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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sustainability: Lessons from the Anishinaabek

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

Students will travel back in time to the late 1800's in the area that is now Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. After roleplaying as either settlers or Native Americans in groups, they will draw conclusions on what it means to be truly sustainable in today's world.

Zion National Park

Sustainable Design Solutions: Mitigating Effects of Natural Resource Use

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

Using Zion's visitor center as inspiration, students will design energy-efficient buildings to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Everglades National Park

"Rainy Season in Three Cups" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will learn where the water that sustains the Everglades originates, and how the flow of water through the K-O-E watershed sustains Florida Bay as well.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Eat Like an Animal

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Eating locally and seasonally is more sustainable for us all.

Gateway Arch National Park

Segregation Laws in the 1800s: Williams v. Bellefontaine

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

In 1867, Neptune and Caroline Williams sued the Bellefontaine Railway Company over its discriminatory policies regarding African Americans. In a dispute with the streetcar operator, Mrs. Williams was hurt. The Williamses sued at the St. Louis Courthouse and won their case, but with a twist. Will students reach the same verdict?

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Provider of the Plains - Bison

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

Bison provided almost everything the Plains Indians needed for their daily life. Learn how these animals sustained American Indians on the Great Plains.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)

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

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Acadia National Park

Leave No Trace Kindergarten Routines

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Leave No Trace is a framework for interacting with the natural environment in a sustainable way. These activities review the first two principles: Plan Ahead and Prepare, and Walk or Camp on Durable Surfaces.

To Go or Not To Go (Lesson One in Elwha Unit)

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

In this lesson, students will answer the following essential question: What combination of factors, both natural and manmade, is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Homestead National Historical Park

Black Homesteaders on the Great Plains: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (Adult)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

The call of free land offered Black Americans the possibilities of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Great Plains. Come learn about the struggles that Black homesteaders met in building and sustaining households and communities.

Grand Canyon National Park

Current Events – Uranium Mining

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

How do we work together to find sustainable solutions to everyday problems? Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon is a controversial subject. This lesson takes shape in the form of a townhall style debate.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Should the Dams on the Elwha be Removed? A Classroom Debate)

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

Dams have been useful to human populations in providing water and energy for development of wilderness areas. Should we remove dams that have outlived their use in order to enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: "Hatcheries - Saviors or Scourge for Wild Salmon?"

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

This activity helps students understand the history and roles that hatcheries serve in sustaining commercial fisheries, native fish populations, and saving endangered fish stocks. They will also do their own research on the pros and cons of hatcheries.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Life after "Freedom" Post-Visit Activity

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

Tubman’s deep faith sustained her as nurse and a spy for the Union army. Tubman eventually settled with her extended family in Auburn, New York, was active in the women’s suffrage movement and founded a home for the elderly and disadvantaged.

"Excavation and Tools" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

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

Excavations and excavation tools are designed to answer greater questions about the past. Students will review a working excavation, and see some of the methods that archeologists employ at active dig sites. The discussions are built around the ethics of stewardship and can expand to topics on the environment, sustainability, and responsibility.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

How Clear Is the Water?

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

In this lesson students will test their knowledge of ecosystems and the qualities necessary to sustain life by creating Secchi disks, testing turbidity (water clarity), and making predictions about the habitat that might exist. This fun, hands-on lesson allows students to be the scientist and make predictions based on their findings in their lab reports.

Gateway Arch National Park

Trial for the Right to Vote: Virginia Minor v. Happersett

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

In a room on the second floor of the St. Louis Courthouse in 1873, Virginia Louisa Minor sued a city registrar for denying her the right the register to vote. What was her argument? In this mock trial, students will reenact the 1873 trial, listen to both sides, and reach their own verdict in the case.

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.

Gateway Arch National Park

Freedom Suit: Dred Scott v. Irene Emerson

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

1846, an enslaved couple named Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom at the St. Louis Courthouse, a historic courthouse managed by the National Park Service at Gateway Arch National Park and referred to as the "Old Courthouse." In this mock trial, students learn about the second trial the Scotts undertook at the courthouse in 1850. During this case, the court declared Dred Scott to be a free man. How will students interpret the case?

National Park of American Samoa

Tropical Rainforest for Medicinal Purposes

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

Samoans have used plants and trees for about 3,000 years. Before Europeans discovered our islands, our ancestors depended on our tropical rainforest to sustain life, whether it would be for clothing, food or medicine. Samoans realized the importance of these resources. While these practices are still vibrant today, our younger generations are slowly losing the knowledge and understanding about the significance of native plants and trees and how our people use them for medicinal purposes.