Mid-19th Century 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 mid-19th century history. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

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  New Philadelphia

  Learn about Free Frank McWorter and how archeology can help tell the story of the interracial town he founded years before the Civil War.

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  The Old Mormon Fort

  Learn about the birthplace of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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