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Badlands National Park

Bison Banquet - Distance Learning Program

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

Badlands National Park is home to a population of approximately 800 bison. Learn about the bison's natural and cultural history as you explore the many traditional Native American uses of the bison. Students will see bison parts and brainstorm possible uses for these items. (45 minutes)

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Dwellings of Fort Larned: An Earthy Experience

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

Fort Larned was established on the Santa Fe Trail in 1859. The soldiers built crude dugouts, sod and adobe shelters, and a picket stockade fencing for the animals. Students will explore the construction and the living conditions of the fort dwellings.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Democracy Run Wild: Distance Learning Program

Type: Distance Learning
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

During Bleeding Kansas, conflicts at the ballot box, in the courts, and in the halls of government divided a town, a territory and an entire nation as people from all sides of the spectrum joined in a struggle for freedom in Kansas Territory.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Buffalo Soldiers: The 10th Cavalry at Fort Larned

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

It was a challenge being among the first African American soldiers in the regular Army but the men of Company A, 10th U.S. Cavalry were up to the task. Learn about their time at Fort Larned.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Fort Larned Around the Room Scavenger Hunt

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

In this lesson, students will learn about Fort Larned and its impact on people and lands around it. Students will take part in an around the room scavenger hunt as they read and answer questions.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

A Day in the Life of a Frontier Soldier

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

Find out what it takes to be a soldier in frontier army. And visit the barracks where soldiers at Fort Larned lived.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Provider of the Plains - Bison

Type: Distance Learning
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Bison provided almost everything the Plains Indians needed for their daily life. Learn how these animals sustained American Indians on the Great Plains.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Women of the Military Frontier

Type: Distance Learning
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Men weren't the only people at frontier military posts - women lived at these forts as well. Find out who they were and how they spent their days.

"Introduction to Archeology" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

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

Distance learning module offered by the Midwest Archeological Center, which introduces the topics of archeology and stewardship. Students will learn about the National Park Service, the resources it conserves, and how everyday objects offer information about life in the past.

"Archeological Sites" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

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

Students will tour a number of famous archeological sites, learning how archeologists locate and define those sites. Discussion will strengthen understanding of archeological sites and why they are important. Topics include site stewardship and how students might deal with objects or locations that they believe are potential archeological sites.

"Excavation and Tools" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

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.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - Struggle for Education Distance Learning Program

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

This lesson focuses on numerous obstacles George Washington Carver faced and overcame in order to earn his education and how he became a role model of perseverance and success. Following this program, students will list three obstacles to education that George Washington Carver faced, two states where he lived while going to school, and one helpful character trait he possessed.

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Distance Learning

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

Schedule a live virtual visit with a Yellowstone park ranger! Teachers can request a K-12 distance learning program on a wide variety of Yellowstone topics.

Fort Stanwix National Monument