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Preservation Through Education: Activities and Programs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers participate in different activities to help them discover the need for preservation. They pretend they are underwater archaeologists and create a sketch of a mock shipwreck in their classroom. They label the parts of the...
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The Uluburun Late Bronze Age Shipwreck

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils use the Internet to research Minoan and Mycenaean trade. In groups, they develop a chart showing the goods that were exported and imported. Using primary source documents, they examine the materials found in the wreckage of the...
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The Gold Rush

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners identify the routes involved in the Gold Rush on a map. In this map skills lesson, students use a United States map to locate the routes used to travel to California during the Gold Rush. Learners demonstrate how to use the map...
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Examining Passenger Lists Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students learn about the colonists that settled in the New World.  In this famous explorers lesson, students learn about famous explorers and how they used to keep diaries about their travels.  Students read passenger lists...
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Getting from Place to Place

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students examine modes of transportation. In this transportation lesson plan, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on modes of transportation over the past 300 years. Students respond to questions...
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Ancient Hunters of the Great Lakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe theories on how the first humans came to America and show the evidence that supports it.  In this investigative lesson students study given material and prepare written or oral reports in their groups. 
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Kansas Prairie Homes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read about settlers in Kansas and the adaptations they made in order to build different kinds of houses. In this Kansas settlers lesson plan, students participate in choral reading and retell information they learn.
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Mary Ann Patten: Clipper Ship Heroine

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students explore the history of clipper ships and about the historical time frame surrounding the origin of clipper ships. They read historical accounts of voyages and write letters describing the conditions of Mary Patten's voyage.
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Air Born

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners make wings that produce enough lift to fly a hand held styrofoam glider.
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WRITING THE WIND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will compose sentences using adjectives that describe windmills.Review adjectives. Write a noun on the board and have students name the appropriate adjectives. 2. Hand out worksheets and review directions for making windmill...
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Groups Coming to America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use text or other references to locate different types of information about the Mayflower and pilgrims. They create a presentation for lower elementary classes about the Pilgrims.
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Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review engineering design process and discuss how wind can be used to help get work done. They look at a variety of windmills, focusing on different materials used in construction of windmills.
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A Balloon Dance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify three different levels of movement and sensation of buoyancy, respond spontaneously in movement to the stimuli of imagery and feelings, and formulate his or her own unique sequence of movements based on personal...
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All Aboard!

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students are placed in the position of the person who orders supplies for the ship. They calculate quantities required for a variety of items, and then to convert such quantities into dollars.
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Group Portraits: Then and Now

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use photographs to examine ship masters and shipyard workers. As a class, they explore other group portraits and discuss the information that can be found from the photos. As a group, they create their own group portrait mural.
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Imagine This

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice visualizing as they read to aid comprehension. They then read a chapter in their history book and visualize what they read so that they can answer comprehension questions about the chapter.
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A Human-Powered Vehicle for Trans-Glacial Transport

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils practice problem solving skills and experimental design. They build a vehicle that can traverse "glacial" ice capable of carrying a specific load and glide smoothly, creating as little effort as possible for the skier pulling it....
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Jeannette

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars develop hypothesis about what might happen when salt water is frozen. In groups, they freeze ice samples with different salt concentrations. They use the internet to research the situation of the Jeannette to discover...
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Balloon Fiesta

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a math activity that reinforces basic fact strategies including counting on from a greater number. They interact with pictures of hot-air balloons and discuss word and sentence equations that deal with how many...
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What's Ponytail's Big News?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss reasons to not smoke. In this anti-smoking lesson, students listen to a story where the character Ponytail the pony doesn't smoke and is thus able to engage in physical activities. They create Ponytail's pinwheel with a...
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Summer Olympic Event Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the Summer Olympic Games and the activities that the athletes compete in. They select a topic area to research and complete the assessment piece.
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The Deadly Arctic Expedition

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary of an Arctic expedition. In 1913, Arctic explorer and scientist, Vilhjamur Stefansson put together a crew of seamen and scientists to explore the Arctic. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and do a...
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Aviation Pioneers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the Wright Brothers historic first flight and design a travel poster asking for volunteers to participate. Write a newspaper account of the first flight and include how the local people may have felt about the Wright...

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