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Everglades National Park

"Designs Of My World" Native People: 4-6 Grade
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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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.

Everglades National Park

"Tell Me a Story" Native People: 4-6 Grade
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Students will enjoy listening to a tale passed down by the Seminoles about how the world came to exist. Students will discuss why people told stories both historically and today. Then they can develop their own stories about things they observe in the world around them.

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

We Have a Story to Tell: Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region
  • Type: Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
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This lesson primarily covers the period from the early 1600s to the present. Students explore how colonial settlement and the establishment of the United States affected the Native Americans of the Chesapeake region, especially the Powhatan, Nanticoke, and Piscataway peoples. Students will learn about the forces that resulted in the eradication of some tribes and how others survived.

First State National Historical Park

The People’s House
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will explore Delaware’s historic capitol, The Old State House, and its many functions through the years including a view of Delaware governments in the past. The locations where the branches of government historically conducted business will be pointed out on the building tour. The program takes place around The Dover Green.

Glacier National Park

Boundaries and People
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Students will study maps and watersheds to understand natural boundaries and the movements of humans and wildlife.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Discussion questions for the web article exploring the history of the Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Nation pre-1845. Discussion includes information about the early villages, early explorers, Sacagawea, oral history, education and societies, and tribal origins.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845
  • Type: Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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This background reading material explores the history of the Three Affiliated Tribes from Pre-1845. It covers the Early Villages, Sacagawea, and other people of historic significance who visited the region and villages for exploration and trade.

Glacier National Park

Native Harvest
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Discussion of the value of native plants and plants as cultural resources. Students have access to materials, library, internet to do plant research. Best if can also do field trip to park or other wild area to see native plants in their natural setting.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Peoples of the Niobrara River Valley
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
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60 minutes classroom time, or split into two 30 minute lessons https://youtu.be/5xPK4AJ4nQg Students will learn about the many different caretakers of the Niobrara River through-out history and examine the impact that the river had on their families and culture at those times. Each era of Niobrara Caretakers is followed by a discussion and writing prompt asking students to examine their own experiences of family and culture today.

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Klondike's Environmental Impact on People
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What situations were travelers to the Klondike Gold Rush prepared to handle? Are there any bugs or animals that could have caused them harm? Do you think the small chance of finding gold successfully outweighed the risks and costs of sailing and hiking into the Yukon?

Cowpens National Battlefield

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

Who were the Catawba and Cherokee peoples in the Revolutionary Era Carolinas?

Where is the Native Forest?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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The original plant and animal species that colonized the islands had to make various adaptations to better survive in the unique ecosystems on Maui. Students will view maps that show the different ecosystems, the park boundary, and the reality of how it looked both before and after human contact. They will discover if Haleakalā National Park and their protection efforts are working to preserve native species and their native habitats.

Homestead National Historical Park

Native American Reservations
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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In "Native American Reservations," students will look at Native American Reservations. The Homesteaders, Immigrants, and Native Americans unit is broken up into six lesson plans, taking 45-120 minutes to complete, targeting sixth through eighth grade students. A class does not have to complete every lesson in the unit - each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources. This is lesson 4 of the unit.

Who were the enslaved people in Salem?
  • Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
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Students analyze two primary source documents to learn about the lives and work of enslaved people in Salem and Essex County. Enslaved people mentioned in these documents were connected to Salem merchant, Richard Derby.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The Cherokee People: Elementary Lesson Plan
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Students gain an understanding of cultural elements of the Cherokee people through the use of traditional stories and reading information on websites. A series of activities provide hands-on opportunities to learn about Sequoyah and the Cherokee language, the Trail of Tears, and the trade and barter system with European settlers.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

We The People: Life at a Frontier Fort
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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We The People explores the many roles present in the community of people who called Fort Scott and the surrounding area home in the 1840s.

First State National Historical Park

How the Native Americans Lived
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will travel back in time to gain an understanding of how people can survive off the land. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Native American Lithic Tools
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Students will learn the value of natural resources and how the Ute Indians of central Colorado used natural resources to create tools. Students will also learn to distinguish between the studies of archaeology and paleontology.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Plant Life-Native and Invasive
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The students will study the native and invasive species of plants at the Cowpens battlefield and will document and briefly explain the efforts of the part system to restore the battlefield to its original state,

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Cultural Uses of Native Plants
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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In this field trip through Kīpuka Puaulu students will discover the importance of biodiversity, the traditional Hawaiian uses of native plants, the continued value of these plants into the modern era and an appreciation for the ongoing need to protect Hawai‘i's natural resources.