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Metcalf, Fay D., 1928-

Using local history in the classroom / Fay D. Metcalf and Matthew T. Downey. - Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History, ©1982. - x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index.

Why local history? -- Methods and sources. Methods, skills, and techniques for doing local history ; Sources and resources for local history ; Using material culture as local history sources -- Content and concepts. Teaching about families with local history sources ; Teaching economic history with local history sources ; Teaching social history with local history sources ; Teaching political history with local history sources -- A local history course. Setting up a local history course ; Secondary school library tour guide ; Recording cemetery data ; Walking tour material for two Boulder neighborhoods.

ISBN: 0910050562 9780910050562

LCCN: 81019098

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Local history.
Landesgeschichte
Höheres Bildungswesen
Heimatkunde

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History, Local--Study and teaching (Secondary)
United States--History, Local--Study and teaching (Higher)
États-Unis--Histoire locale--Étude et enseignement (Secondaire)
États-Unis--Histoire locale--Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)
USA.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Local history.

LC Class. No.: E175.8 / .M47 1982

Dewey Class. No.: 973/.07/1273