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Multi-year professional learning and content development project will engage middle and high school teachers and students to explore American history
BOSTON, MA (January 5, 2023) – American Public Television (APT) today announced the launch of “Explaining Today: The Future of America’s Past,” an educational collaboration with New American History, a digital history resource hub founded by Edward Ayers, Tucker-Boatwright professor of the humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond. PBS LearningMedia, an online destination that offers free access to thousands of resources from PBS stations and partners, will distribute classroom resources developed through the project to its nationwide audience of educators. The project is funded by a grant from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
“Explaining Today: The Future of America’s Past” brings together public television stations Alabama Public Television, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), WFYI/Indianapolis, The WNET Group, and WOSU/Columbus to locally engage teachers via “train the trainer” workshops over three years to utilize episodes of the APT-distributed series The Future of America’s Past and its related primary source educational resources. The workshops will create professional learning communities that will enable public school teachers and preservice educators in participating public television communities to increase the media literacy and critical thinking skills of their students through the use of digital humanities assets. Materials will be accessible on APTonline.org, the PBS LearningMedia website and newamericanhistory.org.
“APT is pleased to collaborate with NAH, PBS Learning Media, and partner stations to provide a valuable resource that redefines the understanding of history for students in the digital age,” said Cynthia Fenneman, President and CEO of APT. “The initiative allows APT and The Future of America’s Past to transcend public television while continuing to be a powerful educational tool that both inspires and entertains.”
“The Future of America’s Past is meant to inspire people of all ages to recognize the history all around them and to appreciate the many people keeping history alive,” said Edward L. Ayers, Executive Director of New American History and host of The Future of America’s Past. “This alliance between American Public Television and New American History will encourage young people to imagine their own ways to see and tell about the past in the communities where they live.”
The Future of America’s Past is a National Capital Emmy Award-winning series featuring locations that define the most misunderstood parts of America’s past. Produced by Field Studio, the series journeys to the front lines of American history, seeking rich archival source material and a range of perspectives from public historians, demonstrating how the public can better understand the significance of the country’s historic landmarks.
The first round of “Explaining Today: The Future of America’s Past” workshops will be held with GPB in Summer 2023, followed by workshops with WFYI, The WNET Group and WOSU in 2024, and with Alabama Public Television in 2025. The application for local area teachers will be open in January of each respective activity year, beginning with GPB in 2023. More information will be available at https://APTonline.org in the spring.
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