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Re: (FWD) NCC Washington Update, Vol 6, #45, December 21, 2000



Peter wrote:
I believe that archivist as well as their institutions should develop
traveling programs that can be taken to the local schools so that the
students can connect with the past.
__

This is a wonderful idea. Special events of "hands-on" history can make
all the difference.

By the way, Peter, I greatly appreciate your RAIN. I share stories from
it with colleagues and print some for my own files. It must be so much
work but is a major benefit of this listserv!


On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 15:11:02 -0500 "Kurilecz, Peter"
<peter.kurilecz@WOODSIDESUMMITGROUP.COM> writes:
> Katherine wrote:
> "Do any of you folks know whether your states have such
> requirements?"
>
> Well Texas and Virginia are way ahead of California in that the
> state
> histories are taught at the elementary school level. In Texas it
> takes place
> in the 8th grade, while my daughter had Virginia history in the
> fourth
> grade.
>
> The ability to connect with an historical event is just as important
> as
> learning the dates, as such, living here in Richmond my children
> have take
> school tours of Williamsburg, Jamestown as well as the sites in and
> around
> Richmond. In Texas they saw the Alamo, the San Jacinto monument as
> well as
> Washington on the Brazos.
>
> I believe that archivist as well as their institutions should
> develop
> traveling programs that can be taken to the local schools so that
> the
> students can connect with the past.
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> Manager, Records Management Group
> Woodside Summit Group Inc
> Midlothian, Virginia
> Office: 804-744-1247 x23
> Fax: 804-744-4947
> mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com
>
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