Caring for Our Heritage

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Essential Questions

Why should we preserve places? What organizations are available to help us preserve? How do we preserve places? What makes a place historic?

Goals
To learn how to care for our heritage by Becoming informed citizens about threats to our heritage Understanding why and how to preserve historic places Understanding what makes a place historic View Investigate historic in your this video message by First places Lady Laura Bush on the Preserve America project. Although it is about her support of hometown

this project, her message is strong. You must have Windows Media Player to view the video.

Threats
There are 3 threats to caring for our heritage we will investigate them more in the lesson Attitudinal The way people think and feel Economic Money Environmental Nature takes it course

Reasons we preserve
Economic reasons Historic buildings are popular tourist destinations Good for the environment Workmanship Artistic & cultural Rich artistic and cultural value Adds uniqueness to an area A primary resource about our community Psychological Confirms & enhances identity Escape from modern day stress Keep us in touch with our roots

Who Preserves? Preservation Organizations

There are three levels of support for preserving historic places you will investigate the various levels National State Local Some hire professionals and others are composed of volunteers

How We Preserve: Preservation Strategies

The following support preservation efforts National Register of Historic Places National Historic Landmark Program Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program Main Street Program Local Historic District You will find out what these programs do and how they help citizens preserve

Types of historic places

Historic House Museum Outdoor Museum Private Home Commercial/Industrial Building Institutional Building (Governmental, School, etc.) Church Adaptively Reused Building

Role of the State Historic Preservation Office

You will investigate several historic places in the National Register of Historic Places. You will also investigate the programs that assist in the preservation of historic places.

What makes a place historic?

Age

Importance: contributes to the states history & culture, and Survival of historic appearance

Processes of Preserving
You will work in teams to investigate historic places in Louisiana As a team you will select a historic place in Louisiana and design a proposal/presentation to defend why that place should be preserved You will also take a look at places in your community and determine if they could be classified as historic places