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Acadia National Park

Migration Patterns

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

To engage students in the process of data analysis, looking at maps of migration patterns to identify which birds migrate through the area and which do not.

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.

Acadia National Park

Migration Threats Activity

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

Students will be able to identify the challenges birds face during migration by playing a game where each student is assigned a bird during migration.

Acadia National Park

Canada Goose Migration

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

Many bird populations migrate, and the most common pattern involves flying north in the spring to breed in the temperate or Arctic summer, then returning in the fall to wintering grounds in warmer regions to the south. The longer days of the northern summer provide greater opportunities for breeding birds to feed their young. Many northern-breeding ducks, geese, and swans also are migrants, but need only to move from their northern breeding grounds far enough south to escape frozen waters.

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

Acadia National Park

Migration for Lower Elementary

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

Explore the topic of migration by examining some of the migrating animals that travel through Acadia. These lessons are designed to take students grades K-2 outside.

Acadia National Park

Hummingbird Migration K-2

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

This lesson is primarily an information – and exercise lesson. Students will read the Going Home book outside with the teacher, to get background on migrating animals. The students will then play a “Simon Says” – type game to imitate the movements of these migrating animals. There is potential for extension throughout the school year for this activity, by completing the activities at the end of this lesson.

Acadia National Park

K-2: Monarch Migration

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

Students and teacher will read a book about the milkweed plant and monarch butterflies. A local Master Gardener will show students how to plant the seeds and what the growing process will look like. Students will learn about the second phase of this project, to commence in the spring. Students will search for good nectar plants on school grounds.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Why People Move: Human Migration (Grades 3-5) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Using examples from North Carolina's own migration history this lesson helps upper elementary students to understand the different types of human migration. Examples range from antebellum mountain summer homes to post-Civil War African American history. Western North Carolina has a long history of human migration in many forms. This lesson is a fun introduction to migration vocabulary with interactive activities to encourage critical thinking and the use of context clues by students.

Acadia National Park

The Great Fish Migration (7th Grade)

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

The Great Fish Migration is a 4 hour program that partners with the MDI Historical Society and the Somes Meynell Wildlife Refuge to bring a historic and scientific picture of the fishing history of Somesville and the revitalization of the local Alewife population.

Gateway National Recreation Area

Investigating Bird Migration and Climate Change

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

What makes Jamaica Bay such an important place for birds during migration? How will climate change impact the refuge? How can we maintain the refuge for generations to come?

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North American Indian Migration into North Dakota

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

This lesson plan compares and contrasts the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands, identifying different tribes territories on maps, and explaining the ways the climate regions influenced Upper Missouri Plains Indian culture in North Dakota.

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North American Indian Migration into North Dakota

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

In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands. Then, students will identify different tribal territories on maps. By the end of the lesson, students will answer the following essential question: How did the different climate regions of North Dakota influence Indian cultures in those regions?

White Sands National Park

Human History Traveling Trunk

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

Targeted Grades: Grades 3-7. Can be used with older and younger students.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

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

In this series of four lesson plans from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will be able to explore the development and growth of the American women's rights movement. This includes lessons about the Seneca Falls Convention, the Erie Canal, and the later women's rights movement. Developed by educator Lynn Girven of the Rochester City School District.

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Horses and Humans: Shackleford Horses Unit

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

This science & math unit features the wild horses of Shackleford Banks. See attached complete unit.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

The Lost Cause: Colonization, Chattel Slavery, and Migration (Grades 9-12) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This lesson addresses the migratory history of western North Carolina and the myths about the region. Migration from the South Carolina Lowlands to the mountains of western North Carolina created many racial, economic and spiritual changes for everyone in the region. Wealth brought new development along with increased hierarchical discrimination and social practices. As many summer homes were built there were far more enslaved and free laborers who made the migration possibl

Lowell National Historical Park

The Human Impact on the Living Planet Virtual Field Trip

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

Tracing the water cycle, from precipitation to surface water runoff, students investigate how humans’ impact the health of the environment. Through stories of everyday activities, students make predictions, conduct observations, and formulate conclusions as our staff conduct live experiments. After observing the test of a simple water filter, students propose changes to improve the design and discuss ways in which their community can reduce its impact on Earth’s resources.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

"Where Do Human Rights Begin? In Small Places Close to Home."

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This packet includes 4 different activities to help students understand the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt and her work on social justice issues. Students will learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its impact on the lives of all people as well as Eleanor Roosevelt's impact on the country through her "My Day" columns.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Uncovering Beringia: The Lost Continent

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

Travel back in time to learn about the animals and landscape of Beringia during the last ice age! Students will join a Park Ranger to explore the role of Beringia and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in the history of human migration into the Americas.