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Harry S Truman National Historic SiteBess Wallace, Harry Truman and friends fishing on Blue River, ca. 1913.
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Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
 

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP)
TwHP uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. Our lesson plan also utilizes materials from the Harry S Truman Presidential Library and information from leading biographers. More about TwHP...

Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan
Harry Truman and Independence, Missouri: "This is Where I Belong"

Teaching with Museum Collections
Teaching with Museum Collections introduces lesson plans for teachers to use museum collections in student-centered activities.  This collection-based learning emphasizes the links between the “real things” and America’s history.  Collections will connect students to their past, rich and varied cultures, momentous events, inspiring ideas, and the places where the nation’s history happened. More...

Teaching with Museum Collections Lesson Plans
Home to More Than a President (pdf - 387KB)
The Etiquette of Calling (pdf - 47KB)
The Many Hats of Harry S Truman (pdf - 49KB)

Senator Truman on an inspection trip in 1939. Credit: Truman Library  

Did You Know?
Harry wrote to Bess in 1939, “In my opinion people’s religious beliefs are their own affair, and when I don’t agree with ‘em I just don’t discuss religion. It has caused more wars and feuds than money….”

Last Updated: December 10, 2008 at 11:03 EST