2025 Conference

All History is Local

St. Louis, Missouri
March 20-22, 2025

Breakout Sessions

Friday 8:30 AM

Stories Lives Tell: Using Primary Sources and Narratives to Encourage Critical Thinking Routines
Laurie Boulden, Warner University
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Using the History FIELD Guide to Engage Your Learners and Create Powerful Learning
Glenn Wiebe and Joe Schmidt, ESSDACK
PowerPoint

Friday 10:00 AM

Objects Tell Stories: Bringing Families and Communities to Life
Leslie Hayes, New-York Historical Society
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Gateway to Westward Expansion: Using Active Learning to Explore Economics & History Easily
Mike Kaiman, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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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
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Local Events with Global Consequences: An “Eras” Tour
Jasmine Medina and Bleidy Ilnitskiy, Broward County Public Schools
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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
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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
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Engaging Local History Through Data Literacy, Storytelling, and Digital Scholarship
Annie Evans, New American History, University of Richmond
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Saturday 8:30 AM

Glocal Reparations: Exploring Indigenous Land Back Movements from Local to Global
Monica Ketchum-Cardenas, Arizona Western College
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Saturday 10:00 AM

Josephine Baker Returns to St. Louis: Music as a Primary Source
Ben Dumbauld, Amanda Harris, and Joshua Zarbo, TeachRock
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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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PowerPoint
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
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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
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Mini Sessions

SLSO Holocaust Composer Stories: An Arts-Integrated Resource for Grades 6-12
Sarah Ruddy, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
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Keynote Sessions

Witness to History: Brown v. Board of Education
Cheryl Brown Henderson, The Brown Foundation
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