historic preservation

Historic Landmarks Foundation brings community history to the classroom with Stories Buildings Tell, a traveling trunk of activities, games and lesson plans on Indianas historic places. Materials meet academic standards for grades 3-6.

http://www.historiclandmarks.org/RESOURCES/CLASSROOM/Pages/ClassroomPrograms.aspx

A visit to the 1865 Morris-Butler House brings students face to face with 19th century society, architecture and economics. Students learn academic standards through walking tours, hands- on demonstrations and critical discussions.

http://www.historiclandmarks.org/RESOURCES/CLASSROOM/Pages/ClassroomPrograms.aspx

Keeping the Past for the Future is designed to foster within our city’s young people, primarily in grades 1 to 5, a strong sense of engagement, ownership, and responsibility toward their community through learning about the built environment and its history. Through its interdisciplinary and hands-on activities, Keeping the Past for the Future supports literacy, mathematical ability, analytic thinking, problem solving and creative thinking. Meanwhile, the program emphasizes the important role of historic preservation in sustaining the quality of life of our community for present and future generations.

Programs consist of three or more sessions, including a neighborhood walk and final project.  Different programs include Neighborhood Explorers, Building Detectives, Local History Detectives, Neighborhood Poetry, Preservation Projects, and Design Detectives.

http://www.landmarkwest.org/education/index.html

Historic Landmarks Foundation offers Indianapolis tours for school children and scouting groups that correlate to academic standards. Tours encourage students to become observant and informed citizens of the man-made environment.

http://www.historiclandmarks.org/Resources/Classroom/Pages/FieldTripsTours.aspx

This is a website of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency where the model makings of HO scale models of real Illinois historic downtown buildings can be downloaded in full color onto cardstock. The associated Color Your Own Main Street coloring sheets (for the younger historic building enthusiast) are also available online at http://www.state.il.us/hpa/ps/construct_mainstreet.htm

Through hands-on activities, interaction with artifacts, and use of primary documents, students examine the architecture of Christ Church (1735) and its role in colonial Virginia.

Historic Landmarks Foundation partners with local history and cultural organizations across Indiana for a summer camp that combines a fun adventure while teaching about historic preservation and construction techniques.