About Save Our History Educational Materials
The History Channel, in collaboration with leading educators
from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), developed a comprehensive
Educators’ Manual containing standards-based lesson plans, enrichment
activities, and resources that help elementary, middle and high school
teachers connect American History content to their local history. The
manual guides teachers to engage students in hands-on, experiential preservation
projects. The Educator’s Manual is supplemented by monthly Save
Our History lesson plans, available online at www.saveourhistory.com.
To date, more than 60,000 educators at schools, youth groups, history
museums, and historic sites have used the educational materials to teach
over 1.8 Million students about their local history and the importance
of preserving it.
About Save Our History
Save Our History is an Emmy® Award-winning
strategic philanthropic initiative of The History Channel that launched
in 1998, designed to further historic preservation and history education.
The program supplements the teaching of history in America’s classrooms,
educates the public on the importance of historical preservation and motivates
communities across the country to help save endangered local historic
treasures. The Save Our History campaign includes original documentaries,
special
teachers’ materials, national promotion on The History Channel, broadband
activities in schools, and has worked with The Smithsonian Institution, National
Park Service, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National World War
II Memorial, American Rivers and The White House 200th Anniversary.
Additional information about the grassroots Save Our History program, including
a comprehensive school manual containing suggested lesson plans for grades
two through 12 and details about working with local preservation organizations
can also be found at www.saveourhistory.com.
THE HISTORY CHANNEL
The History Channel® is a leading
cable television network featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials
and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner
across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting place where
people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect
their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide
a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has earned four Peabody
Awards, three Primetime Emmy® Awards, ten News & Documentary Emmy® Awards
and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History® campaign dedicated
to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel reaches
more than 93 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com.
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