The National Park Service’s Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education is happy to announce the publication of its latest teaching resource: "Discover Colonel Young's Protest Ride for Equality and Country: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places." Access it online here:https://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/lightning-lesson-002_charles-young-house.htm.
The new Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson offers a packet of materials for middle and upper level students to study the life of African American cavalry officer Colonel Young, his 1918 protest ride from Ohio to DC, and the histories of minorities serving in the military. The lesson grounds this dramatic historical moment and Young’s biography in “Youngsholm,” the house where Colonel Young lived with his wife and children.
NPS writes, "This lesson was written by a veteran educator and history teacher, Paul LaRue, and Sarah Nestor, both from Ohio. Paul is a long-time friend of Teaching with Historic Places and helped develop the new Lightning Lesson series. His passion for historic preservation and education shines through in his work, and it’s always a blessing to partner with him. Previous collaborations include A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio" and lesson plan guidance..
Visit the TwHP homepage at www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces.