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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 sent via email to educators who
register online to receive them 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 one of the leading cable television networks 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 six News and
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 89 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is
located at www.History.com.
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