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Handout
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National Postal Museum: Mail to the Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition that celebrates FDR's love for stamps and stamp collecting.
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Unit Plan
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National Postal Museum: Postal Pack for Elementary Students [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover how the mail moves across the country, learn how it was delivered before cars and other modes of transportation, and take a look at the history of the postage stamp. Games, lesson plans, curricular units and online murals are...
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National Postal Museum: Trailblazing: 100 Years of Our National Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
The Trailblazing exhibit chronicles intersections between mail and our national parks. The virtual exhibit is a comprehensive resource to study how mail travels through and within the national parks. Find out what village eats their mail!
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National Postal Museum: Philately

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of philately (the study and collection of postage stamps). You can view slideshows of American and international stamps that have special value for collectors and sample the imagery used over the decades in the design of...
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Usps: Domestic Rate Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a chart compiled by the United States Postal Service that determines how much postage is required for a letter, large envelope, postcard, and etc. Many links. Link to International Rate Calculator.
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Other

United States Postal Service

For Students 9th - 10th
As an independent agency of the government, the United States Postal Service homepage offers information on zip codes, address change, stamps, online billing, and variety of other topics.
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National Postal Museum: History of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Audio and video presentation on the history of the national postal delivery system that started in 1775 with the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General. [3:14] Also provides the history of the National Postal Museum in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Voyages of Columbus

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Postal Museum publishes a captioned exhibition of U.S. postage stamps depicting Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Alliance for Progress Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn why the Alliance for Progress was formed and why it was disbanded from this captioned exhibit of a stamp issued in 1963 in commemoration of the program.