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HISTORY

HIST-468

Topics in Public History (3)

Course Level: Undergraduate

Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics include history and public policy, media and history, regional and local histories, and historic sites. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Meets with HIST-668.

HIST-468

001

HISTORY

SPRING 2013

Course Level: Undergraduate

Topics in Public History (3)

Local and Community History

This course explores the methods of doing collaborative community history. Students work with several organized groups of unhoused people to produce histories that are useful and relevant for them. The course relies heavily on group work. Students organize community workshops, conduct oral histories, work with historic maps, and dig in local and regional archives. Meets with HIST-668 001.

HIST-468

001

HISTORY

FALL 2013

Course Level: Undergraduate

Topics in Public History (3)

History and the Public

This course explores the wide range of ways the public encounters and creates history. The class examines the representation of the past in films, new media, oral narratives, monuments and memorials, museums, archives, national parks, and historic structures and landscapes. The course includes several field trips to area cultural institutions.