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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Gullah Geechee are African Americans with ancestral roots in the Southeastern U.S., from southeastern North Carolina all the way down to northeastern Florida. Their ancestors, taken from West and Central Africa between the early 1600s and the 1850s, were forced into labor due to their skills and strength. To preserve their heritage, they created the Gullah Geechee language by blending native African languages with English.
Lifestyle: Revolutionary War Era Clothing
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
To provide the opportunity for students to identify clothing of the Revolutionary War Era in comparison with modern clothing.
Morale Art of the Cold War Era
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Sound of Buffalo Soldiers! A Musical Bridge to Communities
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
Citizenship and Voting During the Civil War Era
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
During Ulysses S. Grant's lifetime, the United States transitioned from a country where only a small number of wealthy white elites had full citizenship and voting rights to one in which men and women, white and black, were guaranteed citizenship and all men could vote. "Citizenship and Voting during the Civil War Era" examines these dramatic changes to America's political institutions.
George Washington Carver - Struggle for Education Distance Learning Program
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson focuses on numerous obstacles George Washington Carver faced and overcame in order to earn his education and how he became a role model of perseverance and success. Following this program, students will list three obstacles to education that George Washington Carver faced, two states where he lived while going to school, and one helpful character trait he possessed.
Overcoming Obstacles: George Washington Carver’s Pathway to Education
What is Freedom?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The program is designed to compare and contrast Booker T. Washington and other prominent figures in their views of and experiences with freedom. The program also includes an opportunity for further examination of this topic over multiple periods of United States history.
It Was a Very Good Year
Bleeding Kansas - Sparks of War
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.
Native American Connections
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Who were the Catawba and Cherokee peoples in the Revolutionary Era Carolinas?
The Scientific Method
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Plate Tectonics
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn to identify the seven continents of Earth. They will also create their own supercontinent by using continental shape and fossil evidence to fit the continent cutout pieces like a puzzle. They will then be shown maps of reconstructed Pangea and try to recreate it using their cutout pieces.
Ulysses S. Grant and Leadership
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Salmon Nutrient Cycling
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment by the National Woman's Party beginning in 1923. They will evaluate a political cartoon to identify different perspectives on the ERA. Students will then respond to the argument presented in the cartoon. Finally, they will predict the possible effect of the ERA on society today.
Cattle Drives and Roundups
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Open Range Cattle Era helped to shape life in the American West during the late 19th century, lasting from about 1866-1900. Ranching activities are defined by the seasons of the year and the life cycles of the livestock. For cattle ranchers in the Open Range Cattle Era, two practices became routine for cowboys, the cattle drive and the roundup. In this lesson, students will learn about cattle drives and roundups, what they were and their importance to the Open Range Cattle Era.