An undergraduate oral history course is described. (DE)

A historical research course taught at the University of Minnesota which uses local community resources is described. How guidelines are introduced, how students select topics, collect information, and develop research papers, and problems encountered are related in the article. (SM)

A new approach to a survey course in Black history offered at the Ohio State University Lima Regional Campus is described. The project consisted of a cooperative writing of the history of the local Black community. (SM)

The educational aims and objectives of industrial archaeology are defined. Short descriptions of how it is used in English secondary schools are provided. (DE)

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)

Two graduate level interdisciplinary courses in industrial archaeology are described. (DE)

Reviews development and first two years' experiences of a laboratory course of inquiry into the nature and processes of American civilization through examination of local history as symptomatic history. Faculty, graduate fellows, and advanced undergraduates collaborated on research and analysis of the relationship of culture, environment, and…

A secondary level course in which students utilize the records contained in one city school building as a basis for investigating the historical development and present condition of the community served by that school is described. (Author/DE)

Over the last several decades, undergraduate history instruction has increasingly emphasized efforts to engage students in hands-on historical research. Texts that present students with sets of primary sources for analysis are now widely available. These texts strive to build students' research and analytical skills, and engage them in the…