Disability History Education Resources

Providing free education tools and materials for teachers, interpreters, students, and lifelong learners inside and outside the National Park Service is one important way we support the agency's mission. The value of America's cultures and diverse heritages may be lost if it's not passed on to the next generation or experienced by the present one.

The National Park Service offers free online lesson plans through its Teaching with Historic Places series. The lessons below encourage students to explore disability history through America’s historic sites.

The National Park Service also encourages lifelong learners to explore sites of disability history. Learn more about sites of disability history or explore the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers travel itinerary.

Lesson Plans

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  The Dowling Victory Garden

  Learn about the Dowling School for Crippled and the Dowling Victory Garden, the last remaining World War II victory garden in Minneapolis.

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  A Nation Repays Its Debt

  Explore the evolution of a system to honor and care for US veterans beginning with the creation of soldiers' homes and national cemeteries.

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  Springwood: Home to FDR

  Learn how Springwood, Franklin D. Roosevelt's lifelong home, influenced him throughout his life.

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  These Honored Dead

  Examine how veteran soldiers adapted to the technological changes and understand the cost of the Civil War in human term.