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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Optical Illusions and Mirage on the Great Plains
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Are your eyes playing tricks on you or is it the light? This lesson explores the properties of light and the environmental conditions which cause mirages. Students will examine some famous optical illusions before reading Josiah Gregg's experience with them when traveling across the Great Plains in the 1830s and 1840s.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
A Soldier's Notes From Michigan's Big Battle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Territory during the War of 1812 in Monroe, MI. This lesson will explore maps and primary sources to understand the significance of the battlefields. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: Why should River Raisin and other War of 1812 battlefields be preserved and protected?