Join Sierra Green, archivist at the Senator John Heinz History Center’s Detre Library & Archives, for an online session highlighting multiple perspectives throughout history using materials from archival collections. Archival materials can illuminate viewpoints at times overlooked in historical study, as they persist as remnants of individuals’ voices in history. Sierra Green will dive into materials from three local Pittsburgh stories, with an emphasis on how to seek out multiple historical perspectives in order to cultivate historical empathy. Teachers can use these examples to examine history from the experiences of people who directly participated in those events. This is an online session created to support Smithsonian Learning Lab workshops for high school teachers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, funded by the Grable Foundation and in partnership with Allegheny Intermediate Unit and the Senator John Heinz History Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum. Suggested links: - ArchiveGrid https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ - From Wrongs to Rights: Celebrating Yesterday’s Heroes and Tomorrow’s Leaders of Disability Advocacy http://uwac.omeka.net/ - Pittsburgh Flood-related Materials at the Heinz History Center http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/detre-library-archives/collection-highlights/pittsburgh-floods - 1936 Flood in Pittsburgh. Film by Dr. H. Ward Ewalt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyKeyyU8xk - Historic Pittsburgh http://www.historicpittsburgh.org/ - Example Smithsonian Learning Lab Collections: o The Melting Pot at the United Shoe Machinery Corporation https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/the-melting-pot-at-the-united-shoe-machinery-corporation/awLvkCwMem4k0on0 o Red Caps and Pullman Porters https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/red-caps-and-pullman-porters/zepwiKd33FXfX3B9 o Who is Frances Mary Albrier? https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/who-is-frances-mary-albrier/H8zANjjT3UB6P4nF o The Smithsonian in World War I https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/the-smithsonian-in-world-war-i/R49zCdqqkPxb4pPG o Maid of Cotton https://learninglab.si.edu/search?st=maid+of+cotton&item_type=&st_op=and o Historical Empathy with Archival Documents https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/historical-empathy-with-archival-documents/Mjygm5Ku2nHbDbJB#r
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