To gain an appreciation for our public parks and to explore subjects such as landscape design, urbanization, and conservationism, Teaching with Historic Places has posted on the web lesson plans that consider important aspects of landscape architecture. These lessons, based on sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, are free and ready for immediate classroom use by students in history and social studies classes.

• Boston's Arnold Arboretum: A Place for Study and Recreation
  Discover how the first arboretum in the United States became part of the burgeoning urban park movement in the second half of the 19th century.

• Chicago's Columbus Park: The Prairie Idealized
  Learn about a famous landscape artist and his efforts to promote conservation and an appreciation for the native plant life of the United States.

• The Emerald Necklace: Boston's Green Connection
  Learn about Frederick Law Olmsted and his philosophy about parks and cities as well as city life during the Industrial Revolution.

• Mount Auburn Cemetery: A New American Landscape
  Explore the country's first large-scale designed landscape open to the public that spawned the development of other rural cemeteries, public parks, and designed suburbs.

• A Nation Repays Its Debt:
  The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio
  Learn about the design of the Central Branch cemetery that was created as part of National Cemetery system to honor Union casualties during the Civil War.

• Savannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning
  Learn about James Oglethorpe and his enduring city plan from the colonial era.
  

 
To learn more about TwHP's other lessons, visit the Lesson Plan Descriptions page.