Community as Laboratory: Maryland's Eastern Shore and the History of
Freedom and Democracy in America
The project, funded by a $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of
Education, is serving more than 40 teachers and media specialists in
Wicomico County.
It offers two 2-week summer institutes that include examples of local
history that illustrate larger national themes, 8 days of workshops, several
field trips to local historic sites, and a follow-up, 1-week institute in
the third year.
Collaborating with Salisbury University and The Edward H. Nabb Research
Center, program content includes: political choices (including the Civil
Rights Movement), economic changes (tobacco plantations to the 20th century
oyster industry), citizenship, religion, slavery to freedom, and oral
history workshops.
Expansion of PRMC
Photo by BIll Duck
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Wicomico County
Courthouse -
Built 1936 as a
New Deal project
Photo by Bill Duck |
