- Last Updated on Saturday, 30 May 2020 19:59
Live Web Series Teaches Students Washington County History
The Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency (WCTPA) has partnered with the Washington County Historical Society (WCHS) to produce a School Edition of the society’s popular ‘Laid Back History’ live web series.
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| Clay Kilgore, Executive Director of the WCHS hosts the live web series “Laid Back History” |
The series, produced by the WCTPA and hosted by Clay Kilgore, Executive Director of WCHS; is focused on teaching Washington County students the history of Washington County in 15 to 20-minute segments.
Intended for middle to high school students, the five-episode series concentrates on the Native Americans of Western Pennsylvania, The Underground Railroad, The Whiskey Rebellion, Westylvania and The National Road. Educators, partners, and students can stream the series to correspond with their at-home teaching schedules.
“The WCTPA and WCHS partnered on this series to not only build upon the successful Laid Back History webinars, but also to provide our educators, parents and students with ways to supplement their curriculum during the COVID-19 emergency,” said Jeff Kotula, President of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Promotion Agency. He added “We understand that many parents are working with their children at home and wanted to provide additional educational opportunities for them.”
Kotula noted that the agency and society received input from local school superintendents to ensure the series would be effective and valuable to teachers, parents and students.
Clay Kilgore, Executive Director of the WCHS stated, “The WCHS was proud to work with the tourism agency on producing and developing this series for our county students. The tourism agency has been a great supporter of our county’s historical assets and we were glad to partner with them to bring our county’s great history to our educators, parents and students. Washington County played an important part in our country’s history and we want our local history to have an important place in student learning.”
‘Laid Back History’ streams live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00pm on the Historical Society’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lemoynehouse/live.
