Behind the Bricks

Grades 4-5

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How can buildings and artifacts help me to see the history of a place?

 

Your crafty time travelers investigate Fort Point, the only massive brick and granite seacoast fortification on the West Coast. Come inside and experience the fort built during the height of the Gold Rush, and garrisoned with soldiers ordered to protect the city, its harbor, and the maritime goods that sailed through the bay. To enrich your students’ visit, please have them watch the video and read the materials about the people who lived in and near Fort Point.
National Park Service staff will greet your students when you arrive at Fort Point. Staff will present a brief introduction on the fort's place in San Francisco history. Please have your students prepared to work in small groups.

Program Description

Behind the Bricks uses the Understanding by Design framework, incorporates Common Core Standards and Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies. Behind the Bricks is framed by the Essential Question – "How can buildings and artifacts help me to see the history of a place?"

Behind the Bricks is structured in three parts:

• Classroom Preparation - Teacher delivers lessons with resources provided by NPS.

• Field Session - Students engage in historic inquiry.

• Classroom Assessment - Students have opportunities to demonstrate what they have learned from their field trip.

 

 

Watch: Introduce your students to being field historians

 

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  Behind the Bricks

  Captioned video

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 9 seconds

 

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  Behind the Bricks (Audio Described)

  Audio described

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 45 seconds

 

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  Behind the Bricks (NON)

  Non captioned video

  Duration:

  6 minutes, 9 seconds