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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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

The Hechinger Report

I didn’t explore my Korean heritage until college and only learned about LGBTQ+ historical leaders in my late twenties. Still, my love of history had an outlet in school. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. There are hundreds of national parks, many of which focus on local history.

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