Public Lecture: Perspectives on Teaching Difficult History: Using Family History in the Classroom
Dr. Douglas J. Forsyth, Associate Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, will present a lecture entitled Perspectives on Teaching Difficult History: Using Family History in the Classroom. The lecture will be held on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 4pm in the Robert W. and Patricia A. Mauer Center, Room 104. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Dr. Forsyth will present how teachers can use their own experiences with family history to inform their teaching. Touching on the implications of expanded access to genealogy research tools like Ancestry and FamilySearch, Dr. Forsyth will discuss how the personal experience of discovering difficult truths about ancestors can inform classroom practice.
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Press Release Contact Name: Becky Brown
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Press Release Contact Phone: 419-908-0186
Organization Name: The Department of History at Bowling Green State University
Website or Link: https://events.bgsu.edu/event/perspectives_on_teaching_difficult_history_using_family_history_in_the_classroom
Organization Address / City / State: 1001 E. Wooster Street, Bowling Green, Ohio