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Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument
Neighborhood Treats
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In oral history interviews, immigrants spoke in great detail about how they felt tasting Jello, white bread, and bananas for the first time. Often they sent letters back home describing their awe and nervous anticipation of the textures and tastes of these new foods. Students will get a chance to try new foods that contributed to the immigrant experience on Ellis Island and of today.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells Negotiations
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In the early history of the United States problems with Great Britain still existed, and culminated in the War of 1812. This activity packet, complete with background readings and graphic organizers, will discuss the signing of the Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells and how it affected not only the United States and Great Britain but also the Native American nations that were involved.
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?
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.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The French and Indian War 1754-1763: How Did The War End? - Unit 5
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This unit teaches the students about how the war ended with the Treaty of Paris, and what the consequences were to the different groups who were involved. Both the American colonists and the American Indians were not involved in the peace treaty. The lesson includes background information and one student activity, “Making Peace.”
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Distanced and Displaced Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This 8th grade lesson compares political maps of Native American homelands before and after westward expansion. It traces the cause factors leading to the cession of original Cheyenne and Arapaho lands prior to relocation in Oklahoma.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
A Pathway to Peace – Negotiating the Camp David Accords
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, (left), U.S. President Jimmy Carter, (center), and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right) clasp hands at the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on March 26, 1979.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) History: Post-1845 Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara and the Garrison Dam
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn how the Treaty at Fort Laramie established a territory for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) and how that land base was reduced through the Allotment Act of 1887. They will also gain understanding about how the Garrison Dam impacted the lives of the Three Affiliated Tribes (TAT) and forced them to relocate to what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Breaking into the Army Nurse Corps: How Black Nurses Demanded to Serve
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
How did African American women break into the Army Nurse Corps? The nurses of the Army Nurse Corps were an essential part of the war effort. The African American nurses fought to serve their country and to be there for the Black soldiers they treated. Though hurdles were laid in their way, these women succeeded in enlisting in the Army. Many Black nurses went on to serve around the world and perform ground-breaking research.
Stones River National Battlefield
The Trail of Tears in Middle Tennessee
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This program will provide a first-hand opportunity for students to walk the original Trail of Tears at Stones River National Battlefield, learn why the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed, and the role native Tennessean Andrew Jackson played in the brutal relocation of over 15,000 people.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Now one of the most beautiful spots in Puerto Rico, the battlements illustrate the remarkable work of Spanish military engineers and recall more than 400 years of history in the Americas.