Curriculum Guides

National Parks found in every state and U.S. territories provide enjoyment, employment, a challenge to preserve special places, natural and marine resources, history, culture and a mandate to stewardship. Suggested activities include a role play (conflicting views regarding reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuary Act), 3 Parks in 3 Days, career education and cross-disciplinary park visits from Acadia to Zion.

Subject of songs, poems, paintings and budget battles, bridges are essential to the infrastructure of places built near rivers. Study the Memorial Bridge deterioration and the 11th Street Bridge Park proposal. Research D.C. bridges, photograph them and paint them.

Questions are found in many forms of journalism. How-to and advice columnists often respond to questions submitted by their readers. The well-written questions of the interview inform reporters, editorial writers and investigative journalists. The Q&A provides a quick read. Partial and full quotations from diverse interviewees that are successfully woven into the reporter’s narrative provide accurate and balanced coverage. Activities in this guide assist students in forming questions, organizing an oral history project, connecting questions to a career and conducting an interview. 

As normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba has begun, flags have been raised over embassies, officials have engaged in talks, and accords have been signed. This guide provides opportunities to discuss and study government policy formation and international relations; preservation methods, partnerships and accords; journalistic integrity and historic legacy; Cuba’s ethnic, religious and cultural expression; and environmental diversity.