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Teaching Leadership with the National Park Service Teachers’ Portal E Beth Boland, Carol Shull, Katherine Orr, and Linda Rosenblum National Park Service xploring examples of Leadership and Legacy in History can take a student or teacher on a wild ride through place and time. The explorers can learn about individuals and communities who took innovative action or blazed trails for those who followed behind them. The National Park Service will soon celebrate the 100th significance for future generations. In addition to the centennial of many earlier politicians, naturalists, conservationists, and protecting historic and archaeological sites nationwide through anniversary of the Organic Act of 1916, signed into existence by President Woodrow Wilson, which signaled the creation of the agency. President Wilson, however, followed the leadership ordinary citizens who envisioned setting aside our country’s special places to preserve their natural and historical of the creation National Park Service, 2016 also marks the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which enabled the National Park Service to recognize and assist in part nership programs like the National Register of Historic Places and grants and tax incentives for historic preservation. That spirit of leadership continues today in the National Park Service in over 400 National Park Service sites. It also endures in collaborations between the National Park Service and local communities or with other educational organizations. Recently the National Park Service launched a new educational web portal where teachers can search for lesson plans, field trips, distance learning programs, traveling trunks, or professional development opportunities. The portal, found at www.nps. gov/teachers, provides educators a single search site to access all educational resources from the many varied programs comprising the National Park Service. Educational materials are provided by parks or subject matter experts working in diverse areas like historic preservation and heritage education or climate change and paleontology. Currently there are more than 1,100 lesson plans accessible through the curriculum materials section of the teachers’ portal, with more being uploaded continually. Jostedalsbreen Glacier National Park. (Photo courtesy of Ryan McFarland http://www.flickr.com/photos/78552401@ N00/3100846251 Educators can browse National Park Service curriculum materials available on the teachers’ portal by searching for keywords, academic subject headings, park locations, or by NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2015 73