This collection of postage stamps has two sections.  The first seven stamps feature a variety of cities across the United States including Washington DC, San Antonia, TX, San Francisco, CA, Boston, MA, Green Bay, WI, Philadelphia, PA, and New York City, NY.  The last five stamps feature stamps with a more general setting including farmland, driving in the mountains, planting a tree, the beach, and a classroom.

This collection can be used to help students think about the important places, buildings, or objects that represent cities in the United States.

1. Have students try to figure out which cities are represented in the first seven stamps.

2. For the last five stamps, ask students what communities/cities could be represented by the image shown.

3. The last resource is the "Design a Stamp" template from the National Postal Museum.  Students can use the template to create a stamp that would represent a special building, location, or object that could represent their own community!