Last updated: February 21, 2018
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Learning from Leaders by 'Teaching with Historic Places'
How do our environments help us learn to lead?
Students can investigate this compelling question and explore many more essential ones 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 this compelling question and explore many more essential ones 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.
Teach with Historic Places
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Discover Colonel Young's Protest RideTo prove his fitness to lead in WWI, Colonel Young made a difficult ride on horseback from his Ohio home to protest racist military policy.
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Discover the Jackie Robinson BallparkBaseball icon Jackie Robinson was a leader on the field and off it, who used his star power to sway his nation's hearts and minds.
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Discover the Mary Ann Shadd Cary HouseMary Ann Shadd Cary was a 19th century American activist, journalist, and lawyer who spent her life advocating for freedom and justice.
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Travel AmistadExplore Connecticut historic places that tell The Amistad's tale of international politics, U.S. law, and the moral struggle for abolition.
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Explore the Underground RailroadExplore historic places on a history tour of the 19th Century's Underground Railroad and its leaders (conductors).
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Explore Presidential HistoryExplore the lives and contributions of 43 American Presidents on a tour of historic places with this virtual travel itinerary