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Conversations on the Commons: Teaching New England Slavery to Kids
January 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Teaching New England Slavery to Kids
A conversation with Kristin Gallas, principal at Interpreting Slavery
January 7, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Join us for our latest Conversation on the Common where we tackle the topic of “Teaching New England Slavery to Kids.” Kristin Gallas is the project manager for education development at the Tsongas Industrial History Center and recently published Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens. Her work offers advice, examples, and replicable practices for slavery-related school and family programs at museums and historic sites. Come and learn with Kristin and share your questions and knowledge. We’d love to hear about the challenges you’ve faced, as well as the great programs you have developed around this topic. Join us for an informative, practical conversation with public historians across the Commonwealth.
Registration is free. REGISTER NOW!
This Conversation will be livestreamed. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive.
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- Kristin Gallas is a principal at Interpreting Slavery. She facilitates workshops for museums and historic sites on developing comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery and speaks regularly at public history and museum conferences. She is the co-editor, with James DeWolf Perry, of “Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites” (Rowman & Littlefield, January 2015), and author of the forthcoming “Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens” (Rowman and Littlefield, September 2021). She developed the Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery’s public history efforts and oversaw the design of workshops for educators. Kristin holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary history education from the University of Vermont and a master of arts in museum education from George Washington University. She has led the education and/or interpretation departments at the Montana Historical Society, the USS Constitution Museum, and currently at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.
Questions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org
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