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Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

At What Cost Victory?
  • Type: Teacher Reference Materials
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

150th Anniversary Teacher's Packet available upon request. Please contact the park for more information.

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Victorian Architecture Trunk
  • Type: Traveling Trunk
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Recommended for sixth grade and up. This trunk contains samples of architectural features found in many 19th century homes. Plaster models, textured wallpaper, mounted pictures; slides, games and other activities are included in the trunk along with a teachers' guide.

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

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

Actually two trunks, one for boys and one for girls, these trunks contain clothing made to fit approximately fourth and fifth graders. Items are reproduction clothing and accessories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries fit for dress-up or trying on, and each trunk contains at least one complete outfit with several extra accessories or variety. Texts are included that outline clothing styles during the Victorian Era.

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

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

Ideal for grades pre-K through six. This trunk contains various toys popular in the late 19th century. These include: marbles, tops, ball-in-cup games, slates, hoop and stick and many others. A teachers' guide provides more information and instructions.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Victorians and Monsters: High School
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Art reflects society and culture. Some of the most famous pieces of literature written during the Victorian Era involved ghosts and monster stories. What was going on in Victorian society that led to the writing of some of the classic Gothic horror stories and how do these stories help us better understand life during the Victorian Era?

First Ladies National Historic Site

First Lady Fashion: The Victorians
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Picture Mary Lincoln at the White House in a floor length gown with a skirt with a diameter of 3 feet! Or imagine Ida McKinley dressed formally in a ruffled dress with a high collar over a tight corset! It may be hard to imagine now, but giant hoop skirts, corsets, and bird feathers were all popular fashion trends at one time. During this program, we’ll look closely at these fashion trends and let them reveal the stories of the lives of women during this time

Andersonville National Historic Site

Victory from Within: The American Prisoner of War Curriculum
  • Type: Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Educating young people about the sacrifices made by American prisoners of war (POWs) is a shared goal of the Friends of Andersonville, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Korean War Ex-POW Association, Nam-POW, and the National Parks Service. The Curriculum is designed to accompany the traveling exhibit, but it can also be utilized with a visit to the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site or as a standalone curriculum.

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.

Guilford Courthouse: A Pivotal Battle in the War for Independence
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how the deceptive results of this battle in the backwoods of North Carolina helped set the stage for American victory.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Don’t Lick the Wallpaper: 6th - 8th
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Many people find comfort and a sense of safety in their homes, but in the 19th century, home was a dangerous place. During the Victorian Era, everyday objects in your home could kill you. But how could a home be so deadly? Students will learn about these hidden dangers and the development of consumer and safety standards to keep us safe within our own homes.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Introduction to Bent's Old Fort PowerPoint Presentation
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A preliminary summary presentation of the people, events, cultures, and commercial significance of Bent's Fort trading post back in the 1830's and 1840's. The outline for the presentation is as follows: I. Geography II. Historical Context III. People of the Plains IV. Fur Trade Era V. Santa Fe Trail VI. After Bent's Fort

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Exploring Theodore Roosevelt's Childhood Home
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

This lesson will have students connect to Theodore Roosevelt through the universal concept of home, and childhood. They will compare and contrast their own lived reality with that of young Theodore Roosevelt.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Toy, Tots and Tafts
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

This lesson examines how William Howard Taft and his siblings spent their family recreations growing up in Mount Auburn during the 1850's time period. William Howard Taft and his family valued the simple things in life from reading Aesop's Fables, playing with old wooden toys, to strongfamily values displayed to him that would lead him to become a very important figure in American History.

Adeline Hornbek and the Homestead Act: A Colorado Success Story
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In the center of this lush valley stands the Hornbek homestead complex, the home of a strong, determined woman who came to the area with her four children in the 1870s. Claiming land under the Homestead Act, Adeline Hornbek defied traditional gender roles to become the owner of a prosperous ranch.