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Haleakalā National Park

He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?

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

Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Subsistence: Tribal Nutrition and Health

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

Discussion questions and activities for the web article exploring the health and nutrition of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes during village times and now. Lesson includes information about women and men's roles, plant watchers, processing and storing food, hunting and foraging, and subsistence today.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Climate: Drought, Seasons, and Health

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

Is climate change new? Josiah Gregg, as a firsthand observer, offers a snapshot of ecological shifts taking place in the 1830s and 1840s within the southern Great Plains. In this lesson students will compare weather averages for cities along the Santa Fe Trail and consider how seasonal patterns affect the migration and survival of human and animal species.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Subsistence: Tribal Nutrition and Health

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Changes in nutritional habits play an important role in overall health and well being. This material provides a cultural perspective on health conditions as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

"The Measure of a Man's Success in Life is Not the Money He's Made. It's the Kind of Family He Has Raised.": Separating the Myth from Reality in the Life and Times of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.

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

This lesson plan allows high school students to identify who Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was and his role in United States history. Students will examine Kennedy family photographs, letters from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to his family, and quotes from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., to form their understanding of his influence. Students will evaluate the ways in which historians form complex understandings of controversial historical figures.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Abraham Lincoln: Savior of the Union

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Born in a small cabin, he rose to the White House. Follow Abraham Lincoln on his adventure to learn and save the nation he so cared about.

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.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!

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

Charles Young was born enslaved and became the first African American to attain the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Young called several places home during three distinct stages of his life: when he was a youth, a junior officer, and a seasoned veteran. Discover what changed in his life during these five eras of Charles Young’s life from where he called home and what he was responsible for.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!

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

Charles Young was born enslaved and became the first African American to attain the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Young called several places home during three distinct stages of his life: when he was a youth, a junior officer, and a seasoned veteran. Discover what changed in his life during these five eras of Charles Young’s life from where he called home and what he was responsible for.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Triage after the Battle

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

The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar with the healing and patient care required for returning soldiers to battle.

Andersonville National Historic Site

A list of the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Dorence, a prisoner held at Andersonville for eleven months, spent much of his time held at the prison as a paroled prisoner, working in the hospital office as a clerk. It was in this capacity that he made a secret copy of the death register. He and Clara Barton accompanied the Army expedition to Andersonville in the summer of 1865.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: From Fourth Graduate to Four Star General

• Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. built a legacy well beyond being the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He learned from the legacies that came before him to go further and higher in his military career. He commanded the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and served all over the world. Even after retirement, he continued to serve the public in various administrations, creating change on various levels to leave a legacy all his own.

Hot Springs National Park

Why They Came to Hot Springs

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

“Why They Came” is a student-guided history program to explore the lives of many people who came to work and be healed at Hot Springs. The program culminates in a discussion-based activity with park rangers about the history of public health at Hot Springs. Designed for 7th grade Social Studies lessons.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - An Original Conservationist: The Man, the Scientist, The Artist

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

Today’s focus is to gather a basic understanding of who GWC was, where he came from, how he got his education, what purpose he saw for his life and the focus of his work. More depth can be added by having students complete presentations over Carver. By breaking the class into groups each group can do their own presentation over the whole topic or can be focused on one portion so that through the whole class all the information is gathered and provided to students.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Charley's Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Travel with Charley as he goes from Fort Riley to Fort Larned with his parents and picks up souviners along the way.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Old Bill Williams

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Follow the story of Bill Williams, expert rifle shot and friend to Indians as he surveys the Santa Fe Trail for the US Government.

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.

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Sieur de Mad-Lib

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

Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

No Pot of Gold

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Journey downt he Santa Fe Trail with seven-year-old Marion Sloan as she, her mother and her brother head to California.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Battling Disease

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

In this lesson, students will answer the following essential questions: How has the prevention and battling of health threats changed between the US-Mexican War and today?