Oral (or "public") Black history projects can create forms of historiography that effectively bridge the gap between textbook generalities and the living traditions of community social life. (Author/GC)

Reviews Frances FitzGerald's book, "America Revised," and discusses FitzGerald's critique of recent revisions in secondary-level U.S. history textbooks. The author advocates the implementation of a core curriculum for U.S. history which emphasizes political and local history. (AM)

Describes how a koala hand puppet was used to teach county history as well as reading and writing skills, multicultural awareness, music, art, and self-esteem to third graders in San Diego, California. Activities that involved the puppet are described. (AM)

Suggests activities for students interested in historic preservation: walking trips, collection, and projects which recreate activities of the past. (KC)

Discusses how oral history can motivate elementary students in the social studies. Suggests oral history learning activities and procedures to help students recreate events from the past. (CK)

This article constructs a local history of resistance to school desegregation in St. Bernard Parish, a predominantly White community in the metropolitan area of New Orleans, Louisiana. Within the scholarly framework of massive resistance, St. Bernard Parish beckons consideration today for its elaborate public school gender-separation scheme, which…

The academic study of "local" history has emerged from two interconnected debates in the second half of the twentieth century. The first debate, that of validity, floods the pages of first, "The Amateur Historian," then, from 1968, "The Local Historian," the changing nomenclature of the journal itself reflecting new…

This guide provides information for planning a field trip to the Indiana Limestone District. This district, located in Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Indiana, is responsible for material that has dominated the building-limestone market in the United States for nearly a century. A few of the many well-known buildings using Indiana limestone are the…

In the Bicentennial spirit, an English class delved into the histories of several deceased local people and wrote their epitaphs. (JH)

Man's association with animals throughout the history of the United States is emphasized in these social studies activities. (JH)

Compiled in conjunction with the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration, this bibliography is designed to aid librarians in selecting reference materials related to Texas history, culture, and geography. The needs of small and medium-sized libraries have received special attention, but the bibliography would also be useful to large libraries and those…

A description of the oral history movement and discussion of oral history's relationship with libraries and librarians. (Author/LS)

Describes the oral history project at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the light of the need for good local history, and the mechanics of setting up a program in a private institution, with its aims, accomplishments, and benefits for the college and the area. (Author/LS)

The selected Arkansas genealogical materials held by the Arkansas University library which are listed include how-to manuals, bibliographies, dictionaries, and encyclopedias and guides. General information on the state is available in genealogical and historical periodicals, general histories and biographical sources, and sources are indicated for…

The purposes of this bibliography are to bring together materials that relate to the history of newspapers in Indiana and to assess, in a general way, the value of the material. The bibliography contains 415 entries, with descriptive annotations, arranged in seven sections: books; special materials; general newspaper histories and lists of…