Social Justice Informed Public History

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Social justice informed public history looks at public history projects that tell the history of historically marginalized peoples with a special eye towards projects that use history to move policy forward in today's world. In this class students create a best practices document for working with historically disadvantaged peoples, critically assess documents (e.g., emails, policy, and newspaper articles) with an eye towards best practices in social justice, and propose social justice informed public history projects in the format of undergraduate research grants. While the public history projects are proposals - not completed during the class - students may choose to continue their projects, seeking funds to cover their time and expenses through undergraduate research opportunities. Offered Occasionally.