Teaching with
Historic Places

Parks as Classrooms

Below are a series of Hands On History lesson plans for fourth through sixth grade students. Each plan includes classroom activities. Park rangers are eager to offer classes programs at the park based on these lesson plans upon request.

Archeology and Artifacts: Stones River
National Battlefield
language arts, science, social studies

Bake, Boil, or Fry
language arts, math, reading, science, spelling, U.S. history

Battle of Stones River
language arts, social studies

Buttons of the Civil War
U.S. history, visual arts

Care of Prisoners during the Civil War
language arts, social studies, U.S. history

Civil War Bingo
the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee history,
U.S. history

Cover the Music
art, language arts, music, social studies

Dreaming of Home: Personal Narratives from the Battle of Stones River
language arts, social studies, writing

Finding My Way
social studies

Fort Detail
math, science, social studies

Generals at the Battle of Stones River
language arts, technology, U.S. history

Interview an Infantryman
language arts, U.S. history

It Wasn't a Bullet
drama, language arts, science, social studies

Letters Home
language arts, social studies, writing

Load! Ready! Fire!
math, science

Memories to Last: Observing Monuments
language arts, math, social studies,
Tennessee history

North vs. South
math, social studies

Present Your Colors
math, social studies

Recruiting a Few Good Citizens
art, language arts, public speaking, U.S. history

Signal Corps
home economics, language arts, math,
U.S. history

Southern Society during the Civil War:
Black Society
language arts, Tennessee history

Southern Society during the Civil War:
Common Folk of the South
language arts, Tennessee history

Southern Society during the Civil War:
Plantation Class
language arts, Tennessee history

Whose Side are You On?
language arts, social studies, Tennessee history

Women in the War
language arts, social studies, women’s studies

Natural Resources

Cultural Resources

The Battle of
Stones River

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