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Using Local History to Increase Student Engagement

Education Elements

Erin Conklin’s eyes light up when she talks about the primary and secondary source student book she created for Duval County Public School’s African American Studies elective.

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

NCHE

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? Hey, will you have Cooper call me?

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OPINION: Too many students just aren’t interested in what is being taught

The Hechinger Report

The best class I ever taught centered on the history of Washington, D.C. I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. They learned about the history of their neighborhoods and the origins of the music they listened to.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. million book images from the Internet Archive. .

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

Our primary guide for observing these learning environments was a book by Vanderbilt University Professor Rich Milner called Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There , which offers a framework of opportunity-centered teaching.

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The History of the Civil War in Kentucky: Chapter 8 — Surrounding Morgan’s Great Raid

Life and Landscapes

A link to the book and its Table of Contents is found here.) The crossing of Morgan’s men into Indiana is steeped in local history and well-remembered by local residents. Displays jampacked with meaningful objects, pictures, and documents that will bring the history of Civil War in Brandenburg into focus.

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Victorian Inspiration

Rosie the History Teacher

My first exposure to history was reading the Samantha American Girl books when I was in first or second grade. I quickly became obsessed with petit fours and fancy dresses and my love of history has never gone away! This past weekend I volunteered at my local historical society’s annual cemetery walk.

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