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Cowpens National Battlefield

This Land is Your Land

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

This Land is Your Land is an interesting and aggressive lesson that incorporates research, hands on activities and on-site learning to illustrate and reinforce how the geographic features of Upstate South Carolina contributed to the Patriot strategy in their ultimate success at the Battle of Cowpens, 1781

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Printmaking - Landscapes

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

Students will become familiar with the printmaking process, and be able to recognize and create landscapes and seascapes.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Shapes in the Landscape

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

Students will review geometric and abstract shapes, and utilize them in creating a piece of artwork. From this exercise, students will be able to explore the idea of the natural world around them being comprised of shapes.

Yellowstone National Park

Landscaping with Wind and Water

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

In this activity, students will demonstrate the destructive forces of erosion on small “mountains” and survey an area to identify evidence of erosion.

Homestead National Historical Park

Land Use

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

In "Land Use," students discuss how people live and survive in their environments. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into five lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 3 of the unit.

Glacier National Park

Stewards of the Land

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

Students learn about the four main tribes associated with the Glacier area. Then watch videos with tribal leaders and elders talking about their tribe’s relationship to Glacier National Park and why they feel it’s important to take care of the park. Students will reflect/discuss messages in the videos and write a contemporary story that teaches about caring for the Earth. Homework: Student Reading 1: People and Glacier National Park.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Battle of Cowpens: The Spatial Landscape

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

To gain skills in math and learn of the Battle of Cowpens by completing mathematical exercises.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Changes in the Landscape: Weathering and Erosion

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

The land that Lincoln once walked and played is everchanging. Discover evidence of weathering and erosion that has changed the landscape at Knob Creek. Meets Kentucky 4th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Shaping Landscapes Over Time & Space

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

This lesson gives students time to observe the Cedar Breaks amphitheater within a structured context. Students can participate in a ranger led interactive, presentation where they learn about the geological processes including deposition, uplift, weathering and erosion that formed the Claron Formation and our Cedar Breaks amphitheater.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

The Ever-Changing Landscape: Grade 4

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

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Death Valley National Park

Landscape Stories Post Trip Activity

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

In groups, students use their knowledge and experience from the geology-based field trip to create landscape stories about Death Valley National Park. Students record their stories using a cartoon strip.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Lessons from the Land

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How have Alaska Natives, gold rush prospectors, hunter-naturalists, and visitors to Denali National Park and Preserve made use of this land through time? Find out in this fun, history-rich program, where we explore multiple land-use perspectives from past to present, and ultimately look forward into the future.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Land of Many Opportunists

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

Through this activity, students will learn how aggressive exotic species take advantage of a wide range of resources in order to expand their range and compete in a nonnative habitat.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Cowpens Landscape Today: Native, Exotic, and Invasive Species

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

To demonstrate to students how exotic and invasive species are changing the Cowpens National Battlefield landscape in context of comparative changes,nationwide.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

Learning the Land and The Passaic River & Water Power

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A two-part environmental science program that invites students to learn about the formation of the Paterson Great Falls and how they have been used to create power.

Glacier National Park

Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering - A Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan

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

Using the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana, this lesson plan allows students to identify problems encouraged in designing and building Going-to-the-Sun road and analyze the role of Frank A. Kittredge in planning the road. Students will use historic maps, readings, photographs and drawings to describe and evaluate arguments for building roads to provide access to Glacier National Park and other backcountry and wilderness regions.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Virtual Tour of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

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

Welcome to Bering Land Bridge National Preserve! Join us from the comfort of your own classroom as we explore one of the nation’s most remote national park units. Learn about the rugged and wild landscape of the tundra and what it takes for plants and animals to survive in this challenging environment.

Petrified Forest National Park

Every Kid In a Park - Exploring Public Lands and Waters

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

Every Kid in a Park: Grade 4, 30 minutes in the park (45-60 min pre-visit lesson) Students meet a ranger in the park for a 30 minute question and answer session. This program can be conducted at any overlook or trail in the park. 4th grader passes are issued to the class at the end of the program.

Alaska Public Lands

Live Virtual Visits to the Alaska Public Lands Visitor Center

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

The Alaska Public Lands Information Center, hosts exhibits representing natural, historical, and cultural features throughout the state. Wandering among the exhibits, visitors get a mini tour of Alaska. One can also learn about recreating on public lands in the state as well as materials for educators to bring back to their classrooms.

Haleakalā National Park

He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?

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

Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu