by Lisa Rathje | Mar 19, 2026
We developed this guide to help ground and prepare visitors for the 82nd-84th (2025-27) National Folklife Festival in Jackson, Mississippi. This big, diverse annual festival features vibrant, contemporary traditional artists and art forms from the region and around...
by Lisa Rathje | May 14, 2025
Over the years, the Journal of Folklore and Education has published resources useful for museum educators, from our special issue dedicated to museum education in 2016 to ongoing articles ranging from teaching with primary sources to community-based museum outreach....
by Lisa Rathje | May 8, 2025 | Learning Locally
Over the years, the Journal of Folklore and Education has published resources useful for museum educators, from our special issue dedicated to museum education in 2016 to ongoing articles ranging from teaching with primary sources to community-based museum outreach....
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 18, 2024
This Curriculum Packet was designed for a Teaching with Primary Sources workshop titled “Oral History and Interpretation” offered by Local Learning in partnership with Vermont Folklife and Washington State Parks. Learning Objectives Access new primary...
by Lisa Rathje | Jun 11, 2024
Iowa celebrated its 150th anniversary of statehood in 1996. As part of that celebration, some 150 Iowa musicians, craftspeople, storytellers, radio announcers, farmers, cooks, doctors, basketball players, teachers, scholars, and state officials participated in the...
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