by Maggie Kaiser | Jul 25, 2011 | The Public Humanist
This summer, educators from across Massachusetts and the U. S. are putting on their “student caps” as they attend in-depth, content-rich institutes designed by Primary Source, the nonprofit organization where I have the great pleasure of working. These...
by David Tebaldi | Jul 28, 2011 | The Public Humanist
A version of this essay was published in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Thursday, July 7, 2011 We’ve gotten sadly used to reports about Americans’ woeful lack of knowledge about their own history. Still, the recent announcement from federal education...
by Tim Neumann, Barbara Mathews and Darlene Marshall | Aug 1, 2011 | The Public Humanist
Where oh where has “History” gone? History is more and more being crowded off the stage of the public mind by its more flamboyant cousin “Heritage”–and not just by purveyors of entertainment like Disneyland and Hollywood, but by...
by Richard Pickering | Aug 4, 2011 | The Public Humanist
There are few things as lovely as a garden picnic on a temperate August day. Plymouth’s One Play, One Community: Romeo & Juliet first sprouted in an Olmsted bower reminiscent of Shakespeare’s Forest of Arden, a green world filled with faeries, rude...
by Rubby Wuabu | Aug 8, 2011 | The Public Humanist
It’s unbelievable that this summer marks the fourth year of Worcester’s Blackstone Canal Horse and Wagon Tours. A project that started as community service and a little fun has matured into a summer staple. This project has been a work-in-progress and that...
