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Published:
Jul 5, 2016
Description:
Creating with the Learning Lab
Summary:
By: Kate Harris, Learning Lab Coordinator, Pittsburgh, PA Teacher Tom Gray was not content just using artifacts from the Smithsonian Learning Lab to illustrate historical concepts or to practice analyzing visuals (although he found creative ways to do that with Civil War images). Instead, he wanted to see what students could make themselves using the fascinating resources within the Lab. Inspired by a collection made by Linda Muller that asked "John Brown: Mad...