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Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
A Pathway to Peace – Negotiating the Camp David Accords
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, (left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter, (center), and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right) clasp hands at the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on March 26, 1979.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells Negotiations
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In the early history of the United States problems with Great Britain still existed, and culminated in the War of 1812. This activity packet, complete with background readings and graphic organizers, will discuss the signing of the Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells and how it affected not only the United States and Great Britain but also the Native American nations that were involved.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Peace Picnics and Community in Hopedale
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In 1842, a group of like-minded individuals created a commune called Hopedale. Under the leadership of minister Adin Ballou, people came to Hopedale to live out their values, which included Christian non-resistance and abolition. In this lesson, students will read primary source accounts about anti-slavery meetings and celebrations independence in Hopedale, MA and consider how people use speeches and print to make persuasive arguments.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
A Pathway to Peace - Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
These lessons utilize primary sources and background information to help students understand the complex process of resolving conflict. Students will analyze documents, photos, and political cartoons related to the Camp David Accords. They will learn how and why the U.S., Israel, and Egypt negotiated this historic peace agreement. They will also analyze the resulting agreement, understanding that every party doesn't get everything they want in a compromise.
Shiloh National Military Park
Shiloh: Place of Peace to Bloody Battlefield (A Lesson Plan)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This teacher’s packet contains brief historic information, lesson plans and activities for use in the classroom. Information on planning a field classroom trip to Shiloh and Corinth Battlefields is also included in the packet.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
When Dwight Eisenhower ran for president in 1952, the United States was embroiled in the Korean War. Eisenhower pledged, if elected, he would go to Korea and find a way to bring the fighting to an end, calling his mission a “crusade for peace.” This program will utilize primary sources such as speeches, historic photographs, and special artifacts in the Eisenhower NHS Museum collection to examine Eisenhower’s dedication to peace in his first year as president.
Acadia National Park
Migration Friendly School
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
To engage students in identifying positive and negative factors affecting bird migration. Students will also create an action plan to address any negative factors present on the school campus
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The French and Indian War 1754-1763: How Did The War End? - Unit 5
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This unit teaches the students about how the war ended with the Treaty of Paris, and what the consequences were to the different groups who were involved. Both the American colonists and the American Indians were not involved in the peace treaty. The lesson includes background information and one student activity, “Making Peace.”
Eisenhower National Historic Site
President Eisenhower and Cold War Diplomacy at Gettysburg (Virtual Program)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
During the turbulent Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower used his Gettysburg Farm--the only home he and his wife Mamie ever owned--to conduct diplomacy and to seek peace. Join a park ranger for this free virtual program to explore the Cold War, President Eisenhower's administration, and how Gettysburg became a setting for peace and diplomacy in the 1950s.
Glacier National Park
Hibernation-Migration Fascination
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A comparison of two different types of hibernation – those of bears and marmots. A comparison of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park east side lowland grizzlies and highland grizzlies.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Zora Neale Hurston, U.S. Library of Congress, Reproduction number LC-USZ62-62394 (b&w film copy neg.). Card #2004672085. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672085/
Everglades National Park
"What's that Slippery Mess?" Water: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The student will be able to: a) show ways oil spills can affect wildlife adversely, and b) point out possible negative consequences to wildlife, people, and the environment from human-caused pollutants and/or industry.
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).
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Lesson 5 - IN SEARCH OF HARMONY
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Anthony Bennett explains he encourages young people to get involved in music because, “it affects the way you live, and the way that you deal with people. To say it simply, it creates a harmony in you. This peace. It comes in colors.” This lesson will look at how music brought people together in New Orleans by doing a photographic analysis, and then linking the images back to the story lines in the book.
Haleakalā National Park
And Then There Were None
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Haleakalā National Park preserves one of the only intact examples of a native Hawaiian ecosystem. This lesson will be a review of native species that live in the park. Students will play a game to explore (positive and negative) factors that impact native ecosystems and how those factors impact the populations of a species.
Homestead National Historical Park
Black Homesteaders in Nebraska: Audacious Dreams (3rd - 5th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided African Americans with the prospect of farm ownership. In Nebraska, Black homesteaders built successful farms from eastern tallgrass prairies to the arid Sandhills in the west and the intentional community of DeWitty, NE. Students will explore how Nebraska’s Black homesteaders persevered.
Homestead National Historical Park
Black Homesteaders in Nebraska: Audacious Dreams (6th - 8th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided African Americans with the prospect of farm ownership. In Nebraska, Black homesteaders built successful farms from eastern tallgrass prairies to the arid Sandhills in the west and the intentional community of DeWitty, NE. Students will explore how Nebraska’s Black homesteaders persevered.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The peaceful surroundings--white sugar-sand beaches, clumps of golden sea oats, and the soothing sounds of coastal waves pounding on the shores of a long barrier island--belie the serious purpose of Fort Pickens, located on Santa Rosa Island in Florida. One of the largest brick forts built in the United States, Fort Pickens provided the setting for a serious effort by a small group of men to avert or at least postpone the outbreak of the Civil War.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Fort Clatsop Explorers Traveling Trunk 3rd-5th Grade
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth 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). An educators guide contains hands-on activity ideas and descriptions of some of the essential articles carried by the Lewis & Clark Expedition