RANGER SCHOOL
Self-paced, park-grounded courses — taught by the Ranger. Pick a topic and learn the story behind any park.
One topic, many parks — follow it across the system.
Every NPS lesson plan, grounded in its park.
America’s Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier
Canaveral National Seashore
Microorganisms in the Utah Desert
Canyonlands National Park
The Civil War Comes to Louisiana
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
The Sharecroppers, Tenant Farmers, and Day Laborers
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
What Did They Eat?: Archeology and Animal Bones
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Carl Sandburg's Connemara (Grades 6-8)
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carl Sandburg's Performance Poetry
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Consider the Source: Migration to the Mountains: From the Lowcountry of Charleston, South Carolina to the highlands of Flat Rock, North Carolina. (Grades 6-8) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Consider the Source: The Stories We Tell and The History We Know (Grade 6 -8) Lesson 3 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Consider the Source: The Words We Mean: An Exercise and Study on Euphemisms, Language, and Dialogue about Chattel Slavery in Western North Carolina and the United States (Grades 6-8) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Let Your Voice be Heard (Grades 6-8) Carl Sandburg Home NHS
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Seeking Sanctuary on the Underground Railroad
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Unforgettable Music
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Who are the Gullah Geechee?
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
The Blacksmith in Society Lesson Plan #5 - Revitalizing the Spirit
Catoctin Mountain Park
The Blacksmith in Society: Lesson 1- Economic Incentives for Industrial Development
Catoctin Mountain Park
The Blacksmith in Society: Lesson 4 - The Price of Freedom Grades 6-8
Catoctin Mountain Park
John Smith's Masterpiece and Copyright Nightmare
Chesapeake Bay
Chattahoochee's Cold Water Fisheries
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
What Happens to the Water When We Brush and Flush?
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Middens and Math: “Crashing the Gates” with Florence Hawley Ellis
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Scouts and Shovels: “Crashing the Gates” with Bertha Dutton
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999)
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site