TITLE

Revolutionary Students

PUB. DATE

January 1975

SOURCE

Education Digest;Jan1975, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p66

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Report

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on a report of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, according to which students are learning by working on Bicentennial projects. Any five students can form a chapter of the club, whose goal is to promote interest in historical events, including the American Revolution. School children in Hawaii have written and illustrated "A Children's History of Hawaii," which the state published. Students in Crown Point, New York, are writing articles and pamphlets on the history of their community and the work of the city's Bicentennial commission. The Bicentennial Administration itself is sponsoring a project that lets young people study what might be called "grass roots history." The project is called "Above Ground Archeology." The Bicentennial Administration is convinced that the students are learning lessons that will influence them for many a decade.

ACCESSION #

18692083

Tags: ACTIVITY programs in education;  STUDENTS;  HISTORY -- Study & teaching;  LEARNING;  UNITED States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

 

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