Dr. Douglas J. Forsyth, Associate Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, will present a lecture entitled “Perspectives on Teaching Difficult History: Using Family History in the Classroom” on Friday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Robert W. and Patricia A. Mauer Center, Room 104.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Forsyth will present how teachers can use their own experiences with family history to inform their teaching. Touching on the implications of expanded access to genealogy research tools like Ancestry and FamilySearch, Forsyth will discuss how the personal experience of discovering difficult truths about ancestors can inform classroom practice.
