Designed for social studies educators, this theme issue presents 11 articles about historic places that feature a variety of ideas for elementary and secondary lesson plans, curricula, and program development. The articles are: (1) "Where did History Happen?" (Beth M. Boland); (2) "Creating a Partnership" (Carol D. Shull); (3) "Heritage Education: What is Going on Out There?" (Kathleen Hunter); (4) "Prominent Places for Historic Places: K-12 Social Studies Curriculum" (John J. Patrick); (5) "Notes on Location and Place" (Salvatore J. Natoli); (6) "Creating Lesson Plans for Teaching with Historic Places" (Fay Metcalf); (7) "Being Selective: Documents and Lesson Plans" (Marilyn Harper); (8) "Parks as Classrooms to Date: Just Scratching the Surface" (Bob Huggins); (9) "Teacher Training for Teaching with Historic Places" (Charles S. White); (10) "Anatomy of a Book: The Great American Landmarks Adventure" (Kay Weeks); and (11) "Archeological Public Education Programs" (Ruthann Knudson). Historical photographs and diagrams accompany the articles. (CK)