2025 Conference
All History is Local
St. Louis, Missouri
March 20-22, 2025
Breakout Sessions
Friday 8:30 AM
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Stories Lives Tell: Using Primary Sources and Narratives to Encourage Critical Thinking Routines
Laurie Boulden, Warner University |
Handouts |
| Using the History FIELD Guide to Engage Your Learners and Create Powerful Learning Glenn Wiebe and Joe Schmidt, ESSDACK |
PowerPoint |
Friday 10:00 AM
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Objects Tell Stories: Bringing Families and Communities to Life
Leslie Hayes, New-York Historical Society |
Handouts |
| Gateway to Westward Expansion: Using Active Learning to Explore Economics & History Easily Mike Kaiman, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
PowerPoint Handout |
Friday 2:00 PM
| Contextualizing Dred and Harriet Scott: Teaching the St. Louis Freedom Suits Robert Good, University of Missouri-St. Louis Lynne Jackson, Dred Scott Heritage Foundation Anne Twitty, Stanford University Andrea S. Boyles, Tulane University |
PowerPoint Handouts |
| Local Events with Global Consequences: An “Eras” Tour Jasmine Medina and Bleidy Ilnitskiy, Broward County Public Schools |
Handouts Handouts |
| Beyond George Washington Slept Here: The Local Geography of the American Revolution Nicole Claris, The Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library Zerah Jakub, George Washington’s Mount Vernon |
Handouts |
Friday 3:30 PM
| Using Inquiry to Teach Civic Virtue through Pairing Nonfiction Narrative and Local Primary Sources Laurie Risler, Westfield State University Kelley Brown, Easthampton High School Claudia Friddell, Nonfiction Narrative Author |
Handouts |
| Engaging Local History Through Data Literacy, Storytelling, and Digital Scholarship Annie Evans, New American History, University of Richmond |
Handouts |
Saturday 8:30 AM
| Glocal Reparations: Exploring Indigenous Land Back Movements from Local to Global Monica Ketchum-Cardenas, Arizona Western College |
Handouts |
Saturday 10:00 AM
| Josephine Baker Returns to St. Louis: Music as a Primary Source Ben Dumbauld, Amanda Harris, and Joshua Zarbo, TeachRock |
Handouts Links PowerPoint |
Saturday 2:00 PM
| Virginia Minor’s Unsuccessful Test Case and Women’s Suffrage: How the Local Propels the National Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., Chaminade College Preparatory School |
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| Music of US: Exploring U.S. History and Civics through Music, Using Primary Sources Bert Snow and Julie Schaul, Music of US (Snow and Co. |
PowerPoint |
| Remembering and Honoring the Past: Using a Local Exhibit to Teach the Trail of Tears Rebekah Reed, Hamilton County Schools |
Handouts PowerPoint |
Saturday 3:10 PM
| Music Matters: Investigate the Music that Shaped History through Inquiry-Based Primary Source Learning Sarah Westbrook, The Right Question Institute Eileen Manchester, Library of Congress Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office |
Handouts |
Mini Sessions
| SLSO Holocaust Composer Stories: An Arts-Integrated Resource for Grades 6-12 Sarah Ruddy, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
Handouts |
Keynote Sessions
| Witness to History: Brown v. Board of Education Cheryl Brown Henderson, The Brown Foundation |
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