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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845

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

Discussion questions for the web article exploring the history of the Hidatsa Mandan Arikara Nation pre-1845. Discussion includes information about the early villages, early explorers, Sacagawea, oral history, education and societies, and tribal origins.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

The People: Pre-1845

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

This background reading material explores the history of the Three Affiliated Tribes from Pre-1845. It covers the Early Villages, Sacagawea, and other people of historic significance who visited the region and villages for exploration and trade.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Life Up High: Precipitation, Elevation & the Sub-alpine Forest

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

This interactive presentation introduces students to the three main ecosystems across Utah: deserts, wetlands and forest. The goal is to give students a sense of why the environment at Cedar Breaks National Monument is noticeably different from their more familiar environment down in Cedar City. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effects of elevation on precipitation, temperature and dominant plant life in each ecosystem, with a focus on the high alpine forest ecosystem.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Graphic Organizer

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

Students can complete the spider acitivty as a pre-visit activity prior to making a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Student Worksheet

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

This is a worksheet for students to do prior to their visit to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Pre-visit Crossword Puzzle

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

Students can review the history of Fort Pulaski while completing this crossword puzzle. It serves as a pre-visit activity before taking a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Family Ties (Pre Visit)

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

Students are encouraged to bring or upload one of their baby pictures and one old family photo to Google Classroom. Teacher will organize them in Google Slides and display the images to the class to identify "who is who' in their class.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Economy and Trade: Pre 1845

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

In Economy and Trade: Pre 1845, students will learn about trade relations between tribes prior to European contact and how their experience prepared them for success in dealing with explorers and traders after European contact by re-enacting trading as it was practiced at Knife River Villages.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Materials

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

These materials provide pre-visit information for teachers and students who are planning a field trip to Fort Pulaski. There is a fact sheet and timeline for teachers and worksheet for students.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Snowshoe Field Trip Pre-visit

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Coming on a snowshoe field trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes? Find out what to expect from a snowshoe visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes, as well as which animals are found in the park and what adaptations they have to survive during the winter season.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Glen Haven Pre-visit Activity

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

he Glen Haven tour is designed to supplement classroom learning and bring history to life by providing students with new, first-hand experiences relating to Michigan’s maritime heritage through the mission of the National Park Service to “…preserve and protect…”

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Activity

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students can complete the spider activity as a pre-visit activity prior to making a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.

Pre and Post Field Trip Activities

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

Students will be able to understand the role of Fort Matanzas in relation to Spanish colonial history and how Fort Matanzas played an integral role in protecting the city of St. Augustine, FL.

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Pre and Post Field Trip Activities

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

Use these activities to prepare for your field trip and to reflect on the experience!

Death Valley National Park

Extreme Temperatures: Pre-Virtual Trip

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

Students will research temperature and precipitation data from three National Park System units and their local community. Students will express the data into charts & graphs and interpret the information to determine which park unit's weather is most similar to their local community.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Pre-Visit Welcome Packet: Pre-Visit information for educational visits to Oakland and Magnolia Plantations

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

Pre-Visit information for your educational trip to Oakland Plantation and/or Magnolia Plantation.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Cows in the Campground - Pre-Visit Writing Activity

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

Students will read about the community of the Niobrara Valley prior to their field trip to develop an understanding of the significance of development and its co-existence with preservation of a natural resource. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interrelationships contained in the river system by writing a descriptive essay based on an essay prompt of their choice.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Horsin' Around: Online Pre-visit Activity

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

Through this online pre-visit activity, students will learn about different breeds of horses. Then they will create a PowerPoint presentation that provides information about a breed of horse. The class will then take a field trip to the Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS or other type of ranch to interact with and see different breeds of horses.

Death Valley National Park

Thriving in Death Valley Pre-Trip Activity

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

Students will research animals that live in Death Valley National Park and create a presentation about the animals’ adaptations. Students will share their presentations with their classmates. After these presentations, students will compare and contrast two animals and their adaptations using a Venn diagram.

Death Valley National Park

Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity

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

For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.