Massachusetts: 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 historic places in Massachusetts. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Featured Educational Resources

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  The Shot Heard Round the World

  Walk the road where the “shot heard ‘round the world'” sparked the American Revolution.

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  Boston's Green Connection

  Learn about Frederick Law Olmsted and his philosophy about parks and cities as well as city life during the Industrial Revolution.

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  Building America's Industrial Revolution

  Learn how technology applied to textile mills revolutionized industry, affecting mill architecture, city planning, and transportation.