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Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions
Library of Congress American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940 Explore Your Community: A Community Heritage Poster for the Classroom Learning About Immigration Through Oral History Local Legacies (Go to project listing for links to individual states.) A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources (Go to Geographical Area for resources by country and state.) World Wide Web Resources for Cultural Heritage Research Projects Other Online Resources "Connections to Cultural Heritage Presented on the Web," CSLA Good Ideas! Fall 2002 [PDF/339k], page 3. Indivisible: Stories of American Community Mexican American Studies Folklife Project, Santa Ana High School Print Sources Dear America series (fictional diaries written in historical context; many of the diarists are teenagers) Scholastic New York. Scholastic.com Smith, Gregory A. "Going Local." Educational Leadership, Sep 2002, vol. 60, issue 1. Place-based education offers students engaging learning experiences that also contribute directly to their school and community. By locating learning in the lives and concerns of students and their communities, place-based education takes advantage of students' natural interest in the world and their desire to be valued by others. The author offers examples of place-based learning experiences and reviews research on the relationship between student achievement and student engagement in their communities. Vintage Postcards is a series of books that could be used with communities that are included. For a complete listing, search for Postcard History Series in the Arcadia Publishing catalog. Video California's Gold video #206 http://www.calgold.com "Is This Going to Be on the Test? Place-Based Learning: Kids Exploring Their Own Community." Separate curriculum guide: “Living Traditions: Teaching Local History Aligned to District, State and National Learning Standards.” Both available from http://www.noodlehead.com/videos/page4.html Overview | Teacher's Guide | Resources |
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