Civics-activities-1st-national_parks

**1st Quarter Project **
 * Pennsylvania Civics **
 * Objective **: Find information on key aspects of American history and government.


 * Directions: **Use the Internet to find out the following information and answer in your notebook.

PART 1: Go to [|this site] which is on national parks in PA. READ THESE DIRECTIONS: when you get to the map, to the right of the map is a menu with all topics check marked...you only want National Parks to have a check mark so click off all other check marks to get the map that only shows National Parks. If your computer doesn’t bring up the interactive map, go [|here].


 * 1) Click on “Independence.” What can you learn about here? You'll want to click the circle at Philadelphia.
 * 2) Go back and click on “Valley Forge.” What can you learn about here? Valley Forge is just a little west of Philadelphia.
 * 3) Go back and click on “Gettysburg.” What can you learn about here? Gettysburg is south of York.
 * 4) There is one site in Somerset County. Which is it and what happened there? Somerset County is south of Johnstown.
 * 5) What is the national park located near Johnstown in South Fork? What happened there?

PART 2: Go to [|the site on D.C.] to learn about the following:


 * Give information on the following by clicking on the site, reading information, and putting the information in your notebook: Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Arlington, Ford’s Theater, U.S. Capital Building, White House, and the Frederick Douglass site.

PART 3: Use Google to search the following and give the significance of celebrating the following national holidays/history behind the holidays:


 * 1) Independence Day
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Thanksgiving
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Memorial Day
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Veterans Day
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Presidents Day
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Labor Day
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Columbus Day
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Martin Luther King Day

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