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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
Thomas, Kenneth H., Jr. – Heritage Education Quarterly, 1988
Presents a methodology for providing the historical narrative or context statement which must accompany a town's nomination for inclusion on The National Register of Historic Places. States that the same 14-point outline can function as a starting point for any written community history. (GEA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
