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Teaching With Historic Places Lesson Plans: use properties listed in the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. A variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom are available.

Keys Ranch, Where Time Stood Still is a lesson plan based on Bill Keys’ Desert Queen Ranch, located in Joshua Tree National Park.

On Shaky Ground explains what happened during the 7.1-magnitude Hector Mine earthquake, which occured on October 16, 1999.

LearnNPS If you are a teacher searching for classroom materials or a student doing research, you'll find curriculum and a host of other fun and educational media created by the National Park Service and our partners.

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Scott's Oriole  

Did You Know?
Joshua Tree National Park lies astride the Pacific flyway of migratory birds and is a rest stop for many; about 240 species, both migrants and residents, have been observed in the park.
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Last Updated: August 24, 2006 at 10:15 EST