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Glacier National Park

The Work of Water

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

Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Working the Portage

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The students will be visited by a ranger or volunteer in period costume of an artisan. The artisan or artisan will do a demonstration of their particular trade (blacksmith, stone cutter, log hewer, rope maker, spinner/weaver, or soldier).

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Working River Online

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This program engages students with four topics deeply associated with the upper Mississippi River: its geology, its role as a transportation corridor, its waterpower, and continual stewardship efforts.

Saugus Iron Works: Life and Work at an Early American Industrial Site

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

Unearth the remains of colonial America's first fully integrated ironworks, and consider what reconstruction of the site reveals about daily life for some early European settlers.

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

How do plants work?

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

Standard: S1L1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals

Steamtown National Historic Site

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.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

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.

Glacier National Park

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

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

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.

Enduring Awatovi: Uncovering Hopi Life and Work on the Mesa

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

Learn about traditional Hopi culture and farming at Awatovi, a historic pueblo where enduring Hopi traditions and American archeological research reveal much about this important place.

Colorado National Monument

How Rock Layers Work: Middle School Earth Science

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

Topics: Stratigraphy (Rock Layers), Mapping, Rock Cycle, Geologic Time | Students will explore why rocks form layers, investigate how they're arranged across a landscape, navigate the rock cycle's role, and start to comprehend deep time.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

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.

A Woman's Place Is In This House: Alice Paul and the Work For Women's Equality

• 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.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 5-6: Pond Ecology, Citizen Scientists at Work!

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how scientists track the health of Acadia by looking at who is living in a pond! Discover how you can help inventory the plants and animals that live near you! (45 minutes)

Lowell National Historical Park

Mill Girls: Life and Work in an Industrial City Virtual Field Trip

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Follow the journey of a mill girl from her family farm in the New England countryside to her new job operating a loom in Lowell’s Boott Cotton Mills. Students will meet two mill girls during their virtual visit to the boardinghouse and weave room, learning about each girl's unique experience of life and work in a textile mill, and experience for themselves a bit of what it was like to work in the mills.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Fallen Soldiers (Formerly Called Unfinished Work: The Creation and Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery)

• Type: Field Trips ... Primary Sources ... Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The Gettysburg National Military Park is pleased to provide you and your students with our student education program materials on Fallen Soldiers (Formerly called "Unfinished Work: The Creation and Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery"). Hopefully it will enrich your studies of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, providing you and your students with added insights into this American tragedy and triumph. This program is targeted at students in grades 8-12.

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Learning about Mill Workers through Primary Sources

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

In this lesson, students will examine primary resource documents of mill workers at the Lonsdale Company in 1942. Though these are injury reports, students can get a glimpse into who was working at the mills and what types of jobs they had. Students will compare primary sources to determine similarities and differences among this sample of mill workers.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 5 Workers Along the National Road

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

This unit covers workers along the National Road, teaching the students what types of work people preformed to help the travelers. It includes background information for the teacher, a student reading and two student activities: Traffic on the National Road and Jobs Along the National Road.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Voices from Cowpens

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

Students work with primary sources related to the Battle of Cowpens.

Acadia National Park

Protecting Our Park

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

Protecting Our Park outdoor classroom and field work.