An outline for a fourth grade local history course is presented. A historic study of the local community should focus on social/cultural, political, and economic community roots. An annotated listing of three local history books written specifically for children, which have received accreditation, is provided. (RM)

Describes a Canadian secondary school communications and history course dealing with the oral and cultural history of the area. Following intensive workshops, students develop ideas, interview, write, photograph, edit, lay out, and publish a commercial quality magazine for sale to the public. (Author/KC)

Describes a writing course for undermotivated students which focuses on careful precise observations through the study of other time periods in the history of the town where the school is located. (DD)

A team-teaching approach to a college-level world history course using a lecture-lab format was very popular with students. One professor taught historical methods, including oral history, quantification, local history, family history, and visual history, in his labs. A detailed course outline is provided. (RM)

Describes a secondary school teacher resource package based on the development of a southern Ontario community, St. John's. The sequential program is designed to develop history and geography research skills. A sample lesson is provided. (KC)

Describes a secondary school unit to help students understand the working class skills, economics, and politics of their community. Students study the local logging industry, the effect of the logger and the union on the lives of community people, past struggles, and present conditions of loggers. (KC)

A classroom activity designed to explore local culture and community development by collecting, mapping, and analyzing migration patterns and ethnicity is described. (DE)

A syllabus and teaching methods for a community college local history course which focuses on primary sources about southern New Jersey are provided. Emphasis of the course is on how national issues affect local actions. Primary sources dating back to the 17th century are found in documentary collections of local and state archives. The course,…

Describes a St. Olaf College (Minnesota) seminar on German- Americana, and suggests ways in which instructors in other areas of the country can create a course reflecting local experience. The course, taught in German, offers information about the broad spectrum of German language and German immigrant life in the United States. A dozen goals of…

Describes a year-and-a-half-long history project that involved elementary students in exploring their community's past. Students took field trips, interviewed community persons, taped oral histories, painted murals, and produced a dramatic musical based on their community's history. (RM)

This revised New York state social studies curriculum guide presents teacher development materials and a syllabus for fourth grade social studies classes. The teacher's section elaborates on key features of the program and suggests relevant classroom applications. Contents discuss or provide: (1) concept goals; (2) skill goals; (3) evaluation…