The Role of the Time Traveler
As the expert time traveler ranger for your team, you will answer questions and gather information by using online resources.  Your group members will be counting on you to share with them the knowledge you�ve gained about your park through the eyes of a time traveler.  Answer the questions below to help you gain information about your role as the time traveler.  The information you gain will help you successfully share with your team and create a quality product for �Trekking Across America: Touring National Parks.�
Question 1
What is the role of a historian (time traveler)?  What is your focus going to be in researching your chosen national park?
www.dictionary.com

Question 2
Who was the person/people who lobbied for the protection of your national park?
Take me to resource page

Question 3
When & why did this park become a national park?
Take me to resource page

Question 4
What major events have occurred throughout the years to shape the history of your national park? (use this to help with activity 2 below)
Take me to resource page
Question 5
What event in history or what person is your national park named after & why?  Has the name ever changed throughout the years? Is yes, tell why.
Take me to resource page

Question 6
When was the National Park Service established & how many national parks were established at this time?
www.nps.org

Question 7
How many national parks are in the United States today?
www.nps.org

Other Resources
Use these to help you become an expert time traveler (historian) for your national park.



Activity 1:
Complete the word search, using a dictionary to define each word

Activity 2:
Complete a time line (using Inspiration?)  tracing the history of the development of your national park.
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