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

NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.” As part of the NCHE project, The Rural Experience in America , history club students at Cuba High School created a podcast about a local history topic of their choosing.

Oral History

Oral History Public History History Museum

The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member!

ASHP CML

MARCH 5, 2024

ASHP/CML conducts professional development programs for middle and high school teachers and college faculty focused on new historical scholarship and active-learning pedagogy.

History

History Professional Development Pedagogy American History

How one Minnesota university more than doubled its native student graduation rate

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

They’re more likely than white students to have graduated from low-performing high schools. ngela Richards recalls receiving little support from the counselor at her small high school near South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation where she grew up. It recently opened a summer institute for indigenous high school students.

Cultures

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

The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member!

How one Minnesota university more than doubled its native student graduation rate

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