Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Journey Through the Trees
The teacher will discuss the importance of trees with the students. The teacher will provide photographs of various trees that grow in Russell Cave National Monument and the surrounding North Alabama area. The teacher will discuss...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fred the Fish a Little River Trip
Little River is home to 47 kinds of fish including the threatened "Blue Shiner" Cyprinella caerulea. These fish depend on the good water quality at Little River. This skit allows students to observe pollution's effects on a small scale...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Where Am I?
This lesson teaches one of the geography themes called location. Students will learn about absolute location and relative location as they search the globe. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
A learning module that begins with "The Civil Rights Act of 1964" by National Park Service, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Attack on Pearl Harbor
A learning module that begins with "The Attack on Pearl Harbor" by National Park Service, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Living in the Wild
In this lesson, students will compare and contrast how the Prehistoric Americans lived off the land at Russell Cave and how Sam Gribley from "My Side of the Mountain" lived off the land. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Tad the Tadpole
Tad the Tadpole is designed to demonstrate how pollution in various areas affects wildlife in their native habitats. The lesson plan is designed to stress the importance of conservation for animals and their surrounding environment. Upon...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Father's Life at Russell Cave
In this lesson plan, 4th graders will learn about a father's life at Russell Cave and learn about different writing genres. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park Service Partnership.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Little River Canyon's Carnivorous Green Pitcher Plants
A digital slide program introduces the Green Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia oreophila) to the learners. Students use a model of the Green Pitcher Plant and plastic insects to role play. They will tell the story of habitat adaptation and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Creating a Prehistoric World
In the lesson, students will research, create, and present knowledge gained about Prehistoric and Historic Native Americans in Alabama. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park Service Partnership.
Curated OER
Traditions of the Sun: Chaco Canyon National Historical Park
A virtual tour of the Chaco Cultural Historical National Park with satellite images, aerial photos of the ancient structures and accompanying text. A collaboration between NASA and the National Park Services.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Great War & Jazz Age (1914 1928)
This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...
Other
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: Office of Management and Budget
Contains the text of the statement of regulatory and deregulatory priorities of the Department of the Interior.
Curated OER
Brigham Young. Courtesy National Park Service.
Provides biographical information on Lewis Metzler Clement, the chief engineer for the Central Pacific Railroad, who both designed much of the route and supervised construction of the railroad.
Curated OER
Ogden May 10th, 1919. Courtesy National Park Service.
An article from the Utah Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1, by George Kraus, recounts the decision to use Chinese laborers in building the Central Pacific Railroad. Many original documents.
Curated OER
Golden Spike Hotel, Promontory, Utah. Handbill. Courtesy National Park Service.
This site provides images of trains and maps on the history of railroading in America. Exhibits include digital images of stereographs, railroad maps, engravings, historic papers and more.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Conservation Movement
The 1960s marked the beginning of a new focus on the environment in North Carolina and throughout the United States. Residents of the state became more concerned with preserving land for ethical reasons and for the sheer aesthetics of...
Other
Rosa Parks: The Woman Who Changed a Nation
This site provides information on the story of Rosa Parks, along with updates of services that she continued to perform up until her death in 2005.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Utah: Bryce Canyon Lodge and Deluxe Cabins
The Union Pacific Railroad built this national park lodge in 1924-1927. The architectural style was used by railroads for lodges across the American west with the encouragement of the National Park Service.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Co: Mesa Verde Administrative District
First buildings built by the National Park Service with intent to reflect cultural traditions in the park area, built in 1921.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Alabama: Episcopal Church of the Nativity
This Gothic Revival church was built in 1859, and is considered by the National Park Service as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiastical Gothic architecture in the South. It is also one of the least-altered structures designed...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Camels, of Service and Survival
This article on camels is riddled with pictures throughout and covers topics ranging from Deserts and Domesticity to Saving Every Drop.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Uss the Sullivans
Excellent example of a Fletcher class destroyer; saw service in World War II and Korea; now in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.
Curated OER
Chaco Canyon
A virtual tour of the Chaco Cultural Historical National Park with satellite images, aerial photos of the ancient structures and accompanying text. A collaboration between NASA and the National Park Services.