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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan includes mapmaking, class discussions, image and writing analysis. Students have the opportunity to learn about the Mormon Pioneer and Oregon Trail through the NebraskaStudies.org site. Here, they will be able to access primary and secondary source documents, as well as a timeline of events on the trail.
Yellowstone National Park
Atomic Elements and Archeology: Tracing Ancient Resource Access and Trade Routes Using XRF
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one scientific tool archeologists use to study the chemical composition of artifacts found on a site. This lesson plan illustrates the method behind XRF and describes how the resulting data can illustrate where and how ancient peoples obtained resources, whether through local sources or trade. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Riverways: Sustenance and Safety
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Which route would you take? Would it be the shorter Cimarron with multiple river crossings and no trading post or the longer Mountain route that travels beside the Arkansas past Bent's Fort? Josiah Gregg's journal describes the dangers faced on the Santa Fe Trail due to the presence or absence of water in the region's rivers. This lesson challenges learners to consider how proximity to water presented benefits and dangers during the fur trade era.
Fort Larned National Historic Site
A Tale of Two Towns
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Santa Fe Trail was on important commercial route connecting the Eastern US with the Southwest and beyond into Mexico. The story and images in this virtual traveling trunk tells how this trail got started.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn how transportation routes affected a local inn, how archaeology revealed the inn's use over time, and how preservation efforts saved the historic site from suburban sprawl.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Follow a trail of discovery to the Pacific Northwest. Although the corps' findings destroyed the dream of a water route to the Pacific Ocean, their accomplishments had far reaching effects in expanding human knowledge and opening a new course for American history.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
21 Days On-Site Education Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
How did the 21-day siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777 affect the Mohawk Valley…and the War? During this 90 minute program, take a closer look at how the successful defense of a valuable transportation route affected the lives of the Native Americans, Rebellious Americans, and Loyalist Americans!
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant and the National Park Service
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This 30 to 40 minute Distance Learning program offers an introduction to the National Park Service and Ulysses S. Grant's role in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first National Park.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Battle of New Orleans - PreVisit Activities
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Through a timeline and mapping activity, students will learn the major events of the War of 1812 and the New Orleans campaign and be able to put them into a timeline. They will understand the importance of water trade routes during the period and learn why New Orleans was such an important port---and a prize that Great Britain hoped to capture.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Williams Ranch Field Trip
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Williams Ranch house sits at the base of a 3,000 foot rock cliff on the west side of the park. The road to the ranch follows the route of the old Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Line about two miles. Behind the ranch is Bone Canyon. The cliffs and slopes of the canyon mouth are formed of the oldest rocks in the Guadalupe Mountains.
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Do your students have what it takes to make it to Oregon? In this fun activity, students will pack their wagons for the journey west along the Oregon Trail through Nebraska and beyond. As they make their way west, we will look at maps to gauge progress and discuss the features that determined the route of the trail and the hardships that emigrants would have encountered.
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.
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.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old Spanish Trail Road Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
We’re off on a grand adventure: a road trip across the famous Old Spanish Trail! The Old Spanish Trail was an arduous 1,200 mile route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California, which served traders who loaded their pack mules with woolen goods from Santa Fe each fall and returned from California each spring with goods, mules, and horses. The Old Spanish Trail linked two provinces of Mexico separated by difficult topography and climatic extremes.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Who Should Decide Where and How You Live? An Exploration of President Grant's Indian Policies
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This 30 to 40 minute distance learning program offers an introduction to President Ulysses S. Grant's Indian Policies. Students will learn about the history of U.S. Indian policy through a collection of primary sources to be studied ahead of time followed by a facilitated dialogue with a Park Ranger about President Grant's policies.
Niobrara National Scenic River
Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.
African Burial Ground National Monument
Exploring the African Burial Ground
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
African Burial Ground trips consist of a 90 minute visit, which includes a site film, a ranger led discussion, and a tour of our memorial, as well as a chance to explore the exhibits in our visitor center. On-site visits are offered Tuesday-Saturday at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM, and 2 PM and are limited to groups of 40 people or less.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
When is Compromise Necessary? The Compromise of 1850
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This 30 to 40 minute distance learning program introduces students to the difficulty of finding suitable compromises on difficult political issues. The program focuses specifically on the Compromise of 1850, a controversial series of laws that simultaneously protected slavery in Southern states and territories while closing off slavery in California. Students will study a series of primary sources documents followed by a facilitated dialogue with a park ranger.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Traces Through Time: A General History of the Natchez Trace
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Are you a person who likes history or national parks? Join us for 45-minutes and learn the history of the Parkway, going back thousands of years when bison roamed through today. Learn about the people, explorations and stories held along this special place.
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
We Want You!
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
At the start of the U.S.-Mexican War, both Mexican and U.S. citizens mistrusted a standing army. In this activity, students discuss reasons for joining an army. Next, they discuss the differences between a regular army and a militia of volunteers. Then they review and discuss U.S. and Mexican perspectives on regular and volunteer soldiers.