Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans are now categorized by certain skills they help students develop. Visit the new index of skills and explore the first "live" topic, Local History Investigation.

Teaching with Historic Places regularly introduces new on-line lesson plans.
The latest offerings include:

• The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House: African American Women Unite for Change Learn about Mary McLeod Bethune and how she and the organization she founded promoted political and social change for African American women.
  

• Las flotas españolas de 1715 y 1733: Desastres en el mar La versión en español de The Spanish Treasure Fleets of 1715 and 1733: Disasters Strike at Sea.

• The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March: Shaking the Conscience of the Nation Learn how people in Selma, Alabama, and national civil rights organizations worked together to end the unconstitutional denial of voting rights to African Americans in the South.

• Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom 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.
  

Learn about the impact of the National historic Preservation Act and explore historic places in your community in the following lesson plan:

• Fortieth Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act
  

Each Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan links to relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12. These voluntary standards promote historical thinking skills and understanding. You can also search for lessons in a history standards index.

Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans are also linked to the relevant Curriculum Standards for the Social Studies developed by the National Council for Social Studies. You can also search for lessons in a social studies standards index.

Learn more about the Landmarks of American History series published by Oxford University Press.