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Fort Stanwix National Monument

Archeology at Fort Stanwix, On-Site Education Program

• Type: Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What can we learn from the trash and lost objects of the past? “Dig in” to the stories of the past as we prepare objects for the future!

Attributes and Classification in Archeology

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

How do archeologists classify objects based on their attributes? Students will: 1) Understand the how and why of classification and attributes and 2) Classify specific objects based on common attributes.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg's Connemara (Grades K-2)

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

The purpose of this lesson is for students to watch a video to learn about Connemara. Students will analyze objects found in the home and explain what they learn about Carl Sandburg based on the objects that he collected in his home.

Glacier National Park

Bear Noses

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

Just like a bear, students will use their sense of smell to locate an object in the room.

Dividing Fractions Using Saguaros

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to divide fractions using saguaros.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Then and Now (Colonial Comparison Student Activity)

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

Using replicas of common items, students try to identify the objects and determine the purpose.

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Star Fort: Whose side are you on anyway?

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

Objectives At the end of this activity, the student will be able to list the reasons for fighting for both the British and the Americans.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Carl Sandburg's Connemara (Grades 9-12)

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

Students will take a virtual tour of Connemara, the home where Carl Sandburg spent the last 22 years of his life. Students will analyze objects found in the home and make inferences about Carl Sandburg based on the objects that he collected in his home.

Layers of Time

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

Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.

Measuring the height of Saguaros using a clinometer

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students apply their knowledge of trigonometry in real life by connecting it to measuring the height of saguaros.

Grand Canyon National Park

Archaeologist for a Day

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

Students will write creative stories about objects they value and will research and learn about archaeological findings at the Grand Canyon.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Fort Clatsop Explorers Traveling Trunk 6-8th Grade

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Fort Clatsop Explorers provides objects and activities about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their winter stay at Fort Clatsop in 1805-06. A few of the objects included are: buckskin clothing, candle mold, flint-n-steel fire starting kit, powder horn, trade items, Jefferson Peace Medal, examples of furs and a housewife (sewing kit).

Saguaro National Park

Circles and Saguaros

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to use saguaros to find the circumference of a circle as well as how to find volume and surface area.

Saguaro National Park

Understanding Percent Using Buffelgrass

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students learn and understand percentages while also learning about the significance of buffelgrass, an invasive plant in the Sonoran Desert.

Statistics and Saguaros of Section 17

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to identify statistical questions as well as be able to work with data by finding the mean, median, mode and range.

Arches National Park

Forces & Tools

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

Students use digging sticks, throw atlatls, make fire with bow drills, and use rock wedges to explore the affects of friction and gravity on objects.

Acadia National Park

Nature Imprint

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students can find three natural objects outside in their surroundings that they can use to imprint in clay to create a necklace, ornament, or other art creation.

Celebrate Good Times: Holiday Makeovers

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

Students will create holiday objects using designs relating to the Battles of the Southern Campaign that took place in South Carolina. Seasons and use is at the teacher’s discretion and must be approved.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

A Penny for Your Thoughts

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

Archaeologists study artifacts or the objects that past people leave behind to learn about their lives, these objects are called artifacts. By examining artifacts archaeologists can piece together what people ate, what they valued and what they believed in. To do this, archaeologists use their skills of observation and inference. In this lesson plan you will use your own observation skills to infer or make an educated guess about the values, beliefs, and practices in our own culture by studying

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

The Biggest and Best Flag that Ever Flew

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Objectives: Students will be able to… describe the contributions of Mary Pickersgill to Maryland history. describe the goods and services available in early 19th Century Baltimore. analyze the interdependence of early 19th Century Baltimore.