
Studying History by Studying People: What You Can't Learn in Textbooks
Washington -- Student quotes:
"It is important that people tell their stories. Older people have stories and we can learn a lot from them that we can't learn in textbooks.it opens your eyes to things you're never going to experience." -- Tina Chandler Sophomore Windward High School.
"I used to think that history was a big picture thing. But now I realize that it impacts people differently and when you study history, you are studying people." -- Ryan Greene Sophomore Windward High School. See the complete story.
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Advisors to the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse provide sector-specific guidance and expertise to insure a responsive, contemporary, and vibrant NSLC.
John Guffey, Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center, is the NSLC program advisor for Tribal service-learning. Meet the Program Advisors from each sector of our service-learning community.
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| New Learn and Serve America Grant Competition! The Corporation for National and Community Service announces the availability of $650,070 for new Learn and Serve America School-Based grants to Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories to involve school-age youth in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet community needs. More Information. Learn & Serve Challenge. See what they did and continue to do, and Keep the Challenge going! Learn and Serve America Grantees Help Coordinate Tsunami Relief Response in American Samoa EagleRock School & Professional Development Center Given Award! View all the Tribes and US Territories Highlights | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disasters: Flood & Ice This collection of the memories and insights from the year 2007 by teenagers of Miami, Oklahoma, recalls stories of the "big flood and ice storms of 2007" through photographs, poems, drawings, and personal anecdotes… View Past Featured Library Items | NSLC Tribes & US Territories: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Embracing an Indigenous Understanding of Service-Learning This keynote address by John Guffey at the NWIC Second Summit on Indigenous Service-Learning, focuses on service-learning as a timeless indigenous approach to teaching and learning. Past Voices of Tribes & US Territories Service-Learning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||



