About 400 students participated in the Gilder-Lehrman Junior Historian's Forum held last month at Marquette University. The students, from Hamilton, Riverside, Wedgewood Park, Humboldt Park, Victory, US Grant, Milwaukee School of Languages and Fritsche, listened to noted historian John Fea talk about being a kid in colonial America, which wasn't always fun.
An excerpt from Fea's talk is below. The audio of the major portion of his address here.
The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History is an MPS partner in implementation of the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History grant. The grant is designed to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge and understanding of and appreciation for traditional U.S. history. . In MPS, implementation of the Teaching American History grant supports goals one and three of the district's Working Together, Achieving More strategic plan: Students meet and exceed Wisconsin academic standards and graduate prepared for higher education, careers and citizenship and Leaders and staff demonstrate continuous improvement through focused professional development.
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3 comments:
What a great video clip! Thanks for sharing!
Bringing History to a level in which we can all better relate.
Love it.
Great stuff....wish I could teach that still...I was told to teach Post-Civil War.
I love the "twist" about how studying a part of history is like being in a foreign country!
All students and teachers should hear this clip.
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