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Maritime History of Massachusetts
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This is is a travel itinerary highlighting 89 historic places that tell the story of Massachusetts' relationship with the sea. Read essays about lighthouses and lifesaving stations, ships and shipbuilding, the U.S. Navy, and maritime commerce.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Career and Technical Education
History
Maritime Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
06/29/2007
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
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features Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, the neighborhood where the civil rights leader was born and raised. Sweet Auburn, as it came to be called, became the center of African American life in Atlanta between 1910 and 1930. Photos and maps of the neighborhood are provided. King's role in the civil rights movement is also examined.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
07/10/2003
Mojave National Preserve Kid's Web Page
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Three of the four major North American deserts are found at Mojave National Preserve: the Mojave, Great Basin and Sonoran. Dozens of seeps and springs coupled with varied elevations and soil types create microhabitats that support a diversity of plant and animal life. Cactus gardens, relict plant communities of white fir and chaparral and the densest, largest Joshua tree forest are all found here.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
06/30/2000
National Mall and Memorial Parks
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provides information about the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, Ford's Theatre, the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and more.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
05/22/2007
National Register Travel Itineraries
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can help families explore historic places in the U.S. Each itinerary describes historic places and their importance, and provides maps, photos, and tourist information. Find itineraries for learning about Civil War battles in Virginia, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, maritime history, women's history, civil rights movement, Florida shipwrecks, the Southwest, Amana Colonies, Ohio and Erie Canal, Detroit, the California coast, Washington, D.C., and more.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
06/19/2007
A New Lease on Life
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explains how objects such as a letter written by Abe Lincoln and a dress worn by Lady Bird Johnson's are preserved to ensure safety while on exhibit in a museum. The site looks at steps taken by conservators to preserve objects, including examination, stabilization, research, and restoration.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
02/25/2000
Park Histories
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provides the text of out-of-print publications relating to the history of the National Parks -- how the parks were created and how they have evolved to the present day.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
07/10/2003
Pipestone, Minnesota -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
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features an area in the southwest corner of Minnesota that reflects a rich history of American Indian quarrying, prosperity brought by the railroad and mining enterprises, and a distinctive natural landscape. This National Register of Historic Places Travel itinerary highlights 30 historic places, including buildings constructed with beautiful local red stone and land still sacred to American Indians.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
07/10/2003
Public Archeology in the United States: A Timeline
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Allows visitors to journey through time and see the development of public archeology in the U.S. Along this timeline, which extends from 1784 to the current decade, visitors can see how public archeology has changed and discover the key events that shaped public archeology in this country.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
04/06/2000
Resources on Alaska History and Politics
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This National Park Service website offers links to a variety of articles about the history and politics of Alaska. Users can download PDF articles about World War II in Alaska, the Alaska Goldrush, and national historic places. The site also features links to educational resources such as teachers' guides to teaching about historic places and culture.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
World Cultures
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
11/14/2006
The Robinson House: A Portrait of African American Heritage
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Pieces together the story of the James Robinson family from artifacts found in archaeological excavations around the house where they lived for nearly a century. An African American born free in 1799, Robinson worked in a Virginia tavern earning nearly $500 to purchase 170 acres of land near Bull Run. There he built a log cabin, and his family turned the land into a prosperous farm, making him one of the wealthiest African Americans in the Manassas area in the mid-19th century.

Subject:
Archaeology
Arts and Humanities
Social Science
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
01/29/2004
Seattle: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
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explores the city's history and shows how it continues to shape the city's life today. It uses residential, commercial, industrial, and religious locations to create a tour of 37 properties that documents how past and present come together.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Date Added:
09/05/2000
Teaching with Historic Places
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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 products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom. Lesson plans turn students into historians as they study primary sources, historical and contemporary photographs and maps, and other documents, and then search for the history around them in their own communities.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Park Service
Provider Set:
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP)
Date Added:
11/08/2000
Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno, Virginia City
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tells the stories of three cities established after the Comstock Lode discovery in 1859 brought a reverse migration from California. The stories, told by this travel itinerary of 57 places, feature the mining and agricultural city now known for gaming, the remarkable collection of 19th-century buildings created with wealth generated by the Comstock Lode, and the state capital.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Park Service
Provider Set:
National Register of Historic Places
Date Added:
02/26/2004
Views of the National Parks: Whiskeytown
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Views of the National Parks can be used in the classroom in many different ways. Most simply, it can be made available for students to explore on their own. Lesson plan available: Biodiversity Right Outside – Biodiversity is the abundance and variety of life-forms (animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms) at all levels of organization (ecosystems, species, and genes). In this activity students will learn about biodiversity, the importance of biodiversity to ecosystems, and will conduct their own biodiversity study.

Subject:
Applied Science
Biology
Environmental Science
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Park Service
Provider Set:
Whiskeytown National Park
Date Added:
10/23/2006