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DBQ Essay: Effects of Spanish Rule

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

Students will interpret the meaning of documents and write an essay that demonstrates their understanding of the effects of Spanish colonial rule in Florida.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver National Monument 3rd & 4th Grade Art and Essay Contest

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

George Washington Carver National Monument preserves the birthplace and childhood home of George Washington Carver, renowned scientist, educator, and humanitarian. Carver was a prolific writer and artist. This contest strengthens writing skills and encourages artistic expression.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Family Tradition

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

Students will organize their thoughts with one of the enclosed graphic organizers, the write an essay on a family member that inspires them. Students will read aloud to a peer and collaboratively work together to improve the writing. During Art period, students will design a colored cover sheet for their essay. Completed essays will be displayed in the hallway.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Cows in the Campground

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

By exploring the community of the Niobrara valley students will develop an understanding of the significance of development and its hand in hand existence with preservation of a natural resource students will: understand the interrelationships contained in the river system and write a descriptive essay, Two alternative essay assignments are also included.

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.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Why Visit His Home?

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

Using a four square graphic organizer, draft, edit and publish a persuasive essay OR draft a speech to persuade OR create a Prezi to persuade the observer to visit the birthplace home of President Clinton.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Art Criticism and Mount Rushmore

• Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Through reading the essay, "The White Bird," by John Berger, students will learn about the qualities of art and how art can shape human perception. They will then use this to help reflect on Mount Rushmore as art.

Death Valley National Park

Comparing Desert Habitats Post Trip Activity

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

Students will reflect on their field trip to Death Valley. Drawing from their experience in the park, students will compare and contrast two habitats. Utilizing the information collected through a graphic organizer, the students will write a compare and contrast essay on the Mesquite Sand Dunes and Salt Creek.

Andersonville National Historic Site

Contributions relating to the causation and prevention of disease, and to camp diseases; together with a report of the diseases, etc., among the prisoners at Andersonville, Ga

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This report by the non-governmental U.S Sanitary Commission is devoted to a series of medical issues pertaining to the Civil War. A third of the book is devoted to Andersonville, written by Confederate surgeon Joseph Jones, M.D. Portions of his essay are derived from the report he attempted to suppress at the end of the war.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River

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

40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

The Write Stuff

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

After the field trip to Craters, students use their field notebooks and knowledge they have gained through pre-trip activities to write two papers.

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.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Anna Kingsley A Teacher's Guide

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

This lesson traces Anna Kingsley’s life through official documents and interpretation.