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Glacier National Park

The Bear Facts

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

Explore the ranges and habitats of different types of bears.

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.

Craft Production to Factory Production

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

Before the Industrial Revolution, craftsmen made most tools, furniture, and other goods by hand. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the job of creating an object was broken down into many steps, each of which was done by a different person. The advantage is that single tasks could be done over and over, faster than when one person did everything start to finish

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories

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

The lesson could be used in teaching units on the industrialization of the United States, the development of science and technology, or social change in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Students will discover how Edison systematized the process of inventing, allowing for the rapid development and production of inventions that improved the lives of millions of people.

Lowell National Historical Park

Farm to Factory Production: Making a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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

Students will compare making a sandwich on a farm before the Industrial Revolution and today to understand the changes that have occurred over the last 200 years. Students should understand that 200 years ago on New England farms people had to make what they needed by hand. Many products readily available to us today were not available back then.

I Know That Tune! Folk Music, Traditions, Opinions, & Historical Facts

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

Learn how public opinion influences the way historic events are remembered via music. Study several historic songs and why and how they changed over time. Rewrite a modern song to reflect recent history.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

The Real Harriet Tubman: Separating Myth from Fact Post-Visit Activity

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

Born into slavery in early 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman gained international acclaim during her lifetime as an Underground Railroad agent, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, suffragist, and humanitarian. Disabled by a near fatal head injury while enslaved, Tubman rose above horrific childhood adversity to emerge with a will of steel. Tubman transcended victimization to achieve personal and physical freedom from her oppressors.

Acadia National Park

Migration Friendly School

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

To engage students in identifying positive and negative factors affecting bird migration. Students will also create an action plan to address any negative factors present on the school campus

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

In a Word (Post Visit)

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

Introduce President Clinton as a Hope native. Students will research his life and presidency. Add facts to sticky notes and place on wall or board for everyone to view. Students will create a poster or pamphlet using "sticky note facts".

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Habitats

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

•Describe the 5 major biomes on Earth •Describe the factors that make up a successful habitat

Haleakalā National Park

Biological Diversity Field Study

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Understand that biodiversity of an ecosystem depends on many interconnected factors and that an effect on one factor can influence all the others. 2. Name three reasons why people should care about the loss of endemic species.

Haleakalā National Park

And Then There Were None

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

Haleakalā National Park preserves one of the only intact examples of a native Hawaiian ecosystem. This lesson will be a review of native species that live in the park. Students will play a game to explore (positive and negative) factors that impact native ecosystems and how those factors impact the populations of a species.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Meals for Mammoths

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will use factor label equations to calculate how much food a Mammoth would need to eat.

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Go exploring with Flat Ranger

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

Students will be able to: research facts about National Parks present information to the class participate in an individual or group project

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

No Dinosaurs Here, Only Mammals!

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

Join an Education Ranger as they introduce students to several species of mammals that once roamed the Nebraska plains during the Miocene epoch some 26-15 Million Years ago. Learn about how climate change, geology and other environmental factors contributed to the evolution and extinction of these species. And some other fun facts as well!

Back Stairs at Brucemore: Life as Servants in Early 20th-Century America

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

Understand the "servant" experience in early 20th-century America, as well as the pros and cons for women working in factories versus domestic service.

Everglades National Park

“Going… Going… Gone!” Water: 4-6 Grade

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

The students will be able to: a) list two of the factors involved in the extinction of small populations, and b) differentiate between an individual organism, a species, and a population.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)

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

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Haleakalā National Park

Species in Danger

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Identify endemic and endangered species in Maui and explain why native habitats are critical to the survival of these species. 2. Understand that biodiversity of an ecosystem depends on many interconnected factors and that an effect on one factor can influence all the others. 3. Name three reasons why people should care about the loss of endemic species.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Materials

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

These materials provide pre-visit information for teachers and students who are planning a field trip to Fort Pulaski. There is a fact sheet and timeline for teachers and worksheet for students.