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Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed 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.
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A collection of TwHP lessons examining aspects of African American history.
Social Studies Standards
Teaching with Historic Places now links all our lesson plans to the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies by the National Council for Social Studies.
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Examine the history of this "city-within-a-city," a self-supporting African-American community that prospered from the late 19th century until the 1930s.
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![[graphic] National Park Service, text and arrowhead, which is a link to the N P S homepage](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/black_bar_twhp.gif "[graphic] National Park Service, text and arrowhead, which is a link to the N P S homepage"){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Teaching with Historic Places logo.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach-1-1.gif "[Graphic] Teaching with Historic Places logo.")
![[Graphic] Link to About Teaching with Historic Places page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-3.gif "[Graphic] Link to About Teaching with Historic Places page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to What's New page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-5.gif "[Graphic] Link to What's New page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Using Historic Places to Teach page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-7.gif "[Graphic] Link to Using Historic Places to Teach page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Lesson Plan page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-9.gif "[Graphic] Link to Lesson Plan page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Author's Packet page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-11.gif "[Graphic] Link to Author's Packet page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Professional Development page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-13.gif "[Graphic] Link to Professional Development page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Teaching with Historic Places' Features page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-17.gif "[Graphic] Link to Teaching with Historic Places' Features page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to Comments and Feedback page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach1-15.gif "[Graphic] Link to Comments and Feedback page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Teaching with Historic Places banner.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach2-1.gif "[Graphic] Teaching with Historic Places banner.")
![[Graphic] Link to National Register of Historic Places home page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach2-2-1nr.gif "[Graphic] Link to National Register of Historic Places home page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to National Register of Historic Places Research page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach2-2-2re.gif "[Graphic] Link to National Register of Historic Places Research page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to National Register's Travel Itinerary program page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach2-2-3tr.gif "[Graphic] Link to National Register's Travel Itinerary program page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Link to National Register's Publications' page.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach2-2-4pub.gif "[Graphic] Link to National Register's Publications' page."){kind=small}
![[Graphic] Part of the Teaching with Historic Places banner. Image of the St. Louis Courthouse.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/teach3-1.jpg "[Graphic] Part of the Teaching with Historic Places banner. Image of the St. Louis Courthouse.")
![[Graphic] Current Teaching with Historic Places' feature.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/featurewindow2.jpg "[Graphic] Current Teaching with Historic Places' feature.")
![[Graphic] Featured Teaching with Historic Places' lesson.](/all/20050207232905im_/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/graphics/lessonwindow2.jpg "[Graphic] Featured Teaching with Historic Places' lesson.")