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Desmarais, Gerald – New England Journal of History, 1997
Describes a project using city and town archives to explore important issues in U.S. history for Advanced Placement American history courses. Relates how town death, birth, or marriage records can be used by students as the stimuli for research projects on larger trends in demographic, social, or political history. (DSK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Archives, Higher Education, History Instruction