June 24, 2008
by Joanne Riley
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Announcing the launch of a new social networking site for “humanities practitioners” in Massachusetts, built on the Ning platform. The National Endowment for the Humanities has funded this experiment, with additional support from the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass … Continue reading
January 8, 2008
by Joanne Riley
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Placing History, a Book and CD-ROM from ESRI Press, Shows How Geospatial Technology Helps Historians Analyze the Past
Redlands, California—Did poor farming practices cause the Dust Bowl in the 1930s? Was yeoman farming in colonial Concord, Massachusetts, environmentally unsound? What could Confederate general Robert E. Lee see at Gettysburg from where he stood?
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June 16, 2007
by Joanne Riley
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This documentary introduces primaryresearch.org, a non-profit website dedicated to promoting local historical research at the high school level. Primaryresearch.org went online in 1999, then funded by a Documentary Heritage Grant from the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board. Originally the website … Continue reading
January 15, 2007
by Joanne Riley
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The Benefits of Place-based Education. Adapted from briefing materials for "All of a Place: A Funders’ Institute on Connecting Schools, Youth and Community" prepared by John Ching and Lucy Bernholz.
November 26, 2006
by Joanne Riley
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Link: An evaluation of four place-based education programs.(Reports & Research) Journal of Environmental Education – Find Articles.