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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In wartime, women traditionally served either on the home front or as nurses and laundresses. During the U.S.-Mexican War, most women played these traditional roles while others aided the military in non-traditional ways. Read primary documents about female soldiers, war correspondents, and spies.
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
The Women of World War I and II: Traveling Education Trunks
- Type: Traveling Trunk ... Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The Women of World War I and II investigates the role of women during both World Wars. This traveling trunk explores the reasons why women embraced the predominantly male jobs, the work they did, and their lasting legacy in the role of women’s fight for equality.
Roger Williams National Memorial
Roger Williams and the Separation of Church and State
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Roger Williams believed in the idea that religion was a matter of individual conscience, not to be regulated or supported by a government. In this lesson students examine both sides of the issue of a proposed RI bill that would provide tax supported school vouchers for private schools. The students will research the issue using primary and secondary sources and then participate in a debate to answer the question: Do school vouchers violate the principle of the separation of church and state?
Shiloh National Military Park
Siege and Battle of Corinth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1) To explain why gaining control of the railroads in Corinth was important to both the Union and the Confederacy. 2) To describe the course of the Siege of Corinth and the Battle of Corinth and to evaluate their impact on the course of the Civil War. 3) To describe the fortifications constructed during these engagements and to analyze their importance. 4) To examine the role transportation routes played in the formation of the student's own community.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Elementary Lesson
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
The Panama Canal: The Ratification of the Carter-Torrijos Treaties.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
On September 7, 1977, President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty, which ceded U.S. control of the canal beginning in 2000 and guaranteed the neutrality of the waterway thereafter. On September 7, 1977, President Carter had also signed the Neutrality Treaty with Torrijos, which guaranteed the permanent neutrality of the canal and gave the United States the right to use military force, if necessary, to keep the canal open.
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Gouedy Fort: What’s in the bag?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: - Explain interactions between the people and the physical landscape of South Carolina over time -Describe the initial contact, cooperation, and conflict between the Native Americans and European settlers in South Carolina -Summarize the relationship among the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, including the French and Indian War, the slave revolts, and the conduct of trade.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Forgotten Warriors of the Civil War is the story of the tragic effect that the American Civil War had upon the tribes of the Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). More than any other particular group in the United States at the time, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole (the Five Civilized Tribes) were divided between loyalty to the Union and the secessionist Southern states. This lesson will teach students about why this “civil war within a civil war” occurred.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Middle School Lesson
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Law and Order: Does the punishment fit the crime?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: -Summarize the establishment of state and national governments. -Explain the structure and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Geology Lesson 1. The present is the key to the past.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
During the Permian period a sea covered the area and a reef started to form in this marine environment. The actual fossils you can find hiking the Permian trail at Guadalupe are remnants of this ancient feature. This lesson will help high school students to infer what happened in the area using important geological tools like rocks, fossils and satellite images.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Who Are the Tuskegee Airmen?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Two famous Tuskegee Experiments were conducted in the small town of Tuskegee, Alabama between 1932 and 1972. One conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (Public Health) beginning in 1932, later called the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The other conducted by the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Corps) beginning in 1941, the participants of which were later dubbed "Tuskegee Airmen"
Cowpens National Battlefield
Battle of Cowpens – Reader’s Theater Script for Classroom
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The student will be able to: ●Identify key people in the battle and in the Revolutionary War ●Summarize the immediate and long term outcomes of the battle ●Summarize the role of geography in the battle ●Identify the effects of Morgan’s leadership style ●Summarize backcountry attitudes towards the British (in late 1780/early 1781)
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
"Remember the Raisin" Choose Your Own Adventure
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson, students will identify different groups that participated in the River Raisin Battles, hypothesize about decisions made by a participant in the River Raisin Battles, and understand the impact of these decisions on the War of 1812. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: *What types of challenges and decisions did soldiers in the River Raisin Battle face? *How did those decisions impact the War of 1812?
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Lasting Effects of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn about the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, read the articles of the treaty, and rewrite them in their own words. Students then write about how the Treaty affects them today. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: What is the significance of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and how does it affect us today?
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
Saving History: The White House, Dolley Madison and the War of 1812
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The events leading up to the burning of the White House during the War of 1812 have been well chronicled. Among the most celebrated events of the war was the saving of George Washington’s portrait by Dolley Madison before the White House was torched. Thanks to a letter written by Mrs. Madison prior to her escape this event is recounted. Recently, however, an expert concluded that perhaps the write the letter was written later - perhaps 20 years later. From the White House Historical Associati
Cowpens National Battlefield
Come on out to the Cow Pens!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson will involve studying the Cowpens National Battlefield and the history behind it. Students will artistically create a brochure either on the computer or paper. The brochure will advertise the Park and give pertinent information as well as being visually appealing.
Grand Canyon National Park
Revolutionizing the River - Down the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Travel down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon demonstrates the diversity of people's experiences and showcases the need for even more representation in the future.
Everglades National Park
"The Everglades are on Fuego" Habitat Video: Pine Rocklands
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will be able to distinguish the difference between the four different Everglades ecosystems listed in the key vocabulary- Pine Rocklands, Sawgrass Prairies, Coastal Prairies, Hardwood Hammocks. The students will be able to describe the importance of fire and lightning to the Everglades.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Moon Phases With Cookies
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students use the frosting of Oreo cookies to visualize the phases of the moon using the contrast of the frosting and cookie to represent light and shadows on the surface of the moon as seen from Earth.