Bennington Past and Present
S06
Eileen Scully
Wondering what those echoes are you sometimes hear, what there might be of the past in a shovelful of soil? This local history workshop invites students to explore the many dimensions of Bennington history, both town and College. Visits to nearby museums, libraries, cemetaries, and sites are combined with micro-history theory and methods in a project-based approach. Politics, culture, economy, and social dynamics provide broad areas of inquiry, and student term-long projects bring highly focused exploration.