Last updated: October 16, 2018
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Teaching with Historic Places in the Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors are historic, from lighthouses and shipwrecks to caves and dangerous mountain passes, slick with ice. Sky's the limit with NPS.gov. Take a virtual field trip with our online resources, including lesson plans and travel itineraries, and explore our heritage-rich environments.
Students can investigate social studies topics "in the Great Outdoors" with historic places found in the National Park Service and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Browse the featured activities below or dive deep into the Teaching with Historic Places hub to access a variety of place-based educators' tools.
Students can investigate social studies topics "in the Great Outdoors" with historic places found in the National Park Service and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Browse the featured activities below or dive deep into the Teaching with Historic Places hub to access a variety of place-based educators' tools.
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Life on an IslandThis lesson plan about Acadia National Park can be used in units on the settlement of northern New England and coastal society.
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Travel Florida ShipwrecksThe waters around Florida have been swarming with ships for more than 6,000 years. Not all made it to port.
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The Penniman House: A Whaling StoryIn a lesson about 19th c. whaling, students can feel the chill of the winds blowing off the Ocean, smell and taste the salt air...
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Mammoth CaveStudents discover a history lesson when they investigate the mysterious darkness of Mammoth Cave in southwestern Kentucky.
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Gold Fever! Seattle Outfits the KlondikeDiscover how the real wealth was made in Seattle, where prospectors poured their dollars into the coffers of of savvy frontier merchants.
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Lighting the Way Through New York Bay“Keep the light burning and the fog-bell wound up and the siren ready all the time," said Kate Walker. Learn about her lighthouse!