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Gateway Arch National Park

Slavery on Trial

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This 20-minute documentary highlights the national significance of Dred and Harriet Scott's lawsuit for freedom at the St. Louis Courthouse and eventual U.S. Supreme Court case in 1857.

Thomas Stone National Historic Site

History on Trial

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

Students will search for clues to his innocence or guilt and in a mock trial to determine if Thomas Stone was a traitor to Great Britain or an American Patriot for signing the Declaration of Independence. Will your class find him guilty or innocent?

Andersonville National Historic Site

Trial of Henry Wirz

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Published at the request of Congress, this government document provides a transcript of the trial of Captain Wirz.

Andersonville National Historic Site

The Wirz Trial: A Mock Trial Lesson Plan Examining the Laws of War

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

Exploring what are the Laws of War, and how does the Wirz Trial relate to them?

Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Shays’ Rebellion: A Nation on Trial

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

A three-touch model field trip where students will investigate the events that led to Shays’ Rebellion. Students will role play as historical figures and determine who was at fault for the conflict with a post-visit activity where students will explore the deeper implications of assigning blame and the continuing role of protest in society today.

First State National Historical Park

The 1787 Manslaughter Trial of William White

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

Students role-play an historic adaptation of the Delaware manslaughter trial of William White. After hearing the witnesses, the jury will have to determine the guilt or innocence of Mr. White remembering that they do not have the benefits of modern forensics. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

First State National Historical Park

The 1848 Federal Trial of Thomas Garrett

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

Students role-play the 1848 federal trial of Thomas Garrett, accused of helping the Hawkins family escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.

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

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?

Gateway Arch National Park

Dred Scott Traveling Trunk

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

One of the most important cases ever tried in the United States concerning slavery took place at the St. Louis courthouse. This traveling trunk introduces students to enslaved couple, Dred and Harriet Scott, and their fight for freedom in the 1840s and 1850s.

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Eisenhower and Little Rock: A Civil Rights Lesson

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957, after the governor of Arkansas tried to enforce segregation. Photo courtesy National Archives. Operation Arkansas

Gateway Arch National Park

Law Merit Badge

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Does protecting the law involve bravery? Does telling the truth equal courage? Investigate the judicial system and its important role in our society. Scouts re-enact a historic trial and debate contemporary issues. An attorney and a National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger will discuss their roles and responsibilities in society.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

H2Oh no! – A Water Balloon Lesson

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

Projectiles come in all shapes and sizes. Projectiles are objects with an initial velocity that are only affected by gravity after initial velocity has been obtained. You see projectiles every day – in sports and even dropped from birds. In this lab, you will analyze the physical properties of a water balloon in flight, aka a projectile, over multiple trials.

Andersonville National Historic Site

Scraps from the prison table, at Camp Chase and Johnson's Island.

• Type: Primary Sources
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The account of a Confederate officer of captivity at Johnson's Island. Also contains material related to Wirz, including a letter from Louis Schade, one of Wirz's defense attornies.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Guided Tour of the McLoughlin House

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

The retirement home of Dr. John McLoughlin aids the National Park Service in preserving the history of our nation by sharing the personal story of a powerful businessman and his family. This family's story intersects with many pivotal moments in the Oregon Country/Columbia District.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Your Day in Court: Bleeding Kansas Courtroom Program

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

Is it fair to make decisions based on biased laws? This program recreates a court case that was tried at Fort Scott in the 1850s, The issue involved a land squabble between two men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The court was left to decide the issue based on territorial law that favored the proslavery side based on the fact that proslavery men held the majority in the territorial legislature and decided territorial law in their favor.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Growing up Kennedy

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

This lesson allows high school students to examine historical written, photographic, and video evidence from the Kennedys' time in Brookline and the Kennedy presidency in order to understand the way family background and values shape one's character. Students will identify the values the Kennedys tried to instill in their children, how these values impacted President Kennedy's character, and why we remember President Kennedy today, as well as how their own backgrounds have influenced them.

Federal Hall National Memorial

Federal Hall and the Bill of Rights

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

Students will learn about the Bill of Rights, its significance to Federal Hall, and create their own Bill of Rights.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

"Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - Oh, My!"

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.