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John Muir National Historic Site

John Muir: Observation and Descriptive Writing

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

During the field trip to John Muir National Historic Site, students were encouraged to reflect on the home and work life of John Muir. They also learned about Muir’s battle to preserve wild places through writing articles and books about nature. His work influenced people all over the world and led to the creation of five National Parks. This exercise will give students a prompt for observation, analytical thinking, and descriptive writing.

John Muir National Historic Site

John Muir: Research and Persuasive Writing

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

During their field trip to John Muir National Historic Site, students were encouraged to reflect on John Muir's home life and his dedication to conservation. They explored Muir's efforts to protect wild places by writing articles and books that inspired global audiences. His advocacy ultimately contributed to the establishment of five National Parks. These activities offer students opportunities to engage in research, develop analytical thinking, and practice persuasive writing skills.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Pathways to Discovery – Muir’s Trees and Writing Activity

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students take part in a writing activity which allows them to reflect on some of their thoughts about trees.

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

Captain John Smith Teacher Resources

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

The Captain John Smith Curriculum Unit consists of eight separate lesson plans designed for 4th and 5th grade students. The unit is aligned with goals and outcomes from the Maryland State Department of Education's voluntary state curriculum.

The Chesapeake Bay in John Smith's Time

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

An American Indian man observes English ships on the Chesapeake Bay.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

John Brown’s Raid: Readers' Theatre

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

In this Readers' Theatre, students will learn why John Brown chose Harpers Ferry as the objective for his October 1859 raid, an event that was to be the beginning of the end of slavery in the U.S. They will also discover what happened during and after the raid, and have the opportunity to debate the question: Would you have joined John Brown’s raiders?

John Smith's Masterpiece and Copyright Nightmare

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

Captain John Smith's map of the Chesapeake.

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Conflicting Values: John Brown and Adin Ballou

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

This lesson plan invites students to consider the conflicting views of leading abolitionists in the years leading to the Civil War. There is a special focus on Adin Ballou, a Practical Christian who advocated for non-resistance, and leaders who supported violent tactics.   

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Incident at Harpers Ferry: Slavery and John Brown

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

In this lesson, students will share their thoughts on slavery, examine how our country dealt with this institution, consider how both pro-slavery elements and abolitionists looked at slavery and why, and learn a little about John Brown’s early life - in particular, his activities out in Kansas in the years 1855 – 1857. Students will then be able to answer the following essential question: What was slavery like in the antebellum United States?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Growing up Kennedy

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

This lesson allows high school students to examine historical written, photographic, and video evidence from the Kennedys' time in Brookline and the Kennedy presidency in order to understand the way family background and values shape one's character. Students will identify the values the Kennedys tried to instill in their children, how these values impacted President Kennedy's character, and why we remember President Kennedy today, as well as how their own backgrounds have influenced them.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President

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

Visit JFK's birthplace and consider the effects of culture and community in shaping character and personality.

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.

First State National Historical Park

Politics and Plantation

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

Explore the life of John Dickinson and the people whom he interacted with (tenants, enslaved individuals, tradesmen, merchants) by utilizing the mansion, outbuildings and primary resources. This program takes place at the John Dickinson Plantation.

"The Great Chief Justice" at Home (Teaching with Historic Places)

• 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.

First State National Historical Park

Dickinson Plantation Profiles

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

Explains the use of primary and secondary resource materials to interpret the plantation’s history. This field trip takes place at the John Dickinson Plantation.

First State National Historical Park

In the Best Manner

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

Compares and contrasts social differences in ownership of items and stylistic changes in architecture and decorative arts. This field trip is at the John Dickinson Plantation.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Fort Caroline Scavenger Hunt

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

This program will guide you through the park exhibits beginning at the St. John's river lookout behind the visitor center and continuing to the fort.

"The Great Chief Justice" at Home

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

Meet John Marshall, who led the U.S. Supreme Court from obscurity and weakness to prominence and power in the early 19th century.

Travel Backpacks

• Type: Distance Learning ... Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Park travel backpacks are available for loan through the St. Johns County Public Library System for educators, homeschool parents, and families.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The Cherokee People and the Trail of Tears: Middle School Lesson

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

Students will use primary and secondary documents to analyze the impact of the Dahlonega Gold Rush, Marshall's Supreme Court decisions, and the Indian Removal Act on the Cherokee Nation. They will engage in discussions about the roles Andrew Jackson, John Ross, Major Ridge, and John Marshall played in Cherokee resistance and removal. They will explore and examine the sites along the Trail of Tears.