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Wind Cave National Park

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

A short demonstration to illustrate how scientists measure pollution and why small amounts have large impacts.

John Muir National Historic Site

John Muir: Research and Persuasive Writing
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

During their field trip to John Muir National Historic Site, students were encouraged to reflect on John Muir's home life and his dedication to conservation. They explored Muir's efforts to protect wild places by writing articles and books that inspired global audiences. His advocacy ultimately contributed to the establishment of five National Parks. These activities offer students opportunities to engage in research, develop analytical thinking, and practice persuasive writing skills.

Carl Sandburg's Persuasion Poems (Grades 6-8)
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will understand how Sandburg used poetry to express his opinion on important events of his time such as labor rights and child labor laws. The students will use historic photographs to analyze some of Sandburg’s Chicago poems. Students will answer questions about the poems to demonstrate their understanding. (This lesson could also be used for high school.)

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Why Visit His Home?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Using a four square graphic organizer, draft, edit and publish a persuasive essay OR draft a speech to persuade OR create a Prezi to persuade the observer to visit the birthplace home of President Clinton.

Everglades National Park

“Population Explosion” Don't Let It Loose: 5-8th Grade
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will be able to recognize melaleuca and tell how the seeds are dispersed. They will describe that melaleuca produces over 1 million seeds per year and have a concept of how much that really is. Students will determine the population of melaleuca seeds for their wetland ecosystem through sampling.

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.

First Ladies National Historic Site

Secret Politicians
  • Grade Levels: College Undergraduate Level

The role of first lady is inherently political, but the most successful political maneuvers are done in an implicit way. They are persuading without being persuasive. Participants in this program will learn about the skillful ways modern first ladies have navigated politics and how we got to this point.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Designing a Monument
  • Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students utilize resources available in the art classroom to recreate the Mount Rushmore Sculpture, or design their own version, where they choose the four figures from history they feel should be represented by the monumental sculpture. Students will present their final art piece to the classroom with a persuasive argument for their choices of the figures.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

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

This is designed as a post-visit activity for background information please schedule at field trip at Fort Caroline national Memorial by calling 904.641.7155.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Happy Trails: A Nature Exploration Activity
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Take a walk into nature, and explore how that can impact your health. Meets Kentucky K-2nd grade PE standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Glacier National Park

Create a National Park
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students create a mini-national park in a specified outdoor area, marking a nature trail and providing visitors with information about the park.

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

A Few Good Colonists
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Lost Colonists prepare to march into the unknown.

Discover the Mary Ann Shadd Cary House: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Before the end of legal slavery in the United States, free African Americans migrated to Canada to find greater security and liberty. After the Civil War, some returned to the U.S. to aid emancipated people and rebuild the South. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a business woman, abolitionist, and suffragist.