The History Harvest

We are proud to receive recognition from the Lincoln-Lancaster Genealogical Society for Drs. Patrick D. Jones and William G. Thomas III's work "to capture cultural history from citizens in the State of Nebraska" with our innovative History Harvest program! Profs. Jones and Thomas are pictured here with Dr. Eva Bachman of the Office of Graduate Studies.

This is a nice, totally out-of-the-blue way to wake up... we were informed this morning that the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society has given its annual Organization or Business Award to the History Harvest Program. We appreciate the recognition of our work to preserve and share the histories of everyday people in our communities.

LPS teachers learning how to help their students harvest their community's history The grand narrative of history taught in Lincoln Public Schools classrooms — the one marked by famous letters and iconic speeches, by influential figures and pivotal events — will need

LPS educators ready to take History Harvest into classrooms Husker scholars are working with area teachers to launch the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's History Harvest program in K-12 classrooms.

a nice article on our History Harvest project from the recent University of Nebraska alumni magazine...

Two of our teachers at the History Harvest Teaching Institute interviewing Khamisa Abdullah and Ommohal Koko, both Sudanese refugees to Lincoln and current U.S. citizens, about the ways they use quilting to engage other refugee women in our community about a range of issues, including political trauma, domestic violence, education, employment and empowerment. Deeply moving, powerful and inspiring people. The quilt behind them was created by various women from a number of countries who fled their homelands and have resettled in Lincoln.

an oldie, but a goodie, for anyone wanting a brief introduction to the History Harvest concept...

An Introduction to The History Harvest The introductory video for The History Harvest project. Produced by History Harvest Scholars at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the Spring 2013 sem...

History Harvest Co-Director, Dr. Patrick D. Jones, and Dr. Aaron Johnson, of the UNL School of Education, along with two great graduate students, Sarita Garcia and Grant Scribner, are conducting a Teaching Institute this week at the Nebraska History Museum for Lincoln Public Schools teachers and librarians in an effort to bring the concept from the university to the K-12 level.

Yesterday, participants were introduced to the HH and the core skills involved with this innovative, student-centered and community-based approach to historical education. Today, we conducted a mock History Harvest on the history of quilting in Nebraska. And, tomorrow, the teachers and librarians will begin to craft their own curricula based on the HH concept and tailored to their own classrooms and libraries at the 4th, 5th, 8th and 11th grade-levels.

This is a photo of some of our institute participants doing an oral history interview with Choctaw elder, Sue Bad Moccasin, about her quilting.

A very nice article by University Communications about our Zoo Bar History Harvest...

History Harvest finds its beat in Lincoln's music scene Downtown Lincoln’s Zoo Bar is part of the American blues story and some Huskers are hitting their groove documenting and preserving that lore.

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Two HH students setting up for an interview on the stage at The Zoo Bar...

Team bringing History Harvest to K-12 students A team of scholars at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working to transform history and civics education in Nebraska’s K-12 public schools.

Check out the great work our friends at Source Lab are doing...

SourceLab UIUC UIUC student-run initiative producing high-quality, digitally accessible editions of historical sour

Great work this afternoon by this talented group of UNL History students collecting the history of Omaha’s Italian-American community...