Finding history where you least expect it : site-based strategies for teaching about the past
by
 
Gradwell, Jill M., 1969- editor.

Title
Finding history where you least expect it : site-based strategies for teaching about the past

Author
Gradwell, Jill M., 1969- editor.

ISBN
9781538140888

Publication Information
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Physical Description
xii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

General Note
"American Alliance of Museums."

Contents
Freedom conversations: connecting past to present with facilitated dialogue / Christine Bacon -- "The most boring thing in the world": scrapbooks and the archives / Daniel DiLandro -- enLIGHTening the past / Corey Fabian-Barrett -- Art as history: illustrating your community's past / Michele Graves -- Vintage game nite @ the TR site / Lenora Henson -- Learning history one family at a time / Suzanne Jacobs -- The extinct birds project / Jane Johnson, Twan Leenders, and Alberto Rey -- History in a science museum? / Kathryn H. Leacock -- "I cannot vote, but I can be voted for": a Girl Scout badge program / Ann Marie Linnabery -- At rest in the weeds: the restoration of institutional cemeteries / David Mack-Hardiman -- Windows to history: Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House light screens / Gina Miano -- Cooking up history: learning from gingerbread / Jean Neff -- Bound in history: handcrafting books on the Roycroft campus / Alan Nowicki and Amizetta Haj -- History around the block: neighborhood archaeology / Elizabeth S. Peña and Kristen Gasser -- A peek beyond the veil: spiritualist shorts at Lily Dale / Amanda Shepp -- Tracing the past for the present and future: an artist-in-residence program / Nancy Spector -- Getting you in the holiday "spirit": it WAS a wonderful life! / Sandy Starks -- All are welcome: the museum as a stage for community dialogue / Tara L. Walker.

Abstract
"This book explores innovative museum programs across diverse sites. The chapters highlight how museum programming, object-based learning, and site-specific education can impact learning. It is aimed at educators, programing developers, university students, and teachers to illustrate the innovative and engaging programing anyone can do."-- Provided by publisher

Subject Term
Museums and schools.
 
History -- Study and teaching.

Added Author
Gradwell, Jill M., 1969-
 
Leacock, Kathryn H.,

Added Corporate Author
American Alliance of Museums,

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805
npmlib 11003627 LB1047 F56 yh


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