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Tumacácori National Historical Park

Investigate Mission 2000 Records

• Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Original, primary source text from mission records have been translated and digitized into a searchable database called Mission 2000. Students will use the online database to trace a person's life events, family members, occupation, and tribe.

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Salinas Pueblo Missions Astronomy Program

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

Pre-Planning Night Sky Trip Unit

San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas

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

Most Americans know the clarion call "Remember the Alamo!" and have a hazy recollection that the "fort" originally had been built as a Spanish mission. What is less well known outside the Southwest is that the Mission San Antonio de Valero–the Alamo–was only one of a chain of missions along the San Antonio River. Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish.

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Primarily Me: Primary Sources from Whitman Mission

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

Primarily Me is a lesson for older elementary students to explore the various primary sources from Whitman Mission NHS and learn about how primary sources help us learn about the events of the past and how they can be used in different ways.

Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park

Mississippi River Vocabulary

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

Introductory materials to set the foundation for learning about rivers and how people have interacted with them over time. This lesson is self-contained and does not require additional material. This lesson is designed as preparation for the Settling the Mississippi unit so familiarity with later lessons may help educators steer this lesson toward uniform terms and repeatable examples throughout the unit.

Natchez Trace Parkway

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

Learn the role of geologic activity in drawing people to the Mississippi River Valley. This 45-minute program discusses the physical and human characteristics of places and regions and how they are connected to human identities and cultures.

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?

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Tumacácori in Five Senses - PreK -1

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

Tumacácori in Five Senses explores life at the mission through taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

National Park Service 101

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

The National Park Service (NPS) is a governmental agency that contains over 400 sites across the country united by a common mission. As future engages citizens, it is important for students to understand what we do, how we accomplish our mission, and how they are able to help in the future.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Life at Tumacácori

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

Students will investigate how mission life differed from traditional O’odham village life. Did mission children go to school? What did they eat? How does construction of a traditional O’odham home compare to a mission church built from mud? Learn why, when, where and how, as you tour the park’s orchard, garden, and church with a ranger. Students will practice using a traditional mano and metate and learn how to “mud” an O’odham home.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven Post-visit Activity

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

This activity leads students to reflect on their experience visiting Glen Haven and connect that experience to current events. They will recognize the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to them.

Bryce Canyon National Park

The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service

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

Learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Bryce Canyon National Park through a guided exploration of the elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven Pre-visit Activity

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

he Glen Haven tour is designed to supplement classroom learning and bring history to life by providing students with new, first-hand experiences relating to Michigan’s maritime heritage through the mission of the National Park Service to “…preserve and protect…”

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Big River Journey

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

The Big River Journey is a great way for students to learn more about the Mississippi River. The award-winning program offers an integration of river and classroom experiences that connect 3rd-5th grade students with the science and heritage of the Mississippi River and promote stewardship.

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village

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

The quiet remnants of the village of Las Humanas, now called Gran Quivira, only hint at the vibrant society that thrived here until the late 17th century. Today it is one of three sites that make up Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

Acadia National Park

Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC)

• Type: Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

SERC’s education mission is to make natural and cultural resource research and data more accessible to students of all ages through placed based and STEM activities. SERC is the Research Learning Center representing studies throughout 14 national park sites in the Northeast and along the Appalachian Trail.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

The Blame Game - Pima (O'odham) Rebellion of 1751

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

“What caused the Upper Pima (O’odham) Rebellion?” Students will encounter various answers to the essential question through the close reading and study of several primary and secondary sources. Students will have the opportunity to understand the impact of the Spanish mission system on native peoples and to investigate some of the causes of the rebellion.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn the National Park Service mission while getting an overview of Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP. They will understand the different types of parks within NPS and how many are within a close distance of where they live. They will learn about the different types of jobs park rangers do.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Big River Journey Online

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

Big River Journey Online is the next best thing to a riverboat field trip on the Mississippi River itself! Filled with fun and exciting video clips and interactive learning modules about birds, boats, bugs, water quality and much more, Big River Journey Online allows kids to explore the mysteries of the Mississippi from school or home.

Haleakalā National Park

What is a National Park?

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

Students will analyze the arrowhead logo as an introduction to the National Park Service, an agency whose mission is to protect and preserve natural and cultural resources for future generations and provide visitors with opportunities for recreation and learning. Students learn how the design of the National Park Service arrowhead is made up of symbols, and then have a chance to create their own design specific to Hawai‘i.