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Schwarzlose, Richard A. – Journalism Educator, 1979
Describes the assignment of an oral history project in a communications history course offered at Northwestern University, indicating the project's benefits to teacher, students, and community. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Journalism, Journalism Education
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Maas, David E. – History Teacher, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Laboratories
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Eckert, Edward K. – History Teacher, 1979
Briefly discusses projects in local history from elementary to graduate level. Suggests that projects can serve as a springboard for broader study and a building block for an appreciation of United States History and western civilization. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, History Instruction
Brown, Richard H., Ed. – 1976
This is the first issue of a newsletter for educators interested in new approaches to history teaching and learning, elementary school through graduate school. The purpose is to provide information about significant new ideas in history study, present a forum for analysis and criticism, and encourage similar analysis in existing professional…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Higher Education
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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
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McClellan, Marjorie L. – History Computer Review, 2002
Reports ongoing development of the online digital exhibit, "Making Progress: Living and Working in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890 1929," a collaboration between Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) students and faculty and area museums and archives. Thus far the project has enhanced student learning and extended the university's involvement…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Uses in Education, Exhibits, Higher Education
Polman, Joseph L. – 2002
Every year, K-12 students throughout the U.S. learn about their local community's historical roots and development, economy, weather, climate, and geology. With the increasing prevalence of inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning in history and science, new possibilities arise for authentic, situated learning activities. One such…
Descriptors: After School Education, College School Cooperation, Community Development, Extracurricular Activities
Gilbert, Lisa; Gilbert, Jim – 1997
Local historical investigation can make history more relevant and allow national trends to be understood as they were reflected in local incidents. Research-based historical reenactment is growing in popularity throughout North America but has had limited use in classrooms because of overreliance on textbooks and teacher concerns about curriculum…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning