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Giffin, Sarah – Heritage Education Quarterly, 1988
Discusses a local history project sponsored by The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine. States that studying a local community focuses students' attention on how people and historical events have shaped their own lives. Describes how the program helped a fourth grade class explore and understand the past and present, as well as prospects for…
Descriptors: Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4, History Instruction