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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Klondike Railroad

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

How did railroad owners use the Klondike Gold Rush to their advantage? What kinds of things drew more people to trains? What kind of people took trains back then?

Gateway Arch National Park

Railroading Merit Badge

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

A full day workshop that allows scouts to earn their Railroading Merit Badge while traveling aboard Amtrak from St. Louis Missouri to Springfield, Illinois accompanied by staff members from Gateway Arch National Park. Fee is dependent on Amtrak ticket prices.

Steamtown National Historic Site

I've Been Working on the Railroad

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Learn about the people and jobs involved with operating steam locomotives.

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Seeking Sanctuary on the Underground Railroad

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

Discover how St. Augustine played a vital role in the Underground Railroad.

First State National Historical Park

Flight to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: Emeline’s Journey

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

An interactive overview of slavery and abolition in Delaware told through the compelling story of enslaved Emeline Hawkins and her family, and their escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Petroglyph National Monument

How the Early Railroads Changed New Mexico

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

This is a lesson that can be used to teach geography, history and economics using pictures, maps and scale models.

Allegheny Portage Railroad: Developing Transportation Technology

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

Follow 19th-century travelers as they cross the treacherous Allegheny Mountains using an innovative inclined railway.

First State National Historical Park

What Would You Take With You on the Underground Railroad?

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

Interactive Underground Railroad program for students that can accompany the “Emeline’s Journey” tour or stand alone. Student choose item they would take with them if they were a runaway enslaved person. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Working in America: The Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Immigration Movement

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

Working in America" is an interdisciplinary program designed to help students achieve state and national standards in History/Social Studies, Speaking/Listening, Geography, Arts/Humanities, and Technology Education. The working standards vary state to state, but there is substantail agreement on the knowledge and skills students should acquire.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Prized Possession: Escaping on the Underground Railroad Pre-Visit Activity

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

15 years before slavery was abolished in the United States and a little more than 100 miles from the safety of Pennsylvania, Harriet Tubman operated on the edge of freedom. Born in Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1822, Tubman emancipated herself from slavery in 1849 at age 27. She earned the nickname “Moses” for risking her own life about 13 times to guide more than 70 people—many of them family and friends she had left behind—from lives in slavery to new lives in freedom.

Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Riding the Rails and Traveling the Trails: Grades 4, 7, 12

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

Overview: A comprehensive education guide for 4th, 7th and 12th grade lessons about the Santa Fe Trail by Museum Education Consultant Beth Maloney. While these lessons are ideally used in conjunction with the Van of Enchantment Exhibit, the field trip is not a requirement. These lessons can be used separately and work well on their own.

First State National Historical Park

Follow the Drinking Gourd

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

Students will develop a basic understanding of what the Underground Railroad was. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Slaves as Property

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will read a "Reward Flyer" advertising the escape of a Florida slave. This will spark learning about slavery, property, and the Underground Railroad.

Steamtown National Historic Site

All Education Programs are cancelled until further notice due to the pandemic.

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

This dynamic STEAM-based program incorporates Common Core Standards in science, mathematics and language arts while exploring the history of railroading in the region and its impact on the environment.

First State National Historical Park

The 1848 Federal Trial of Thomas Garrett

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students role-play the 1848 federal trial of Thomas Garrett, accused of helping the Hawkins family escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 1 - JOURNALING WITH SONGS OF FREEDOM

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the two disc cd set FREEDOM IS COMING: SONGS OF FREEDOM, RESISTANCE, AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. The set may be obtained from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116, www.nps.gov/jazz

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 5 - CODED SPIRITUALS, METAPHOR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is the fifth set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. It is based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

Weir Farm: Home of an American Impressionist

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

During a period when railroads were expanding, populations were increasing, and America’s agrarian system was being replaced by industry, Weir was one of a group of artists who found comfort and inspiration in the quiet everyday settings of New England, and, in many ways, defined our vision of the American landscape.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 6 - RESEARCHING CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This is the final set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. Lessons are based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 6 Decline and Rebirth of the National Road

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

This unit covers the decline and rebirth the National Road, teaching the students about how railroads ended the National Road and how bicycles and cars helped it come back. It includes background information for the teacher, a student reading and two student activities: A Poem and a Riddle About the National Road and Picture Matching on the National Road.