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Glacier National Park

Stewards of the Land

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

Students learn about the four main tribes associated with the Glacier area. Then watch videos with tribal leaders and elders talking about their tribe’s relationship to Glacier National Park and why they feel it’s important to take care of the park. Students will reflect/discuss messages in the videos and write a contemporary story that teaches about caring for the Earth. Homework: Student Reading 1: People and Glacier National Park.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Stewards

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

Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.

Shenandoah National Park

Good Character, Good Stewards

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

This interdisciplinary curriculum supplement for grades K-5 integrates character education with science, math, language arts, and social science lessons for the classroom. The activities focus on the concept of stewardship and the ideals of the National Park Service to provide relevant educational experiences that involve students and promote an understanding of their responsibility to care for the world and its resources.

Saint Croix 1604 Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The St. Croix 1604 Interpretive Trunk contains a total of 30 items.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Caring For Our Forests - A Legacy of Stewardship

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

This is a Global Studies and English unit that is ideally designed as part of a forest-focused, across the curriculum unit, which would complement work being done in the subject specific areas of math, science, and physical education of a typical middle school in Vermont. This unit could also stand on its own in terms of a place-based unit using forests as its focal point

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Building Stewardship Through Science - Mercury in Our Environment

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

By working with various partners, including Dartmouth College's Toxic Metals Research Program, students determine mercury levels in macroinvertebrates taken from the Pogue (pond) in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP. Students learn how mercury moves through air, water, and through the food chain. By reading Marsh, learning about Billings and Rockefeller, students will cultivate a sense of stewardship and reflect on their own choices.

Gateway Arch National Park

St. Louis From the Beginning

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

In 1764, French fur traders founded St. Louis on the grounds that are now Gateway Arch National Park. In this program, students visit the "Colonial St. Louis" gallery in the museum and learn about the ways St. Louis became a prosperous river town and trading post.

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

Marching for the Movement in St. Augustine

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

Discover how St. Augustine played a vital role in the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Exploring the History of Slavery in St. Louis

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

This Distance Learning Program aims to provide an introduction to the history of slavery in St. Louis. Geared for students in grades 3 through 5, the program examines what life was like for enslaved Missourians and highlights the stories of six enslaved African Americans from St. Louis who went on to become nationally famous for their efforts to end slavery and promote racial equality in the United States.

The Old Courthouse in St. Louis: Yesterday and Today

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

Learn how three buildings restored and maintained by the U.S. General Services Administration illustrate the important role the federal government played and continues to play in communities across the country.

Gateway Arch National Park

St. Louis From the Beginning (Distance Learning)

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

Learn about the French fur traders who founded the city of St. Louis in 1764, including the lives of merchants Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau. Students will also learn about the rise of St. Louis as a commercial trading post along the Mississippi River.

Gateway Arch National Park

Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis

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

Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Online Classroom Visits

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Teachers! Sign up your class for a 30-minute virtual classroom visit from a National Park Service ranger or partnering staff focused on a wide selection of topics such as otters, environmental stewardship, or the history of Upper St. Anthony Falls!

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Forever Institute

• Type: Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

Youth and college programs for middle-school through college-age groups are designed to engage the next generation of park stewards.

Haleakalā National Park

Habitat

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

In this lesson, haumana (students) will learn about the geology, plate tectonics, hot spots, and volcanoes such as Mt. Saint Helens, Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Pele and Maui and how their moʻolelo relates to geology.

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier Institute

• Type: Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Mount Rainier Institute provides outstanding nature-based education experiences that are rooted in science and nurture the next generation of environmental stewards and leaders. School overnight programs immerse students in a rich learning environment where they explore the natural world, develop a connection to nature, and build community.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Why Wilderness?

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The protected land of Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses an intact ecosystem of over 6 million acres. High school classes are invited to learn about and discuss the social and environmental benefits and challenges of protecting wilderness. Denali’s sled dogs, dinosaur tracks, and more will inspire students to become stewards of wilderness everywhere.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Hidatsa Tribe Use of Prairie Plants

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

Do your students need practice finding and utilizing information on a website? This lesson uses the Knife River Indian Villages NHS Park Stewards project on the nationally acclaimed iNaturalist website to accomplish this objective. Students will have fun exploring the site while learning how the Hidatsa and other Plains Indian tribes used the native prairie.

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.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Working River Online

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

This program engages students with four topics deeply associated with the upper Mississippi River: its geology, its role as a transportation corridor, its waterpower, and continual stewardship efforts.