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Educational Reparations and Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre

Educational Reparations and Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre

by Lisa Rathje | Aug 30, 2024 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources, Uncategorized

Updated with Registration Link! Oklahoma educators have been reading Dr. Bettina Love’s texts, We Want to do More than Survive and Punished for Dreaming, while also engaging in the supporting album to the text Punished for Dreaming, produced by Dr. Stevie...
Sound Recordings as Primary Sources

Sound Recordings as Primary Sources

by Lisa Rathje | Mar 1, 2024 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Learning with the Vermont Folklife Archive and Teaching with Primary Sources Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 3:30 – 5:30 pm EST This workshop is FREE thanks to generous funding from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program. When you think about...

The Power of Story: A Museum Study of Art, Activism, and Narrative

by Lisa Rathje | Feb 29, 2024 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Local Learning is partnering with Art In Motion School in Chicago to support a Museum Studies Professional Development workshop Saturday, May 4, for the REACH project, funded through a Department of Education grant awarded to the Distinctive Schools Network and...
Local Learning Botkin Lecture

Local Learning Botkin Lecture

by Lisa Rathje | Sep 26, 2023 | News, Teaching with Primary Sources

The American Folklife Center’s latest Botkin Lecture video features Paddy and Lisa. In “Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools” they present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S....
Teaching with Folk Sources at HistoryMiami Museum

Teaching with Folk Sources at HistoryMiami Museum

by Lisa Rathje | Apr 27, 2023 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) will facilitate a section of a teacher professional development workshop that will focus on Cuban immigration curriculum content. This workshop is part of a larger multi-day event for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Teachers will work with...
New Teaching with Folk Sources workshops announced in Vermont

New Teaching with Folk Sources workshops announced in Vermont

by Lisa Rathje | Apr 27, 2023 | Professional Development News, Teaching with Primary Sources

Presentations and Workshops are planned throughout the spring and summer. Check back here for updates and new offerings. Monday, August 21, 2023 | Barre, Vermont at the Vermont History Center One-day professional learning worksho for educators about teaching with...
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