The Language of Preservation: How Words Aid in Saving Cultural Icons
This is a Project Based Learning Lesson designed to have students question how we decide what places deserve preservation and argue for the addition of a landmark to the National Register of Historic Places. Through the lesson, students should explore applications to the National Register of Historic Places and determine the rhetorical strategies and devices used by the author(s) of the applications to convince the audience that the location deserves the protections of the list.