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At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our localhistory! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.
are experts at filtering, organizing and connecting information. This generation of students interacts with more content than any other generation in history. They are experts at filtering, organizing and connecting information. There are hundreds of national parks, many of which focus on localhistory.
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Parafly helped students paraphrase historical texts, while MiniReports with Class Companion pushed them to synthesize information and improve their writing with AI feedback. We even tied in localhistory by exploring Clermont Countys own Gold Rush in 1868. A localhistory connection the 1868 gold rush in Clermont County, Ohio.
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