In conducting a series of focus groups with mothers of young children and history buffs recently, the Ohio Historical Society received high marks for its programs and services. But the organization also learned another important piece of feedback: Its name was off-putting.
This is the final day of the two day National History Day competition with junior participants (grades 6-8) from schools across Chester and Delaware Counties presenting their research.
In this one-day workshop, K-12 educators better understand, identify and use primary resources from the digital archives of the Library of Congress in their classrooms. Time is allocated to have teachers identify sources relating to their content areas, practice using various analysis tools and more.