Christine Pittsley and Placing Your Hands on History

11/21/22 • 44 min

In this episode, Christine Pittsley, the Special Projects Director for the Connecticut State Library, unveils the magic of anthropological fieldwork and its connection to social studies. As a leader in the field of research, Christine explains the benefits of her award-winning program "Digging Into History" and how it positively affected student perspectives of history.
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