Colonial History (Teaching with Historic Places)

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses historic places in National Parks and 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.

Here you’ll find place-based educational resources relating to Colonial history. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

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  The Washington Monument

  Understand why George Washington was so revered during his lifetime and beyond, and learn why it took 100 years to complete this famous monu

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  Knife River

  Learn about the life of the Hidatsa and Mandan groups in the early 19th century.

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