NCHE
APRIL 3, 2023
At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” Joe’s choice of using oral history interviews is well-suited to capture this history.
Active History Teacher
MARCH 16, 2023
I have tried several projects over the years: Oral History projects, “pick a topic from this year and research deeper”, Instagram summaries, etc. Students created a separate document/paper that explained each image for the decade. You need to keep your students engaged and everyone is exhausted! Sound familiar?
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Studies Weekly
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Benefits of Primary Sources: Humanizing History With primary sources, students as young as kindergarten age can grasp difficult concepts and glean meaning from past events. Our weekly publications include vital images of documents, images and works of art.
Anthropology for Beginners
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The category includes archaeological remains, buildings and structures, landscapes and places, towns and neighborhoods, objects, historical documents, folk traditions, and other things associated with and valued by people. These include objects significant to the archaeology, architecture, science or technology of a specified culture.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 17, 2022
When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Bartlett wanted to document the lives of teachers. Along with some like-minded colleagues, she quickly formed an ad-hoc research group, “ Suddenly Distant ,” to capture this moment in history. “We We naively thought this would be a short-lived situation,” said Bartlett.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Thankfully, we have records of past Afro-descendant entrepreneurs through both written and oral histories. Scholars have long documented how the ritual of rest has been denied to Afro-descendants in the U.S. Via her autobiography, we learn of Elleanor Eldridge’s antebellum painting and whitewashing business in New England.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
It’s our common practice to document the progress of districts, schools, educators, and students toward transforming teaching and learning and expanding opportunity for all. At Digital Promise, we believe that nothing inspires, mobilizes, and builds capacity for change like stories.
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