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- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn of the significance of items left in tribute at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students examine the concepts of the designing of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about the Dayton National Cemetery and the soldiers buried there.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places documentation for “The Stockade” and “Florence National Cemetery,” part of the “Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS;" and on archival and archeological research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), conducted by archeologists with MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC).
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
What is a Hero? Join a Park Ranger for a 45-minute PowerPoint presentation on Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor. During the almost 90 years that the Buffalo Soldiers served in segregated US Army units 30 Buffalo Soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor. They received the medal for actions in the Plains Wars through the Korean War. Discover four of the men who were awarded the nation’s highest honor for bravery. This program can be given in person or virtually.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Charles Young was born enslaved and became the first African American to attain the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Young called several places home during three distinct stages of his life: when he was a youth, a junior officer, and a seasoned veteran. Discover what changed in his life during these five eras of Charles Young’s life from where he called home and what he was responsible for.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Brigadier General Charles Young: The Responsible Leader!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Charles Young was born enslaved and became the first African American to attain the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. Young called several places home during three distinct stages of his life: when he was a youth, a junior officer, and a seasoned veteran. Discover what changed in his life during these five eras of Charles Young’s life from where he called home and what he was responsible for.