Alabama teacher develops course on civil rights
May 13, 2011 No Comments ››Michelle Craig is the project coordinator for the Birmingham Cultural Alliance Partnership, a Birmingham Civil Rights Institute program. She teaches high school students how to lead tours of the institute’s exhibits, including one on the 1961 Freedom Riders bus burning in Anniston. When her would-be tour guides first arrive at the institute, she ...
Continue ReadingNational History Day Works: National Program Evaluation
May 13, 2011 No Comments ››The first national evaluation of National History Day (NHD) finds that students who participate in the program perform better on high-stakes tests, are better writers, more confident and capable researchers, and have a more mature perspective on current events and civic engagement than their peers. Participants also show a greater ...
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Federal History-Grant Program Takes Budget Hit for Fiscal 2011
Apr 28, 2011 No Comments ››Money targeted at helping teachers improve their instruction By Erik W. Robelen Just days before the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Congress and the White House struck an overdue budget agreement that deals a blow to a federal program favored by many advocates for improved history instruction. Under the plan, ...
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BCRI’s Legacy Youth Leadership Program
Apr 21, 2011 No Comments ››Using BCRI’s rich resources to develop lifelong learners, productive citizens and community leaders. Event Website
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Heritage Alive
Apr 21, 2011 No Comments ››Activities for children and their families. Event Website
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Brooks Etheredge
Congratulations to Mr. Brooks Etheredge of Stanhope Elmore High School. Mr. Etheredge has been chosen as Alabama’s 2011 recipient of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship’s full grant/scholarship....
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