stories, and connect with Delaware's history.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Essex County Educator Webinar (Outdated)
- Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
Join us on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm (EST) for a virtual webinar highlighting new digital resources for educators on the history of slavery and freedom in Salem, Massachusetts.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Investigate Mission 2000 Records
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Original, primary source text from mission records have been translated and digitized into a searchable database called Mission 2000. Students will use the online database to trace a person's life events, family members, occupation, and tribe.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Archeology at Fort Stanwix, On-Site Education Program
- Type: Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What can we learn from the trash and lost objects of the past? “Dig in” to the stories of the past as we prepare objects for the future!
Arches National Park
Forces & Tools
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students use digging sticks, throw atlatls, make fire with bow drills, and use rock wedges to explore the affects of friction and gravity on objects.
Lowell National Historical Park
The Same, Only Different Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this engaging program, students follow the correspondence between two 2nd-grade students from Lowell who become connected (as “digital pen-pals”) through a school project. As they share insights into their families, hobbies, and cultural traditions, the students realize that even though their lives may appear to be different, they have more in common than they initially thought. This program is designed for the 2nd grade.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Culture and Community
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students will look at reasons why people immigrate and settle in new places and how that is oftentimes connected to the need for jobs. Students will choose an ethnic community whose members either came to work in and around Rhode Island mills (or a modern-day culture in their town) and create a poster honoring that community's impact using Adobe Spark (if looking for a digital option) or on a piece of paper (if looking for a hands-on option).
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
LESSON 11: OD POR ODELIA
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Od Por Odelia was written by LeRoy Etienne as an ode to his mother who told him this story. In the tale an old man sells her rotten bananas. But dishonest conduct brings bad luck, and the old man dies soon thereafter.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Excavations and excavation tools are designed to answer greater questions about the past. Students will review a working excavation, and see some of the methods that archeologists employ at active dig sites. The discussions are built around the ethics of stewardship and can expand to topics on the environment, sustainability, and responsibility.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A picture of a statue at Kelly Ingram Park called The Four Spirits. This statue honors the lives of the 4 girls who died in the dynamite blast at 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Photo courtesy of the Alabama Tourism Department, Chris Granger (photographer).
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Layers in Time
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks were once home to over 3,000 Monache American Indians. Visit the ancient home of the Monache at Hospital Rock; explore their rock art, their cooking areas, and more. Participate in a mock archaeological dig on a pre-trip classroom program! Uncover the rich cultural history of the Kaweah River region.
Gateway Arch National Park
Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Death Traps
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This scripted slideshow for teachers describes the process by which animals have died and become fossilized in waterholes, influenced by a severe drought. It compares two sites, separated by 13 million years: Agate Fossil Beds and the Badlands. It is designed to teach students the principles relating to the behavior, habitat and survival of living animals; as well as scientific study of past life forms known as fossils; and severe climatic events.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Ike and the Men of D-Day (Virtual Program)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Explore the "Great Crusade" with General Eisenhower and the Men of D-Day in this virtual education program. Students will discover the events of D-Day through the leadership principles of General Eisenhower and the sacrifices of real soldiers who fought and died on D-Day. This program gives students a chance to examine primary source documents and research real D-Day casualties who are buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Neither Cold Nor A Harbor: Archeology and a Civil War Soldier’s Experience at the Battle of Cold Harbor
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In June of 1864, the soldiers at Cold Harbor had to make use of the limited resources they had to survive. They used repurposed materials and their own hands to dig trenches and earthenwork mounds that would protect them from gunfire and mortar shells. This lesson plan combines artifact and map inquiry to learn about the Civil War landscape. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.