Community engagement in local history: a report on the Hemel at War project

This article, by Lynda Abbott and Richard Grayson, offers a fascinating example of collaboration between school and university, focused on the development of a community archive. The project — run as an extra-curricular activity — was originally inspired by a concern to preserve the personal stories...

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Published in:Teaching history (London) 2011-12 (145), p.4-12
Main Authors: Abbott, Lynda, Grayson, Richard S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives
Child Abuse
College School Cooperation
Community Information Services
Community Involvement
Community Relations
Conflict
Core curriculum
Extracurricular Activities
Foreign Countries
Grammar
History
History Instruction
Independent Study
Instructional Design
Interviews
Learning
Local histories
Local History
Memory
National archives
Primary Sources
Profiles
Program Descriptions
Questioning Techniques
Research Projects
Research Skills
Schools
Social Studies
Social studies education
Soldiers
Student Projects
Students
Teaching Methods
Veterans
War
Websites
World War II
World wars
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Summary:This article, by Lynda Abbott and Richard Grayson, offers a fascinating example of collaboration between school and university, focused on the development of a community archive. The project — run as an extra-curricular activity — was originally inspired by a concern to preserve the personal stories of those whose lives were affected by the Second World War. As students have gained experience in researching local stories, developing interviewing skills and learning how to locate and interrogate different kinds of archival material, so their range has expanded, drawing in the experiences of combatants and non-combatants in conflicts ranging from the Boer War to recent missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The article reveals the wide range of ways in which different participants have benefited from the construction, collection and dissemination of these personal narratives.
ISSN:0040-0610
2398-1571