Untold Stories, Unsung Heroes

Beauty is around you. You have to discover it and use your heart to feel it.               —Inside Chinatown Participant “Seafood Encounters” is a photo of the fish counter at a local grocery store with a male Chinese worker in the background filleting a fish. The...

Weaving Our Histories

Latin@ Ethnography in the Heritage Language Classroom by Elena Foulis and Jennifer Barajas Latin@ heritage language learners (HLL) carry with them a wealth of experiences related to race, immigration, and language. The use of ethnography and oral history with heritage...

Supporting English Learners to Use Ethnography

The Stars Program at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School by Lucinda Megill Legendre For a middle-school student who is just starting to learn English in the United States, myriad factors can contribute to a sense that one is beginning an insurmountable task....

City Lore Interviewing Guide

Interviewing as a Tool for Folklore, Oral History, and Community-Based Research Interviewing is a powerful tool for educators. Through interviews with people in their families and local neighborhoods, students make connections between what they are learning in school...