Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d add photos to our maps and investigate other mapping tools as well, including possibly making floor plans of locally-significant buildings. We might even take a cue from Michael Hathorn’s high school history students in Hartford, Vermont and use tools like Google SketchUp to make a historical model of our city or town.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown. In Youngstown, students in a youth group shared the history of the local pool. Students as Historians. Photo by Dean Hesse.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, San Diego high school teacher Don Dumas held an event last year with his students over Memorial Day weekend. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select. Sojourn to the Past students shared the Jim Crow history of swimming pools in Youngstown.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Library 52

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 22, 2025

Kaley Duong, a recent high school graduate, on the Seattle Teach Truth history of 1919 walking tour. One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school.

History 52

History Teaching Historic Sites Museum 52