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Goubert, Pierre – Daedalus, 1971
Local history studied by the professional historian applying new methods gained from social history has provided abundant new evidence which challenges a number of conventional opinions about larger historical phenomena. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Community Relations, Community Study

Shopes, Linda – International Journal of Oral History, 1984
To overcome problems of trivia and nostalgia, a problem-centered approach to community oral history projects is proposed. Instead of cataloging details about aspects of past social life, the projects might shape their inquiry as an effort to understand a problem facing the community, a problem with contemporary significance but historical roots.…
Descriptors: Community Study, Local History, Oral History, Research Design
Carter, Thomas; Fleischhauer, Carl – 1988
Grouse Creek is a small Mormon ranching community in the extreme northwest corner of Utah. A survey of that community was conducted during 1985 by a team of folklorists, architectural historians, and historians, with the purpose of testing the idea of combining in the same fieldwork a concern for architecture, folk arts, and folklife. The work was…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Area Studies, Community Study
Wallace, Merle; Athamesara, Raynou – International Education Journal, 2004
The notion of a community curriculum in Thailand comes from widespread recognition that Thai society has been greatly influenced by the west in its development and modernization. According to many Thais, community curricula are needed to encourage young people to preserve Thai culture and revive local ways of thinking about "development"…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Teacher Researchers
Crozier, William; And Others – 1979
This document contains eight newsletters prepared by the Minnesota Social History Project (MSHP), an experimental curriculum project in local social history. The newsletters offer classroom exercises, participant suggestions, and supportive essays designed for teachers working with the MSHP. The premise of the project is that "American history can…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Study, Data Analysis, Data Collection