American Presidents (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 the history of American Presidents. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

To see more of what NPS has to offer about US Presidents please see the Presidents subject site.

Featured Lesson Plans

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  Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site

  Learn about Theodore Roosevelt's presidency and how his policies and actions modernized the presidency.

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  Lafayette Park

  Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote.

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  Lincoln Home National Historic Site

  Learn how Abraham Lincoln's belief in freedom and democracy uplifted him through the turbulent Civil War.