ERIC Number: EJ1016261
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 15
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Taking People's History Back to the People: An Approach to Making History Popular, Relevant, and Intellectual
Lempert, David H
Democracy & Education, v21 n2 Article 1 2013
This article takes the educational vision of people's history an additional step, combining it with experiential approaches to democratic education that have developed over the past century and presenting the tools for students and adults to take control of their own historical study, control their heritage, and personalize the study of history on the very landscapes of their own communities. Through this approach, history becomes an exciting democratic exercise not merely in storytelling but in discovery of, participation in, and interaction with history on the very grounds of the community. The new approach to history, being tested in several communities, takes history as a collection of "stories," and roots and expands it to places, landscapes, and environment in everyday life, where history is unavoidable and where protecting and making history are ordinary household and community activities.
Descriptors: History Instruction, Democracy, Democratic Values, Experiential Learning, Educational Philosophy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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