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Arches National Park

Moving Rocks

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

Students explore how weathering and erosion form the landforms seen at Arches National Park.

Gateway Arch National Park

MO Outdoor Rangers

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Splash your way through a week of water fun. Paddle your way through our great Missouri waterways, build a creek dam and explore nature’s water creatures, and catch a big one fishing the shores of Missouri’s parks and public lands.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Behind the Flat Hat

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

Lyndon B. Johnson NHP is an ideal place for students of all ages to learn about careers in the National Park Service. Join us from your home or classroom to learn how you can become a park ranger!

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Time to Move: The Lincolns are Leaving Kentucky

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

It's time to move! Discover the factors that contributed to the relocation of the Lincoln family from their Kentucky home. Lesson plan includes video made by kids for kids! Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade social studies standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Glacier National Park

Who Says Plants Can't Move?

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

Student volunteers move around the classroom and role play different techniques to model the various ways plants can distribute their seeds. They observe a variety of seeds/berries from their neighborhood.

Grand Teton National Park

Behind the Flat Hat: Ranger Careers

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

With Grand Teton National Park as the backdrop, students learn how classroom subjects apply to real life jobs with the national parks, as they explore careers in law enforcement, wildlife science, trail work, and more.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

“Island of Hope, Island of Tears” Movie Worksheet (Grades 3-6)

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

One of the best things to do on your field trip to Ellis Island. With a large auditorium setting for your class, narrator Gene Hackman will guide your students through the immigrant journey with this classic film! This activity sheet is a great way to keep your students engaged as they explore the historic footage of Ellis Island's past!

Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument

“Island of Hope, Island of Tears” Movie Worksheet (Grades 7-12)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

One of the best things to do on your field trip to Ellis Island. With a large auditorium setting for your class, narrator Gene Hackman will guide your students through the immigrant journey with this classic film! This activity sheet is a great way to keep your students engaged as they explore the historic footage of Ellis Island's past!

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Why People Move: Human Migration (Grades 3-5) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Using examples from North Carolina's own migration history this lesson helps upper elementary students to understand the different types of human migration. Examples range from antebellum mountain summer homes to post-Civil War African American history. Western North Carolina has a long history of human migration in many forms. This lesson is a fun introduction to migration vocabulary with interactive activities to encourage critical thinking and the use of context clues by students.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Why People Move: The Changing Roles of Minorities (Grades 3-5) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This lesson helps upper elementary students to learn about different minority groups and how their roles have changed over time. Using women’s and Black history students will learn valuable vocabulary. The local, regional, and national examples in this lesson display the connections, experiences, and accomplishments of minority groups in many places through various points in time.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Why People Move: Introduction to Using Primary Sources (Grades 3-5) Lesson 3 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This lesson helps upper elementary students to identify primary and secondary sources and explain how they are used to better understand historical events. It introduces Carl Sandburg and helps students to understand the relevance of the Carl Sandburg Home NHS to the history of the area. Students will learn to differentiate between primary and secondary sources throughout the lesson's activities. This is the 3rd of three lessons intended to build upon on another's content and exercises.

Homestead National Historical Park

Territorial Ranges

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

In the "Territorial Ranges" activity, students will look at the first Americans and why they moved.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Circles in the Snow

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

The goals of this activity include: - Students will be able to identify a tipi ring and explain what it means; tell the story of what happened to two Cheyenne women in Black Kettle's camp during the November 27, 1868 attack; and critically analyze and discuss why the soldier chose to disobey orders.

Matter in Motion

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

Students explore how matter moves through the Earth’s ecosystems, by focusing on carbon. In the classroom, they role play how carbon moves through Earth’s systems. On the field trip, they simulate food chains and photosynthesis. They examine decomposers and test the properties of soil crusts.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

What Would You Do? Plotting and Planning Strategies of the Civil War

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

High School level lesson plan allowing students to learn about the strategy behind Civil War battles.

Glacier National Park

Dressing for Winter

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

A model (either the teacher or a volunteer) demonstrates dressing in three layers and describes the purpose behind each layer and type of material.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Fort Caroline Scavenger Hunt

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

This program will guide you through the park exhibits beginning at the St. John's river lookout behind the visitor center and continuing to the fort.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Symbols of America

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will learn what a symbol is and why symbols are used. They will learn symbols of both America and of South Dakota, as well as the significance behind these symbols.

Gateway Arch National Park

Gold Miners Traveling Trunk

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

In this traveling trunk, students will learn about the California gold rush of the 1840s and discuss the reasons settlers often risked it all to move West.