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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Optical Illusions and Mirage on the Great Plains
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Are your eyes playing tricks on you or is it the light? This lesson explores the properties of light and the environmental conditions which cause mirages. Students will examine some famous optical illusions before reading Josiah Gregg's experience with them when traveling across the Great Plains in the 1830s and 1840s.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson will have students looking at the items bought by the Lewis and Clark expedition and how their estimated cost compared to the actual cost of the expedition. It will then have students identify items they would need to bring on their own trip somewhere.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will create a Jeopardy-type game that will show knowledge of unit content and will use the game for review.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Using the Film "Andersonville" in the Classroom
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Popular media, such as books and films, have long been used to teach the story of Andersonville. The 1996 film "Andersonville" continues to be a popular classroom tool. This material is intended to assist teachers in clearly identifying historical reality versus Hollywood illusion and aiding students to think critically about the portrayal of historic events.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
(1860s) Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
During the program, students volunteers discuss symptoms, diagnose illnesses, and determine treatments. The Civil War Medical program can be presented any time of year, except during Life on the Frontier programs and special events, providing that staffing is available. Program time runs from fifteen to forty-five minutes. This version is designed for middle school level.