Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. Washington University in St.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

The crossing of Morgan’s men into Indiana is steeped in local history and well-remembered by local residents. Fortunately, however, I can direct you to the wonderfully descriptive Meade County History Museum in Brandenburg, a center of high-quality scholarship and research in this region.

History 52

History Museum Local History Humanities 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Select a site in your town or city that symbolizes or reflects history that teachers would be required to lie about or omit if these bills become law, which is already the case in some states. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Students as Historians.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Host an information table at a public site (like a library, bookstore, museum, festival, or farmers market) or organize a gathering at a historic site. It could be identified by a historic marker, statue, archive, burial ground, or museum. Students can be invited to share the local history of the respective site you select.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52