Culturally Relevant Pedagogy & Primary Sources from the VFC Archives
This summer included two activities that have shaped the development of our classroom resources. This past July, the VFC organized a workshop at the St. Albans Museum for K-12 educators that presented oral history interviews focused on the role farmers play in Vermont’s history and identity. A few weeks later, the VFC participated in a workshop at the Minnesota History Center that offered strategies for pairing the use of primary sources with approaches to culturally relevant pedagogy.
Sound Education - "Listening in Place" in Schools
VFC Education staff is bringing Listening in Place into the classroom. Learn how educators at Hazen Union School in Hardwick, VT are drawing on the tools of audio production and community interviewing as they adapt to teaching and learning in 2020.
Education Reflections: Discovering Community in Brandon
We hear from another participant at the VFC’s 2019 Discovering Community Summer Institute for Educators, held in St. Johnsbury. Educator Dave Praamsma of Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon came away from the program inspired to launch a “Vermont Folklife Digital Storytelling Project” in his 8th grade classroom. Here Dave reflects on the importance of student voice in project-based learning.
Education Reflections: Discovering Community in Proctor
At this year’s Discovering Community Summer Institute for Educators, the Discovering Community team were fortunate to be joined by Proctor High School educator Linda McCuen. In this post, Linda reflects on the implementation of her collaborative ethnography project and what her students learned in asking their community “What does it mean to be an American?”