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"Oregon Trail Adventure"

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Do your students have what it takes to make it to Oregon? In this fun activity, students will pack their wagons for the journey west along the Oregon Trail through Nebraska and beyond. As they make their way west, we will look at maps to gauge progress and discuss the features that determined the route of the trail and the hardships that emigrants would have encountered.

Traveling the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails

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

This lesson is designed to review the purpose of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. The students will also expand their knowledge of each trail and put a plan together for a trip on each trail. This plan will include a packing list for their wagons. The students will use primary sources to help form their plans and packing list.

Routes West 1800-1849

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

This lesson plan includes mapmaking, class discussions, image and writing analysis. Students have the opportunity to learn about the Mormon Pioneer and Oregon Trail through the NebraskaStudies.org site. Here, they will be able to access primary and secondary source documents, as well as a timeline of events on the trail.

Pack Your Wagon

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

Overview: This lesson can be used in conjunction with either the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, or else there are materials and resources that can be used in the classroom. Includes anticipation guides, primary sources describing packed items, and supply list worksheets.

Pathways and Perspectives: National Historic Trails Multiday Lesson Plan

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

STUDENT OBJECTIVES 1. Collaborate with peers by synthesizing and analyzing research on the National Historic Trails 2. Design effective presentation using appropriate gestures and speaking skills 3. Discuss the pathways and perspectives of traders, emigrants, Spanish and Indian Americans 4. Examine the stories of nine national historic trails 5. Create a presentation that demonstrates synthesis and higher level analysis 6. Present findings about the trails to the rest of the class

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Guided Tour of the McLoughlin House

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

The retirement home of Dr. John McLoughlin aids the National Park Service in preserving the history of our nation by sharing the personal story of a powerful businessman and his family. This family's story intersects with many pivotal moments in the Oregon Country/Columbia District.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Guided Tour of HBC Fort Vancouver

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

The classic Fort Vancouver Field Trip experience! Classes, teamed up with a guide, participate in an interactive walking tour inside the reconstructed HBC Fort Vancouver.

Mount Rainier National Park

A String of Volcanoes

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

Students research information about Cascade volcanoes in Washington, Oregon, and California, then transfer the information onto the appropriate mobile piece before constructing the mobile "A String of Volcanoes".

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Trail Skits

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

Students will learn how to be prepared, respect the natural ecology, and be safe on their trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

On the Trail of a Whale

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

Students take on the roles of whales and researchers, learning about underwater research and whale communication.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

The Camouflage Trail

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

On this field trip, students will gain an understanding of the concept of camouflage and adaptation. This outdoor activity could also be done in another natural area.

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Trail of Tears

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

Trail of Tears Lesson Plan

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Trail of Tears

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

During this in-class lesson, students will learn about the Trail of Tears.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Documenting the Uncharted Northwest

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

Follow a trail of discovery to the Pacific Northwest. Although the corps' findings destroyed the dream of a water route to the Pacific Ocean, their accomplishments had far reaching effects in expanding human knowledge and opening a new course for American history.

Gateway Arch National Park

Heading West? (Distance Learning)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

This distance learning program introduces k-2 students to some of the challenges and choices early pioneers faced while traveling west across prairies, rivers, and mountains from St. Louis to Oregon and California.

Tracks Along the Trail

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

Students will learn to identify some common tracks encountered outdoors, discuss some survival adaptations used by animals during the winter, and piece together stories left by tracks. (This activity can be arranged as a visit to W-GIPP guided by a park ranger, or can be done in any relatively wild area near your school.)

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Exploring the Anza Trail

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

Welcome to Exploring the Anza Trail, an interdisciplinary program specifically designed for 3rd and 4th grade students. Through a series of hands-on activities, writing and drawing assignments, and a dramatic 50-minute presentation, students put themselves in the shoes of a colonist on the Anza Trail to explore the universal concepts of overcoming obstacles, using resources, and seeking a better life.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Trail Discovery Pack

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

Discovery Pack

Glacier National Park

Tracks along the Trail

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

In this activity, students identify patterns from their own tracks and then look at those made by animals. They make “track cards” to use for matching, classifying, sorting, and a variety of activities.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Bottomland Hardwood Trail Hike

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

Join Rangers Allyn and Natasha on a trail hike through a beautiful bottomland hardwood forest and see what kind of animals are waiting for you!