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The Spark of Bravery, A Fire of Discovery
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

One of the bravest men in American history, join us for 45-minutes as we take a look at the incredible life of Meriwether Lewis from childhood through the Corps of Discovery, to his final days along Natchez Trace. *This program briefly discusses his suicide, with minimal detail, and the National Suicide Prevention hotline contact information
Traces Through Time: A General History of the Natchez Trace
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Those Who Walked Before Us: American Indians of the Natchez Trace
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Me and My Park
Read with a Ranger If You Were a Kid During the Civil War
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Are your early elementary students interested in history and the Natchez Trace? This program employs a story of two friends, a boy and a girl, to teach young people about the injustices which occurred during the Civil War. This program also ties these themes to the Natchez Trace and its history during the Civil War and the role the Natchez Trace played in preserving slavery.
Read with a Ranger Crossing Bok Chitto
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Are you finding it difficult to teach or discuss slavery and oppression as part of America’s history? This story discusses trust, resiliency, and the presence of Choctaw and enslaved African Americans along the Natchez Trace, as well as the role of the Mississippi River, in creating the history of the region.
Read with a Ranger Charlotte Spies for Justice
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Read with a Ranger Saltypie
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

As one of the contributing creators of the Natchez Trace, the Choctaw Nation played a pivotal role in Mississippi. They initially occupied the bottom third of the state, before their staged removal to Oklahoma. This program discusses the concepts of family, strength, and resiliency in terminology appropriate for elementary-aged children, while staying true to the concepts of race and removal along the Natchez Trace.
Read with a Ranger 'C' is for Chickasaw
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Designed for early elementary students, this program uses the alphabet as a tool to teach students about Chickasaw culture. The Chickasaw Nation has historically occupied the top half of Mississippi and played an integral role in the formation and utilization of the Natchez Trace and continues to play a significant role in the culture of the community of the area.
Read with a Ranger Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
Out of the Depths and into the Park: Geology of the Mississippi River Valley
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Virtual: Acadia's Top Ten
Lewis and Clark
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Top Ten Field Trip Tips
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Top Ten Field Trip Tips for visiting the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
Life at Lewis Mountain
Nā Manu o Haleakalā
Lewis and Clark Traveling Trunk
Lewis and Clark (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students in this distance learning program will learn about the Corps of Discovery's expedition to the Pacific Coast from St. Louis, a round trip that took three years to complete between 1803 and 1806. They will also learn about the lives of Lewis and Clark and the people they interacted with during the expedition.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The spotted salamander is indigenous to the areas surrounding the Natchez Trace Parkway. When the salamanders breed, they usually return to the same vernal pond from which they hatched. Unfortunately for some populations, this presents a hazard as the Natchez Trace Parkway is in between their forest habitat and the vernal breeding ponds.
Take Me to the River
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Take Me to the River is a hands-on educational program designed for fourth graders run out of Hidden Falls Regional Park each fall. The program focuses primarily on the cultural history of the river, but also addresses geography, geology, and physical science through hands-on activities. Students rotate through three activity stations led by National Park Service rangers including orienteering, geocaching, shelter-building, and fire-building.