When students produce documentaries and collect and print local histories, their communities receive better-informed citizens of all ages. Young people who understand events that have shaped their communities' current situations are more likely make homes in their communities and contribute to the economic, social, and cultural lives of their places. They interview a family member or inquire into their own families' roles in community life.
Students learn both local and broader history.
They learn about how generations of people before them make lives in their places. They learn about the physical characteristics of their places and how those have changed over time. Site maintained by The Program for Rural Services and Research at The University of Alabama.