PhD Student, University of New Brunswick
Now that all have returned to school, those of us in New Brunswick’s heritage community are looking forward and planning with eager anticipation for Heritage Fairs! So with this blog entry… in honour of project-based learning and disciplinary inquiry, I am taking on my motherly persona today to dish out some words of advice as to why Heritage Fairs are good for you. :)
Feel free to add your own comments and build upon my list:
• (facilitates independent study and helps to establish a classroom culture of thinking)
2. Let’s you ask Big Questions – like why is this topic significant? And whose voice is left out of this narrative?
• (promotes critical historical literacy)
3. Hones your research skills…
• (recognizes history as a discipline with its own unique modes of inquiry)
• (requires students to document their thinking visually)
5. Let’s you be creative…
• (supports differentiated learning and provides students with their own entry points into the past)
6. Gives you a soapbox for discussion…
• (strengthens language skills and allows students to express themselves verbally in a meaningful way)
• (requires students to examine the residua of the past first-hand by seeking out primary sources)
8. Makes you realize that you cannot believe everything that you read or see in communication media…
• (promotes critical thinking)
• (promotes transmission of knowledge and experience between generations)
10. You will come to see that history is complex and there are no easy answers…
• (recognizes complexity and diversity within the past)
And (one more)...
11. Makes you smarter!...
• (National History Day researchers in the United States have found that student participants perform better on standardized tests, are better writers, and are more confident and capable researchers.)
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