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Fort Larned National Historic Site
El Hombre
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Juan travels with his father from Santa Fe to Hays, Kansas, helping with the trade caravan along the way.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Election Year 1860
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
How can artifacts help us understand a person or time period? Join us from your home or classroom to learn how artifacts help keep the Lincolns story alive!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this program, students learn how the 1844 Presidential election influenced the U.S.-Mexican War. In addition, students will better understand the importance of voting.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Chaos in Early Kansas Elections
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
People of Kansas Territory could decide by popular vote whether or not to have slavery or not when they entered the Union. Both sides sent settlers to Kansas to sway the outcome of this decision. Chaos ensued.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Black Resistance through Election Day
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students analyze primary sources to learn about the history of Black Election Day and the ways enslaved people resisted their enslavement in Massachusetts.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
When War Hits Home: The Ohio & Erie Canal Town of Peninsula, and the Civil War Election of 1864
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
By investigating how the Civil War impacted one small canal town in Ohio, students find connections to the history of their own hometown, which may help them look to the future.
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Push and Pull Factors
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Leaving one’s country can be tough! This lesson plan explores the different reasons why individuals and immigrant communities would elect to move from one country to another.
Grand Canyon National Park
Japanese Americans at Grand Canyon - Bellboys and WWII Heroes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
From bellboys at El Tovar Hotel to highly decorated war heroes in 442nd Regimental Combat Team, learn about stories like George Murakami's that provide a window into the Japanese American experience at Grand Canyon.
- Type: Student Activities ... Online Galleries ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In this four-part video series, Park Ranger Nick Sacco examines the history of voting rights in the United States. The first three videos focus on changes, progressions, and setbacks in voting rights during the 19th Century, while the fourth video explores debates over voting rights and fair elections in the present.
Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Finding a Home Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will: describe some of the feelings immigrants faced when deciding on a new settlement in the United States; contrast the benefits and drawbacks of living in a new location when determining a place to live and compare that to the choices immigrants make past and present; and formulate several reasons why immigrants elected to live in selected areas.
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of The United States
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Introduce the three branches of government. Explain, in depth about the Executive branch and the duties of the President. Ask students if they know who was the 42nd President. Create a KWL chart for requirements to become President of the United States. Research the requirements. Create an election poster as if you are competing for the Presidency, demonstrating that they have the proper requirements to run for office.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
George Washington: Father of the Nation
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn who George Washington was and how he contributed to the creation and foundation of the United States. Specifically, students will learn about Washington’s role in the American Revolution, and the example he set for future presidents. Additionally, while this will focus on George Washington, student will also begin to gain an understanding of different systems of government, and why America elected to be a democracy.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
War Has Been Declared: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Graphic Fractions
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The teacher will introduce the concept of voting. Lead whole group discussion of voting questions, such as "When will a woman be elected President of the United States". Poll students on a pre-selected group of issues, followed by a showing of the "graphing" video (see link). Divide the class into small groups or pairs to create graphs. Once graphs are posted around the classroom, each student will individually formulate fractions from each of the graphs for credit.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Nation Divided: Middle School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The United States was still a new country in the 1800s; a new country with a lot of growing pains. Students will experience the growing tension between the country's North and South. They will study maps and apply the information to make a chart of states that were considered free or slave status. They will work together to read and analyze primary documents written about states' rights, nullification, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of 1860.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
When Dwight Eisenhower ran for president in 1952, the United States was embroiled in the Korean War. Eisenhower pledged, if elected, he would go to Korea and find a way to bring the fighting to an end, calling his mission a “crusade for peace.” This program will utilize primary sources such as speeches, historic photographs, and special artifacts in the Eisenhower NHS Museum collection to examine Eisenhower’s dedication to peace in his first year as president.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Nation Divided: High School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Using their background knowledge of the tensions between the North and the South, students will dive further into the effects of the conflicts that ultimately led to the Civil War. Students will watch short NPS videos from rangers in Bleeding Kansas and Harper's Ferry. They will explore NPS articles and primary documents regarding popular sovereignty and the Election of 1860. Students will use visual arts to go into President Abraham Lincoln's shoes and deliver their own acceptance speech.