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Teaching with Historic Places (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. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.


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In honor of American Indian Heritage Month, Teaching with Historic Places is featuring lesson plans that consider various aspects of American Indian history in the United States.


American Landmarks Series
Published by Oxford University Press
President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat
In the newest TwHP lesson plan, explore President Abraham Lincoln’s life at a country retreat during summer months and examine the work he completed there on the Emancipation Proclamation.



Teaching Teachers the Power of Place

Curriculum Standards
Meet the National U.S. History Standards for Grades 5-12 and the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies using Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans.

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