Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
States
1) Students will be able to identify all five regions
of the United States and where they correspond
on a map.
2) Students will understand directional terms such
as north and south.
3) Students will effectively communicate with
group members in order to achieve a common
goal.
Geography
Writing
o Read about Theodore Roosevelt and his work in established the National Park Service
o Explore different National Parks and learn about what type of history they preserve
o Play online to become a WebRanger at: https://www.nps.gov/webrangers/just_visiting.cfm
o Using a notetaking worksheet, research differences in national preserves.
Independent Practice: Gallery Walk of artifacts from differing National Parks. Students will pick one
artifact and write an historical fiction piece about how it came to be preserved and why.
Closure: Students will take turns sharing their stories to the class
Content Areas Addressed
Day #4 Lesson Preserving a Culture
Anthropology
1) Students will evaluate the National Parks service
Sociology
logo and understand its meaning.
History
2) Students will understand the importance of
Civics
preserving history for generations to come and the
history that has been preserved for us.
3) Students will further develop their critical thinking
skills
Writing
Day 10 Assessment
End of unit assessment: traditional test where
students create their own national park that covers
all the criteria learned from lesson. Students will be