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Glacier National Park

Hibernation-Migration Fascination

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

A comparison of two different types of hibernation – those of bears and marmots. A comparison of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park east side lowland grizzlies and highland grizzlies.

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.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - The Artist: Resource to His People

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

Focusing on Carver's fiber art, this lesson concludes with student creating woven bracelets.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Commemoration, Memorialization, and Legacy: An Exploration of the Public and Private Memory of John F. Kennedy and His Presidency

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

This lesson will allow students to explore the theme of commemoration, memorialization, and legacy through reading of primary and secondary sources. They will engage in a consideration of how historical memory is shaped and how we commemorate people and places. The lesson will also allow students to make connections about their own thoughts and feelings regarding history and how it is commemorated.

Glacier National Park

Winter is Coming!

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

In this activity, students will play a running game that emphasizes the three main ways that animals adapt to the winter (hibernate, migrate, and resist). They will also learn different terms related to winter in Glacier.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Thomas Jefferson: The Versatile Founding Father

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

Thomas Jefferson was a highly educated man with widely varied interests. Learn about his life and his participation in the founding of the United States and his roles in governing the country.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg Through Time (Grades 3-5)

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

The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn about Sandburg’s life through his writing. Students will analyze one of Sandburg’s poems and explain what his poetry tells us about his family and his life. Students will think about their own families and will write an autobiographical poem about themselves.

“Journey from Slavery to Stateman”: The Homes of Frederick Douglass

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

Follow Frederick Douglass on his journey from life as a slave to that of a respected statesman and investigate how three homes reflect the different phases of his life.

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Dear Diary: Abraham Lincoln’s Reflections

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

How did the people, places, and events in the different stages of Lincoln’s life influence his development and contribute to his growth as an individual and future political leader?

Fort Larned National Historic Site

A Long Way to Santa Fe

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

What's it like to travel the Santa Fe Trail on a wagon train? Robert Earl would say it's long periods of boredom with a few moments of excitement. Follow his story to find out about his adventures traveling with his father on the Santa Fe Trail.

The Washington Monument: Tribute in Stone

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

Understand why George Washington was so revered during his lifetime and beyond, and learn why it took 100 years to complete this famous monument in his honor.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Douglass

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

The instructor will lead students in a discussion about Frederick Douglass, his accomplishments, and his contributions to American society. Students will be asked about the visual imagery in the poem, and will brainstorm ideas for showing these images in a picture.

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Field Trip: Longfellow Poetry Workshop

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

As a writer, famous poet Henry Longfellow took inspiration from many things – his children, people who lived in the house before him, his community, and his travels. During this creative 90-minute program, 3rd-5th grade students will explore literary history and use poetry as a tool to express their experiences and inspirations.

Gateway Arch National Park

Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis

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

Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Henry O. Flipper, Colored Cadet at West Point

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

Henry O. Flipper was born enslaved and became the first African American officer and graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. However, during his fifth year of service, on June 30, 1882, he was dishonorably discharged from the Army. Flipper fought to regain his honor for the rest of his life. He continued to serve as a public servant, working for the Department of the Interior as well as an engineer.

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.

Gateway Arch National Park

Plains Indians Traveling Trunk

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

In this traveling trunk, students will explore the culture of the Plains Indians with Chief Red Cloud. Red Cloud shares his vivid memories and precious belongings, telling the stories of his people and describing the days of the great buffalo hunts and the darker days of life on the reservation.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg's Connemara (Grades 9-12)

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

Students will take a virtual tour of Connemara, the home where Carl Sandburg spent the last 22 years of his life. Students will analyze objects found in the home and make inferences about Carl Sandburg based on the objects that he collected in his home.

Acadia National Park

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Compass Harbor Scavenger Hunt. Explore the foundation of the house of George Dorr and imagine his life at Old Farm.

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.