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Fall News from Local Learning

Fall News from Local Learning

Dear Local Learning Community, Folk Arts and its role in educational settings has been a passion of mine for my entire career. When I was asked to join the board of Local Learning - and later to serve as its Secretary - I was thrilled to be able to work...

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World Music Residencies in NJ

Local Learning is working with the Perkins Center in 2025! The Perkins Center is currently accepting applications for its World Music in the Schools (WMIS) program, which will bring global music and dance residencies to middle and high schools during the Spring 2025...

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2024 AFS Education Session Pathways

2024 AFS Education Session Pathways

AFS 2024 EDUCATION-RELATED SESSIONS November 6-9, Albuquerque Convention Center WEDNESDAY Folklife Participatory Action Research with the Southwest Folklife Alliance November 6th, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM MST   Ballroom Facilitated by Selina Morales, Nelda Ruiz, Laura Rios...

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Oral History in Interpretation and Museum Education

Oral History in Interpretation and Museum Education

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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Educational Reparations and Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre

Educational Reparations and Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre

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 "View"...

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2024 Summer News

2024 Summer News

A Note from Founding Director, Paddy Bowman As the summer unfolds... ...and as most K-12 students wind down their school year and look forward to a break, many of their teachers embark on new learning adventures through summertime professional development training,...

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Sound Recordings as Primary Sources

Sound Recordings as 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 primary...

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2024 First Quarter News Updates

Read the latest e-bulletin published February 6, 2024 here! This e-bulletin includes a welcome from our new Board Chair Halle Butvin, updates on summer opportunities, and more. Dear Local Learning Community, I'm excited to begin 2024 as the new Chair of the Local...

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You make our network stronger

As we send this final e-bulletin of the year and reflect on 2023, we took a moment to note some highlights. Local Learning: Connects across disciplines, with 2023 conference presentations at the American Folklore Society, National Art Education Association (NAEA),...

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Albany CCC Showcase 2023

Albany Teacher and Artist Showcase November 18, 2023 | 10:00 am-12:00pm | FREE to attend The Albany Institute of History and Art | 125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210 Welcome to the CCC Showcase. Experience important local artforms and learn what happened when...

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Binghamton CCC Showcase 2023

Binghamton Teacher and Artist Showcase November 18, 2023 | 10:00 am-12:00pm | FREE to attend The Roberson Museum and Science Center | 30 Front St, Binghamton, NY 13905 Welcome to the CCC Showcase. Experience important local artforms and learn what happened when...

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2023 AFS Education Track

Folklore and Education Related Presentations, Sessions, and Meetings at the 2023 AFS Conference, November 1-4, Portland, Oregon A list compiled by the American Folklore Society's Folklore and Education Section. Wednesday, November 1 Rooted through Writing: Connecting...

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Local Learning Botkin Lecture

Local Learning Botkin Lecture

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. They also discuss...

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New York CCC showcases announced!

Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning through local traditional arts. It introduces concepts of cultural identity and opportunities to practice ethnographic research skills such as interviewing, note taking,...

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