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Morais, Dominic G. – History Teacher, 2018
As a project in a History of American Sport class, the author charged students with researching individuals or issues in Trinity University athletics history in the period from 1950 to 1991. After investigating their subjects in the university's special collections and archives, examining past issues of San Antonio-area newspapers and Trinity…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Ford, Elyssa – Journal of Museum Education, 2016
Local history projects allow undergraduate students to engage with their surrounding community and forge relationships between universities and museums. By assigning work that requires input from both students and the museums, these projects help create collaborative partnerships as students leave campus to conduct research, participate in and…
Descriptors: Local History, Undergraduate Students, Universities, Museums
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Yarmakeev, Iskander E.; Pimenova, Tatiana S.; Zamaletdinova, Gulyusa R. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This paper is dedicated to the up-to-date educational problem, that is, the role of local lore in teaching EFL to University students. Although many educators admit that local lore knowledge plays a great role in the development of a well-bred and well-educated personality and meets students' needs, the problem has not been thoroughly studied.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Folk Culture
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Fernández, Natalia – Multicultural Perspectives, 2016
When multicultural educators and archivists collaborate to design projects that engage students with multicultural history through archival research, students can learn in-depth research skills with primary source documents, creatively share their knowledge, and, on a broader level, engage with their local community history. The projects shared in…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Archives, Partnerships in Education, Instructional Design
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Lyons, John F. – History Teacher, 2007
History instructors working in a community college face two major challenges. First, to make history interesting and relevant to the students, many of whom have to take history courses as a requirement. And second, to fulfill one of the missions of a community college which is to forge a connection between the school and the people in the local…
Descriptors: United States History, Oral History, Community Colleges, Historians