Teaching with Historic Places

1. What historic place would you like to use?

Plimoth, MA (New England area)

2. What is the story and why is it important? Why is the place an important source for evidence of learning that?

3. How does the place fit into curriculum topics, such as history, geography, social studies and other subjects?

4. How can the place help students develop learning skills, such as observation, synthesis, and analysis?

5. What questions does the place bring to mind? Where might you find your answers?

6. How could you use the place in your classroom, especially if you could not visit? What other sources of evidence would be useful?

7. What questions would you most like to ask someone knowledgeable about the site and its history? Where would you find such a person?