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Why Visit His Home?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan examines the home of US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall and his public and private roles.
Habitats: Home Sweet Home
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Where do animals live and why? How are their needs similar to what people need? Are humans and animals so different after all? What habitats does the park offer and who lives in them? A 0.2 mile hike of the paved Piedmont Forest Trail will follow a short talk where we will look for some park "residents". This program lasts 30 minutes to one hour.
Prairie Animals (3-5)
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The trunk includes curriculum materials, tracks, scat, animal furs and animals skulls that can be integrated into science, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.
Home on the Canal
Homesteading by the Numbers
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Habitat Is Home
Finding a Home
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
As immigrants finished processing at Ellis Island, many waited with hopes, fears, and anticipation about where they chose to settle. Some preferred the comforts of immigrant communities nearby. Others hoped to find better job opportunities outside the greater New York City area. Finding a Home simulates the experience of being a newly-arrived immigrant excited to take their next steps in America.
Letters Home
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Writing Home
A Habitat Is A Home
Is This My Home?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species. 2. Name three species that are only found within Haleakalā National Park. 3. Recognize that some plants and animals have specific needs and live in special homes that give them what they need.
Homes - Then and Now
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Prairie Animals (K-2)
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The trunk includes curriculum materials, tracks, scat, animal furs and animals skulls that can be integrated into science, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Dayton National Cemetery and the soldiers buried there.
The Buffalo Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, real buffalo bones and hides that can be integrated into history, social studies, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.
At Home in Denali's Biome
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
What is it about Denali’s climate and geography that make it so special . . . and so fun to explore? As students learn about winter and summer in Denali, they will be challenged to compare and contrast Denali’s subarctic biomes to their own home. Through motion and play, we’ll discover how trees and animals survive in Denali year-round, and explore a sampling of the ways humans interact with Denali’s varied landscape and terrain.
Carroll Homestead Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students are welcome to join role-playing rangers in historical recreation of the Carroll Homestead. Designed around fourth grade Maine state standards, this program explores the contrast between 1800s Maine and contemporary society. Games, costumes, and the beautiful "Mountain House" tell a story of one family's subsistence life in early Maine
The Legacy of the Homestead Act
Housing: Early Homes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade