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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
The Battle and Geography of Kennesaw Mountain Virtual Program
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this virtual program, students will learn about the geography of Kennesaw Mountain and why it as been important for generations, especially during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Students will also have an opportunity to make their own maps and discuss what they think is important about any given place.
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Traveling Trunks: Bringing Kennesaw Mountain to the Classroom
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our traveling trunks are packed with items that facilitate a connection between students and the experiences of soldiers and civilians during the Civil War.
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Cheatham Hill Scavenger Hunt (Self-Guided)
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This interactive scavenger hunt takes students through the history of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain at Cheatham Hill
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TREE Teacher Backpacks (Self-Guided)
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The TREE (Teacher's Resources for Environmental Education) Backpacks program is a self-guided interactive field trip that allows students to explore the outdoors of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
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Museum Scavenger Hunt (Self-Guided)
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our museum tells the story of the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The scavenger hunt is a fun, interactive, and educational way for students of all ages to explore our museum either on their own or with light guidance.
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Leave No Trace
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This program introduces students to the Leave No Trace principles, which are easy to understand guidelines on how to responsibly play in the outdoors.
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Life of a Soldier
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Life for a soldier of the Atlanta Campaign wasn't easy! This guided program allows students to experience various aspects of that life with the help of a ranger or living historian.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Kid's Life in Atlanta
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This interactive program takes children back in time to see what life was like for a 10 year old girl during the siege of Atlanta.
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Build Your Own National Park
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
After a brief overview of what the National Park System is, students will work in teams to create their own national park site using recycled materials, and arts and crafts materials.
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Pack Like a Soldier Virtual Program (Soldier Compare & Contrast)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this virtual program, students will compare and contrast the Union and Confederate soldiers of the Civil War as well learn about what the things that we carry tell others about us, both in the present and future.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Kid's Life in Atlanta Virtual Program
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this virtual program, students will be able to learn about the life of Carrie Berry, a 10 year old girl who lived during the Union siege and occupation of Atlanta, GA in 1864. Through her diary as a primary source and interaction with a park ranger, students will have opportunities to compare and contrast their own experiences with Carries.
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African Americans During the Civil War: A Compressed History
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Lesson Plan detailing African American involvement during the American Civil War in both combatant and noncombatant roles. Lesson also highlights individual involvement and contributions to the war effort as well as document analysis.
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Civilian War Experience: The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How did the experience of the Civil War differ from multiple perspectives, including that of women, children, and other civilians? Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is a 2,923 acre site that saw some of the fiercest fighting of the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War. While the site is best known for the battle that took place there, it is often forgotten that there was a thriving community surrounding the Mountain.
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A Nation Divided: Elementary School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How did our young nation become so angry at each other? Students explore the word "infuriated" and how these emotions led to the Civil War. Students read and analyze excerpts from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. They work together to read and analyze an NPS article explaining a timeline of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. They share perspectives on why these two events led to a Civil War and explore alternate methods to violence.
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The Cherokee People: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students gain an understanding of cultural elements of the Cherokee people through the use of traditional stories and reading information on websites. A series of activities provide hands-on opportunities to learn about Sequoyah and the Cherokee language, the Trail of Tears, and the trade and barter system with European settlers.
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War Has Been Declared: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.
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War Has Been Declared: Middle School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students analyze the primary document, the Emancipation Proclamation and how it affected the Civil War and southern states. They work in teams to creatively share learned information from NPS videos about one of the final pushes in the Civil War, the Atlanta Campaign through Georgia. They listen to and draw meaning from soldier and author, Ambrose Bierce.
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A Nation Divided: Middle School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The United States was still a new country in the 1800s; a new country with a lot of growing pains. Students will experience the growing tension between the country's North and South. They will study maps and apply the information to make a chart of states that were considered free or slave status. They will work together to read and analyze primary documents written about states' rights, nullification, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of 1860.
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What Would You Do? Plotting and Planning Strategies of the Civil War
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
High School level lesson plan allowing students to learn about the strategy behind Civil War battles.
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A Nation Divided: High School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Using their background knowledge of the tensions between the North and the South, students will dive further into the effects of the conflicts that ultimately led to the Civil War. Students will watch short NPS videos from rangers in Bleeding Kansas and Harper's Ferry. They will explore NPS articles and primary documents regarding popular sovereignty and the Election of 1860. Students will use visual arts to go into President Abraham Lincoln's shoes and deliver their own acceptance speech.