Last updated: December 1, 2023
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Federal/National History (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 Federal/National Era history. Discover more resources at the Teaching with Historic Places homepage.
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Bombardment of Fort McHenry
Learn how the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore led to the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner".
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Mammoth Cave
Tour the world's longest cave, a geological wonder, and assess the ways it has been used and preserved as a historic resource.