Education Elements
JANUARY 18, 2022
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.
NCHE
APRIL 3, 2023
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. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 12, 2022
This is not to suggest that standards-aligned content should be abandoned, but there is a healthy amount of space between a content free-for-all and the current canon of books that underrepresents women and people of color. There are hundreds of national parks, many of which focus on local history.
ED Surge
JANUARY 10, 2023
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
million book images from the Internet Archive. . They could make a local history wiki or, even better, make contributions to our global information commons by directly creating and editing Wikipedia pages. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3
Life and Landscapes
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
A link to the book and its Table of Contents is found here.) But it took his men and horses 24 hours to get across the river and follow Morgan. The crossing of Morgan’s men into Indiana is steeped in local history and well-remembered by local residents. Look for them on each Saturday morning! (A
Moler's Musing
DECEMBER 19, 2023
I had students think of a favorite book, movie, or TV character and explained how applying an archetype helps better understand that character’s actions and dialogue by providing context. After this activity, I incorporated some local history for a second representative.
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