Here you’ll find a list of the classic TwHP lessons available in the Teacher's Portal, which offers additional curriculum-based lesson plans, maps, activities, and more. All of the materials in the Portal draw from the spectacular natural landscapes and authentic places preserved in America's National Parks.
TwHP Lessons in the Teacher's Portal
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- Independence National Historical Park
Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom
- Locations: Independence National Historical Park
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
Learn about Independence Hall and about how the international influence of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution led to the designation of the building in which they were adopted as a World Heritage Site.
- The White House and President's Park
Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep
- Locations: The White House and President's Park
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
Learn how a group of determined women selected Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to demonstrate for their right to vote, providing a First Amendment model for many others.
- Camp Nelson National Monument
Seeking Freedom in The Bluegrass
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
- Subject(s): Social Studies
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- Locations: Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, National Mall and Memorial Parks, Pennsylvania Avenue
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Social Studies
Students will identify locations on a street map using accompanying text. They will search a database to find historical photos of the corresponding locations. Using what they have discovered, they will analyze the connection between location and methods of working for change. Taking it further, the students will identify an issue they would like to advocate for and describe a corresponding location to work for that change.
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
When War Hits Home: The Ohio & Erie Canal Town of Peninsula, and the Civil War Election of 1864
- Locations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
By investigating how the Civil War impacted one small canal town in Ohio, students find connections to the history of their own hometown, which may help them look to the future.
- Locations: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
The lesson will help students understand how Seattle exemplified the prosperity of the Klondike Gold Rush. It can be used in units on western expansion, late 19th-century commerce, and urban history.
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject(s): Social Studies
Historians use evidence to draw conclusions about the past. Sometimes, we are still left with uncertainty and there is a lot that we don’t know about this strike. How exactly did people find resolution in June 1824? Using primary source documents, students will piece together their own version of the story and engage in historical research.
- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Women and Children in the Mill Village
- Locations: Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject(s): Social Studies
In this lesson, students will learn about the role women and children played in the community at Mill Villages. They will analyze a series of photographs using the "I see… I think… I feel… I wonder…" literacy strategy.
- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
The Rhode Island System of Mill Villages
- Locations: Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject(s): Social Studies
In this lesson, students will learn about how mill villages (in particular Ashton Mill) became a huge part of Rhode Island and showed the way people balanced work and community. Students will then create an overview map of their neighborhood community, complete with a key / legend.
- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
The Life of Captain Wilbur Kelly
- Locations: Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject(s): Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
In this lesson, students will create a six word story based on the accomplishments of Wilbur Kelly.
Last updated: June 4, 2021