Learning My History
In the first part of the case study, students conduct oral history interviews of their family members to learn more about their past, and to better understand how their past defines who and where they are today. Using what they learn in the interviews, students write "I am from..." poems.
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A History of Learning
In the second part of the case study, students rely on a variety of primary sources to investigate group identities and education in Tompkins County in 1892. Students' learning experiences include trips to the Eight Square Schoolhouse and the Tompkins County History Center, and discussions with Board of Education Vice President Sean Eversley Bradwell.
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