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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries

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Who am I ?

Dr. Cynthia Wallace-Casey is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Ottawa, and SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Ottawa Making History Education Research Unit. Her current research investigates national narratives, difficult history, and Historical Thinking in museums. She lives in New Brunswick.

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My Publications

(2022) Remembering and Reconciliation: Teaching and Learning the Legacy of Residential Schools in Canada
(2021) EDU5199: Synthesis in Education Proceedings
(2021) The Officers' Quarters Black History Special Edition, Volumes 37 & 38 (Guest Editor)
(2020) Remembering the First World War
(2019) 'I want to remember': Student narratives and Canada's History Hall
(2018) Constructing patriotism: How Canada's History Hall has evolved over 50 years
(2018) New Brunswick History Curriculum: Language Rights and Place-based History Education
(2017) De-Constructing Cabinets of Curiosity: Learning to Think Historically in Community History Museums (Chapter in: Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century)
(2017) “I like to take everything and put it in my own words": Historical consciousness, historical thinking, and learning with community history museums
(2017) Deepening historical consciousness through museum fieldwork: Implications for community-based history education
(2016) Thinking historically in community history museums: A case study in contextual learning
(2014) 7th Graders and Their Pasts: A New Brunswick Case Study
(2013) What does Learning Look Like in a History Museum?
(1997) "Providential Openings": The Women Weavers of Nineteenth-Century Queens County, New Brunswick

My Favorite On-line Journals

Journal of New Brunswick Studies
Historical Encounters
International Journal of Historical Learning, Teaching, and Research
Historical Studies in Education

History Teaching Resources

The Historical Thinking Project
The Virtual Historian
Historic Space
Historical Thinking Matters
Primary History Journals
Teaching History.org
Teaching History Journals

My Blog List

ActiveHistory.ca

Sadness, and sacrifice: A reflection on PhD training, comprehensive exams, and the discipline of history - Krenare Recaj In the third year of my undergrad, I was sitting beside my friend Jeremy in a lecture for the class America: Slavery to Civil War. The profes...
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The Uncataloged Museum

Next? - *During a conference break in Taiwan, 2023* It's been more than a year since I've posted. I continue to work with museums, historic sites, and other org...
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History Tech

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Museum 2.0

8 Takeaways for Museums from Tiktok - Here are 8 things I learned after spending the last three months posting about art and museums of my personal Tiktok. With 50K followers, 34 Million vide...
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History@Work

The Best British History Books - Do you wish you knew more about the history of Britain? Whether you're interested in the royal family or the working class, there are books that have del...
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Unwritten Histories

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jewish Tradition on Rosh Hashanah - I was originally planning to write a blog post sharing the new interview that I did with Samantha Cutrara, on my research on Jewish women and cultural tr...
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Sam Bradd

Wellness Planning Toolkit and Evaluation for BC First Nations - The First Nations Health Authority has a new Health and Wellness Planning Toolkit – and we helped explain this holistic wellness process visually. From t...
4 years ago
The Historian's Gaze

What is Canada? Debating Canada's Past and Future (CANA 4000) - Next Fall I'm teaching the CANA 4000 seminar. I taught it a few years ago and enjoyed the experience immensely. The course explores current debates over th...
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Historisch Denken Lernen

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