Conservation (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 conservation. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.

Featured Lesson Plans

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  Going-to-the-Sun Road

  Learn about the problems of constructing roads in difficult terrain and the challenge of building in a way that preserves the environment.

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  Chicago's Columbus Park

  Learn about a famous landscape artist and his efforts to promote conservation and an appreciation for the native plant life of the US.

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  Mammoth Cave: Explorers & Archeologist

  Tour the world's longest cave, a geological wonder, and assess the ways it has been used and preserved as a historic resource.