Local History: Exploring What’s Just Outside Your Door

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05/17/2012 04:57 PM EDT

When teachers encourage students to learn about where they live and perhaps link their community to a larger event, they can see they are part of a larger story. Students can understand that they are a part of history and that they make history every day.