Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Teaching with Historic Places

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP), a program of the National Park Service's Heritage Education Services office, has just released a new lesson plan: President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat.

Visit their site to see other great lesson plans that feature primary sources, photographs, maps, and other documents to help students study historic places around the United States.

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/

You can browse the collection in several ways, each of which includes a short description of every lesson:

Location/State;
Theme;
Time period;
Skill;
National Standards for History;
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies.

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