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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Maryland's Role

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

The guide was developed by the City of Baltimore's War of 1812 Bicentennial Education Committee with the financial and production support of the American Flag Foundation, the Baltimore National Heritage Area, the National Park Service's Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, the Friends of Fort McHenry, the Maryland Historical Society, and the Maryland Humanities Council.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Mars Traveling Trunk

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

Journey through time and space, through the geography and geology of sand dunes, and the feats of engineering that make such exploration possible.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Mary McLeod Bethune Virtual Experience

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

The Mary McLeod Bethune Virtual Exhibit highlights some of the significant achievements in her life of leadership and service.

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Civil War Nurse Mary A. Newcomb

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

Nineteenth century women and young girls were restricted by societal norms and customs, particularly what was perceived as appropriate choices for their education or careers. It was acceptable by 1860 for women to become teachers, but not so for women who wanted to serve as doctors or nurses. Through her efforts and struggles as a volunteer, Mary Ann Newcomb became recognized as a nurse in the United States Military, achieving a pension for her four-year service.

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

Defense of a Nation: Maryland's Role in the War of 1812 - A Teacher's Guide

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Information provided in this guide will help make teaching this important history easy and accessible. The guide presents the major players in the war, its major battles, direct quotes from eyewitnesses, and information on additional resources.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Negro League Baseball and its Connection to Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women's collaboration with the Homestead Grays baseball team during World War II to raise the funds to build the S.S. Harriet Tubman.

Discover the Mary Ann Shadd Cary House: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places

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

Before the end of legal slavery in the United States, free African Americans migrated to Canada to find greater security and liberty. After the Civil War, some returned to the U.S. to aid emancipated people and rebuild the South. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a business woman, abolitionist, and suffragist.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

“It’s Up, and It’s Good!” Negro League Baseball and its Connection to Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune

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

This lesson will explore the powerful relationship between the National Council of Negro Women and Negro League Baseball. Students will discuss the important contributions, struggles and triumphs players experienced. Students will also understand the meaning of patriotism, and observe documented oral histories while using multi-media devices (Photo Story, PowerPoint, VoiceThread etc.) to demonstrate learning.

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

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

The Biggest and Best Flag that Ever Flew

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Objectives: Students will be able to… describe the contributions of Mary Pickersgill to Maryland history. describe the goods and services available in early 19th Century Baltimore. analyze the interdependence of early 19th Century Baltimore.

Haleakalā National Park

ʻĀhinahina Haleakalā

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

Eia ihola ke kiʻi o nā ʻĀhinahina ma Haleakalā. Akāka ke kiʻi o ka ʻĀhinahina mākua.

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site

Teaching With Historic Places Curriculum

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This lesson is based on the Historic Resources Study for Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, as well as other materials on Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Radical Hospitality at the M'Clintock Home

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

Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock made this their home for 20 years. They ran a local business, led the local Quaker Monthly Meeting, and were involved in almost every reform activity in Western New York. On July 16, 1848, Mary Ann M'Clintock hosted a session for the First Women's Rights Convention where planners drafted a document they called the Declaration of Sentiments proclaiming that "all men and women are created equal."

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.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

A Journey on the C&O Canal

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

Students will read and discuss A Journey on the C&O Canal in order to: 1) Learn why the C&O Canal is an amazing accomplishment in Maryland's history; 2) Learn why the C&O Canal is especially important to Washington County, Maryland; 3) Understand more about the genre of historical fiction and how it can teach us real information with characters who didn't actually live but could have; and 4) Describe what a typical nine-year old canal boy and family were like in the late 1800's.

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Long May It Wave

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

To support teachers in Maryland and across the United States as they commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in their classrooms, the Friends of Fort McHenry developed a national curriculum on the War of 1812 and Fort McHenry for grades 4 through 8 in partnership with the National Park Service.

“The Rockets’ Red Glare”: Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

"Journey from Slavery to Statesman": The Homes of Frederick Douglass

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

This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration files for Wye House, Nathan and Polly Johnson House (and photographs), and Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (and photographs), as well as other source materials on the life of Frederick Douglass.

Hampton National Historic Site

Choosing a Path in Freedom

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

Sketch of Hampton Plantation.

Thomas Stone National Historic Site

Families of the Past

• Type: Field Trips ... Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students step into the past as theybecome familiar with daily life in a Maryland home in the late 1700s and learnabout Thomas Stone as a husband, father, farmer, lawyer and signer of theDeclaration of Independence. Students will compare life in the 18th century totheir lives today. Students will enjoy interactive tours of the house, groundsand Visitor Center as well as hands-on activities.