My name is Pete Kruppenbacher and I am the webmaster for the Living History Education Foundation. We are a non-profit organization based in Buchanan, NY that is dedicated to bringing history alive for students through professional development for teachers. We offer staff development and material support (loaning out equipment for teachers to use with their classes) in their development of living history programs. Our motto is "Learning History by Living History."
This blog, along with the new web site for the Living History Education Foundation, represents a new direction for the Foundation. Joe Ryan, the Foundation president, has been saying for quite some time that he would like to get the word out to more teachers about this Foundation. He wants to get more teachers trained to teach living history to their students so that we can pass on to successive generations the history of our nation. This blog, and the new website, are the first steps in accomplishing that task.
As we start 2007, we have two more living programs that have begun to develop (at least, that I know of). We are excited about the future and we would like to get more teachers and more students involved. We would like to be able to offer more classes and offer, perhaps a larger variety of topics. We at the Foundation would like to hear from teachers, especially in New York State, who would like to be involved in really Living History. We would also like to hear from teachers, regardless of location, who are teaching their students history by having them live the history. If you are one of these teachers, please share your experiences with us. I know the teachers who are already part of the foundation would love to share their experiences with you.
Thanks for your time,
Pete K
