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Oral History of Forgottonia: Building a Public History Project in Rural Western Illinois

NCHE

These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” As part of the NCHE project, The Rural Experience in America , history club students at Cuba High School created a podcast about a local history topic of their choosing.

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LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States: Summer 2022 NEH-sponsored Institute

ASHP CML

history, from early America to the 1990s, and engaged sources suited for classroom use, including military and government records, oral history interviews, literature, photography, and organizational archives. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

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Building Community through Inquiry

C3 Teachers

Community history introduces students to a range of disciplinary sources and skills, including opportunities for students to gather sources themselves (e.g., oral histories). Community history provides opportunities for students to take informed action in meaningful, tangible ways. Interested in applying?

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook. and elsewhere.