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Literacy through
Heritage Workshop
The idea of literacy learning through community heritage is relatively
new. For this reason, the Heritage
Community Foundation brought together the people who would be involved in
the initial Reading the Community: Literacy through Heritage projects
for an initial workshop, held at Edmonton’s McKay Avenue School—the
Edmonton Public School Board’s Museum and Archives in early February
2001. The workshop introduced participants from around Alberta to the ideas
and practices of some of the successful demonstration projects conducted
in Alberta and across Canada. The idea of literacy through heritage is straightforward—create
meaningful learning situations for students by drawing on the stories and
events of their families and communities. Using
important family and community artifacts and photographs, as well as
working with mentors in the community are important to literacy learning
through heritage. The workshop was led by Lon Dubinsky who initiated the very successful
Reading
the Museum project with the
Canadian
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