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Showing 298 results for work house ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will identify locations on a street map using accompanying text. They will search a database to find historical photos of the corresponding locations. Using what they have discovered, they will analyze the connection between location and methods of working for change. Taking it further, the students will identify an issue they would like to advocate for and describe a corresponding location to work for that change.
The Work of Water
Working the Portage
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Working River Online
How do plants work?
I've Been Working on the Railroad
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Learn about the people and jobs involved with operating steam locomotives.
The People’s House
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will explore Delaware’s historic capitol, The Old State House, and its many functions through the years including a view of Delaware governments in the past. The locations where the branches of government historically conducted business will be pointed out on the building tour. The program takes place around The Dover Green.
The Works of Faith: The Hunt Family Legacy
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

When Richard Hunt first came to Waterloo, NY in 1821, he found a boom town. He and his second wife, Jane, were closely associated with local Quaker families, and intimately engaged in local business ventures. Through their faith and their industry they effected change in the community, and beyond. Explore their works--from the Underground Railroad to their woolen mill, to the tea party that set off a rebellion.
Building a Mississippian House
Housing: Early Homes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Road to the White House
Guided Tour of the McLoughlin House
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Up the Down Tree House
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The house holds the Penniman family's written records and artifact collections, which provide glimpses of the places and people that the family visited on their whaling voyages. Theirs is a true life whaling story representative of hundreds of other whaling captains and their families that traveled the globe to pursue whale fishery.
Ask a Ranger: Living and Working in Glacier National Park
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Park Rangers have a wealth of knowledge about Glacier National Park, living in rural Montana, and more. Tap into these stores of knowledge through a short presentation followed by an informal question and answer session that is available to groups of all ages. Topics can cover the flora, fauna, glaciers, geology, biology, and cultural history of Glacier, as well as careers in the National Park Service. The education staff at Glacier can visit your classroom for free via the
Working in America: The Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Immigration Movement
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Working in America" is an interdisciplinary program designed to help students achieve state and national standards in History/Social Studies, Speaking/Listening, Geography, Arts/Humanities, and Technology Education. The working standards vary state to state, but there is substantail agreement on the knowledge and skills students should acquire.
How Rock Layers Work: Middle School Earth Science
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Ask A Park Ranger - Living and Working in Glacier Bay, Alaska
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Park rangers have a wealth of knowledge about the National Park System, the park where they work, life as a ranger, and more. Tap into these stores of knowledge through an informal question and answer session with a Glacier Bay National Park ranger. Topics can cover the flora, fauna, glaciers, geology, and cultural history of Glacier Bay, as well as life in rural Alaska, careers in the National Park Service, and more.