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2026 Education Sessions at the American Folklore Society Meeting

by Lisa Rathje | Sep 8, 2026 | News, Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Join Local Learning staff at the American Folklore Society Meets Oct 28-31, 2026 in Asheville, North Carolina. Learn more about this meaningful gathering of folklorists, culture workers, traditional artists, educators, and affiliated colleagues here.  In partnership...

AFS Education Session Guide 2025

by Lisa Rathje | Oct 8, 2025 | Learning Locally, Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

  FOLKLORE AND EDUCATION SECTION GUIDE TO AFS 2025 American Folklore Society conference sessions of particular interest to educators and our section membership The 137th annual meeting of the American Folklore Society is October 18–21, 2025, at Crowne Plaza...
Teaching with Folk Sources

Teaching with Folk Sources

by Lisa Rathje | Oct 1, 2025 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Atlanta, Georgia | Saturday, October 18th Learning from People’s Stories Join us in this interactive professional development workshop on teaching with folk sources as primary sources. It will feature speakers and content from Local Learning, Vermont Folklife, the...
Teaching with Folk Sources-Tulsa 2025

Teaching with Folk Sources-Tulsa 2025

by Lisa Rathje | May 12, 2025 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Registration closed The Local Learning Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium Team and the Restorative Justice Institute of Oklahoma invite you June 3-4 for an inspiring, interactive Professional Development Institute with invited experts and practitioners from...
Sound Recordings as Primary Sources Vermont Workshop

Sound Recordings as Primary Sources Vermont Workshop

by Lisa Rathje | May 12, 2025 | News, Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Learn more and Register Sound Recordings as Primary Sources: Local Learning and Vermont Folklife A FREE, one-day professional learning workshop for educators about teaching with audio recordings from folklife collections and using oral history interviewing in the...
Oral History in Interpretation and Museum Education

Oral History in Interpretation and Museum Education

by Lisa Rathje | Sep 6, 2024 | News, Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Join us! Local Learning joins Vermont Folklife and Washington State Parks to share resources from our Teaching with Primary Sources collaboration, “Teaching with Folk Sources.” This educational program will particularly focus upon using oral history materials in...
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