A Model for Integrating Folklife in the Classroom , Albertson College, Caldwell, ID, directed by Maria Carmen Gambliel, sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council, Idaho State Historical Museum, and Idaho Commission on the Arts. Using the Latino population as a model, teachers learn how traditions of different cultures can be integrated and celebrated in the classroom using resources in their own communities. Faculty includes local, regional, and national folklorists, historians, and anthropologists. What Stories Tell Us , Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, directed by Cindy Kerchmar. This course introduces teachers and school librarians to folklife concepts, genres, and practices of Illinois residents plus storytelling techniques to enhance writing in language arts and social studies.
Teachers produce a set of materials for classroom use.
Materials gathered will be used to launch a Web-based Museum of the Person to present life stories of people whose voices often are submerged in official history and community planning. Iowa June 14-16, Iowa Folklife Prairie Voices Institute , Waterloo, directed by Riki Saltzman, Lynda Wessel, Karen Heege, the Grout Museum District, and the Waterloo Center for the Arts. This 5th annual institute occurs in conjunction with the 2nd Festival of Iowa Folklife. Teachers study cultural groups of the state and folklife resources such as publications, exhibits, and traveling trunks and conduct fieldwork with festival artists. This institute is part of the NEH-funded Local Learning project of City Lore and the National Network for Folk Arts in Education.