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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Who were the different Patriot troops in the Battle of Cowpens? What are some of their personal stories?
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)
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Johnstown Flood Museum: Academy-Award winning film, "The Johnstown Flood"
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will enter the museum theater to watch the 26-minute Academy Award winning film for Best Documentary, Short Subject.
Glacier National Park
Build A Tree
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will reinforce what they learned about the different parts of a tree and the role each part plays in the growth of a tree, using role-playing theater.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Reader's Theatre: Challenges on the Canal
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Poor Captain Meyers certainly had a bad day today! NPS/CHOH collection
Cowpens National Battlefield
#Hashtag it out!!!!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will use their knowledge of social media to develop hashtags for pictures representing the Battle of Cowpens. #TurningPoint
Cowpens National Battlefield
Plant Life-Native and Invasive
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will study the native and invasive species of plants at the Cowpens battlefield and will document and briefly explain the efforts of the part system to restore the battlefield to its original state,
Cowpens National Battlefield
What about us??? Women, African-Americans, and Native Americans
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will research the roles of women, African-Americans and Native Americans in the American Revolution.
Cowpens National Battlefield
Boy, What a Day! January 17, 1781
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Student will journal the events of January 17, 1781 as a part of the militia, cavalry, Morgan, Howard, Washington, British Legion, or Continentals.
Cowpens National Battlefield
The Way I See It, Daniel Morgan is a “Fye” Guy!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will pick from a list and retell/rewrite the victory of the patriot forces at Cowpens.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Photo credit: NPS photo
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will pull pictures from the internet and create memes depicting events, characters, and battles of the Southern Campaign.
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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The students will review articles and internet sites pulling important information pertaining to the Southern Campaign, concentrating on the areas in South Carolina. They will then create a set of trading cards to be used as a class set.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will create holiday objects using designs relating to the Battles of the Southern Campaign that took place in South Carolina. Seasons and use is at the teacher’s discretion and must be approved.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will create a Jeopardy-type game that will show knowledge of unit content and will use the game for review.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will work to calculate time, distance, gas mileage from home to three important Southern Campaign of the American Revolution: Cowpens National Battlefield, Kings Mountain National Military Park, and Ninety Six National Historic Site.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will research information to find information about the number of wounded from both patriot and British forces from the SC revolutionary battles: Battle of Camden, Battle of Waxhaws, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens. They will then create a graph that compares the number both injured and fatally wounded.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Using storyboard, cartoon make, comic book maker.org or the document added the student will create their own story. Picking 2 battles they will develop 2 4-6 frame comics
Cowpens National Battlefield
“To Be or Not to Be”? That is the Question: A Leader’s Monologue
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Teacher will pre-assess the students' knowledge of the characteristics of a good leader. After documenting and discussing answers, students will create monologues and present. They will draw either a patriot flag or British flag-representing either Daniel Morgan or Banastre Tarleton. Students will create a monologue - The monologue should represent the character of the leader and his leadership qualities. It should also represents thoughts on the day of battle. Students may use quotes.