Explore Your Community - LOC posters

Thu Sep 26 02:19:27 UTC 2002

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie A. Hall [mailto:shal at loc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: Ed. posters reprinted (fwd)

[The following announcement has been posted to Publore, afswomen, Folklore
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individuals as appropriate.]

           American Folklife Center, Library of Congress:
                     Educational Posters Available

The American Folklife Center is pleased to announce that, due to demand,
we have completed a second printing of the heritage education poster
"Explore Your Community."  It is once again available free of charge.

In cooperation with the Rural School and Community Trust, and with support
from the U.S. Department of Education, the American Folklife Center has
produced a poster entitled "Explore Your Community," designed for middle
school and high school students. The poster encourages students to learn
more about their own communities by engaging in documentation projects. On
the back are suggestions for heritage studies and community projects, such
as interviewing friends and classmates about school-related traditions and
developing a walking tour of a historic neighborhood.

The Folklife Center and the Rural Trust are building a mailing list of
educators interested in heritage studies as we distribute the posters. The
Trust is especially interested in rural school participation. In order to
build this important list, we ask that you please provide us with a copy
of the educators mailing list you are using in your own state or
region. If you are handing the posters out at meetings or conferences, we
ask that you have those taking copies of the poster provide their names
and addresses. Please send us the handwritten lists as soon as possible
afterwards. The national list that we will generate will benefit folklife
in education efforts across the country. Thank you in advance for your
support and assistance.

The "Explore Your Community" poster is in full color, 22 x 34 inches, and
available free of charge from the Library of Congress, American Folklife
Center, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington,  D.C. 20003.
Email: folklife at loc.gov

Images and text of the poster are available on the Center's Web site at:
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/poster/

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Stephanie A. Hall, shal at loc.gov        Library of Congress
American Folklife Center               101 Independence Ave, SE
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/         Washington, DC 20540-4610
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