Civil Rights & Racial Healing (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 civil rights and racial healing. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Featured Lesson Plans

The Homes of Frederick Douglass

Learn about the life of Frederick Douglass and his role advising Abraham Lincoln.

From Canterbury to Little Rock

Understand the magnitude of the struggle involved in securing equal educational opportunities for African Americans.

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House

Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune and how she promoted political and social change for African American women.

More Educational Resources

Curiosity Kit: Bayard Rustin

This kit focuses on Bayard Rustin, an important figure of the Civil Rights Movement.

Curiosity Kit: Ida B Wells

This kit focuses on the life and work of journalist and activist Ida B. Wells.

Curiosity Kit: Malcolm X

This kit focuses on the life and work of Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X.

Curiosity Kit: Mary Church Terrell

This kit focuses on the life and legacy of Mary Church Terrell, a women’s rights and Black civil rights activist.

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