To challenge you in finding ways in which entertainment can introduce you to history, thereby educating you about various aspects of history, try this exercise. —–> Pick a favorite movie or TV show. Make it something you enjoy so you have a personal investment in watching it through to the end. No need to pick a documentary with obvious historical references. In fact, in terms of this exercise, it’s better if you select a non-documentary…
My Experience with History Education Working our way up from Resource Location & Preservation on History’s Hierarchy of History, we come to Education & Entertainment. When most people think of history, they think of their history education in school and how much they hated it. When I was in high school, history was presented as a series of events, names and dates to memorize, typically jumping from war-to-war, with very little of what happened…
One more challenge for the time being, this one related to the preservation of historical resources. In the museum field, we tend to call 3-dimensional historical resources “artifacts” and books, documents, and photos “archival materials.” The term “artifact” can also encompass archival materials, so to simplify this post, I’ll mostly use “artifact.” Artifacts and archival materials make their way to museum collections through a variety of routes, but often they come to museums from individuals…