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Communities Of Memory: The Utah History Fair And The Utilization Of History And Memory, Nicholas Andrew Demas
Communities Of Memory: The Utah History Fair And The Utilization Of History And Memory, Nicholas Andrew Demas
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Utah's students, grades 4-12, create projects for the Utah History Fair, Utah's National History Day affiliate program. As far as the rigors of youth academic prowess are concerned, National History Day and the Utah History Fair are amongst the top in the nation. Within the myriad of projects created by Utah's participating students is important information about what aspects of the past captures students' attention and why they choose to research their selected topics. Through a careful examination of student topics from 1981-1984 and 2009-2012, this project taps into what students comprehend about the past. Further inspection into why students …