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Haleakalā National Park

Is This My Home?

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species. 2. Name three species that are only found within Haleakalā National Park. 3. Recognize that some plants and animals have specific needs and live in special homes that give them what they need.

Gateway Arch National Park

My Family Story

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

Scouts will discover how stories of long ago, gathered from oral histories, photographs, letters, and diaries, can help us learn about where we came from and who we are while exploring the Museum at the Gateway Arch.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Me and My Park

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

A shorter ranger-conducted program for Pre-K. Designed for this age group's attention span. Includes science, a walk, and a fort program with a ranger and age appropriate activities.

Haleakalā National Park

What Is My Adaptation?

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

Haleakalā National Park protects one of the only remaining habitats for native species. Maui’s endemic species are native species that adapted to the islands over time and are found nowhere else. They had to adapt to the vast variety of ecosystems in order to improve their ability to find food, water, shelter, and space. An adaptation is a change of form or behavior that helps a species survive in a specific environment. Most living things have a variety of adaptations.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

It's Not My Fault!

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

Through this activity packet, students will use point of view and historical perspective to make connections to American history and geography in the Old Northwest Territory. Students will learn about the War of 1812 and study personal stories of the Battles of the River Raisin.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Find My Critter

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

Through this activity, students will be able to understand the importance of coloration in the ways animals are adapted.

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

With A Little Help From My Friends

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

How can artifacts help us understand a person or time period? Join us from your home or classroom to learn how artifacts help keep the Lincolns story alive!

Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site

A Space for Creativity: A Tao of My Own

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

Students will learn about how Tao House was an important space of creativity and helped Eugene O’Neill to have a space where he felt comfortable and productive. They will then connect to their own creative needs as they design and describe a creative workspace for themselves.

Fort Stanwix National Monument

My New Home On-Site Education Program

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

Hands-on learning stations will introduce students to the lives of the children who followed their soldier fathers during the war.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

"Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - Oh, My!"

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

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - oh, my!

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

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Everglades National Park

"Designs Of My World" Native People: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will discover the meaning behind the patterns on traditional Miccosukee attire. The students will then design their own patterns based on important elements of their everyday life. Finally, the students write about what their design means to them.

Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Bees Oh My! Pollinators on the Tallgrass Prairie

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

Learn about pollinators.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Read with a Ranger: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story

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

Read a book with a Park Ranger! Join us in reading Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story written by Ruby Bridges. In this book, Ruby Bridges tells her first-hand account of what it was like to be the first Black student to integrate a segregated school in New Orleans in 1961. The book briefly describes segregation and the obstacles she had to overcome to be able to go to school. Ruby Bridges then describes what her adult life has been like and encourages to be accepting

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

The Real Harriet Tubman: Separating Myth from Fact Post-Visit Activity

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Born into slavery in early 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman gained international acclaim during her lifetime as an Underground Railroad agent, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, suffragist, and humanitarian. Disabled by a near fatal head injury while enslaved, Tubman rose above horrific childhood adversity to emerge with a will of steel. Tubman transcended victimization to achieve personal and physical freedom from her oppressors.

Mesa Verde National Park

Understanding World Heritage

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

What is a world heritage site, why are they selected, and what can my community and I do to help preserve heritage sites in my community and globally?

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Family Matters: The Life of a Slave Family Pre-Visit Activity

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Family was central to Harriet Tubman's life. As she wrote, "I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land; and my home, after all, was down in Maryland; because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there. But I was free, and they should be free." What compelled Tubman to return for her loved ones on multiple trips to guide them to freedom?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

"The Measure of a Man's Success in Life is Not the Money He's Made. It's the Kind of Family He Has Raised.": Separating the Myth from Reality in the Life and Times of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.

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

This lesson plan allows high school students to identify who Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was and his role in United States history. Students will examine Kennedy family photographs, letters from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to his family, and quotes from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., to form their understanding of his influence. Students will evaluate the ways in which historians form complex understandings of controversial historical figures.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

The Lost Cause: Chattel Slavery and Corroborating Evidence (Grades 9-12) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

This is the 2nd of 3 lessons that help students learn about the nuances of romanticized myth and incomplete histories in western North Carolina (WNC). In this lesson, students will dive into different claims, myths, and studies about chattel slavery in WNC. Despite old myths claiming WNC was uninvested in chattel slavery, evidence points to a different history. Students will use historical evidence to understand the impact of chattel slavery and forced migration on WNC.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Malama ‘āina: It's our kuleana! Grades 5-12

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will gain a better understanding of the concept of mālama 'āina and its importance to the future; the concept of biodiversity and its general importance; understand what an invasive alien species is; and, understand what native species are and the importance of healthy native forests to humans.