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Making History Local: The Efficacy of Local History for Student Interest, Success, and Multicultural Awareness
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Paysinger, Christopher Browning – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was an action research design which examined the effects of infusing the local history of North Alabama into the traditional Early American History curriculum to assess the effect on student interest, multicultural awareness, and success on the Alabama High School Graduation Exam history portion. This study found no significance when…
Descriptors: Local History, United States History, History Instruction, Student Interests