<p>Explore the historical significance of travel for African Americans during racial segregation and the essential role played by the travel guides like the Negro Motorist’ Green Book. Discover how the Green Book empowered individuals and communities to travel with dignity. Dive into local Pittsburgh businesses and history. Explore primary sources, photographs, and stories, and engage in interactive activities to better understand this critical period in American history. </p>

<p>A member of Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood, Alma Illery was a local civic leader and change maker. In the 1940s when Pittsburgh was a city clouded with coal smoke, Alma Illery provided a space for Pittsburgh’s children to explore the great outdoors and build relationships with other youth throughout the city. Explore this Learning Lab to learn about the work of Alma Illery, the driving force behind Camp Achievement, and the summer camp that hundreds of inner-city children would enjoy during the summer. </p> <p>Escaping the Smokey City: Alma Illery and Camp Achievement Learning Lab provides teachers an opportunity to explore the past with students through primary sources, allowing students to compare historical information to contemporary experiences and events.<br></p>

<p>During the years of the Second World War, soldiers serving across the globe wrote letters to a local Western Pennsylvania amusement park, Kennywood. Read about their personal lives, war experiences, and memories of Kennywood in their own words-- through typed and handwritten letters in the collection. </p> <p></p> <p>This Learning Lab is designed for educators to implement local, primary sources in their classroom teaching.  All Kennywood source material found here are housed in the <a aria-label="Link Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center" title="https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/search?type=dismax&f[0]=mods_relateditem_host_titleinfo_title_ms:kennywood\%20park\%20records,\%201895\-2018,\%20mss\%20141,\%20detre\%20library\%20and\%20archives,\%20senator\%20john\%20heinz\%20history\%20center" href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/search?type=dismax&f[0]=mods_relatedItem_host_titleInfo_title_ms:Kennywood\%20Park\%20Records,\%201895\-2018,\%20MSS\%20141,\%20Detre\%20Library\%20and\%20Archives,\%20Senator\%20John\%20Heinz\%20History\%20Center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" tabindex="-1">Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center</a>.</p>

<p>This collection was created to share the resources created by the History Center to accompany the short film, Columbus on Trial, by filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno. </p>

<p>This collection was created to share out digitized political cartoons to teachers attending the <em>Read Between the Lines: Exploring Political Cartoons </em>teacher professional development program offered by the Heinz History Center on July 21, 2021.</p>

<p>This collection was created as part of the Civic Discourse in a Digital World teacher institute in June of 2021. It is designed to highlight a selection of materials related to social justice from the Heinz History Center and the Detre Library & Archives collections. </p> <p>How do these sources connect to civic discourse? </p> <p>Choose a topic section and use the Think/Puzzle/Explore thinking routine to think deeper about these important issues. </p> <p>#civicdiscourse</p>

<p>This collection highlights some of the key documents in the Bob Nelkin Collection of ACC-PARC Records that help us to understand the steps he and his fellow advocates took to end the "warehousing" of children and adults with disabilities in institutions. </p> <p>Formed in 1951, the ACC-PARC was a grassroots organization made up of parents of people with disabilities in the Pittsburgh area. The aspect of ACC-PARC’s daily activities most represented in these primary sources are the efforts of the advocates to investigate the treatment of individuals with disabilities at residential care facilities in Western Pennsylvania during the 1960s and 1970s.</p> <p>This Learning Lab collection showcases some of the work of ACC-PARC as they advocated for change in institutions throughout Western Pennsylvania. Each section addresses a specific step or tactic used by these advocates. Instructional materials and activities are provided throughout the collection.</p> <p></p> <p>The primary sources in this Learning Lab collection are housed at the Heinz History Center's Detre Library and Archives in Pittsburgh, PA:</p> <p><a href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/nelkin-acc-parc-records" target="_blank"><strong>Bob Nelkin Collection of Allegheny County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (ACC-PARC) Records,</strong></a><strong><a href="https://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/nelkin-acc-parc-records" target="_blank"> MSS 1002, Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center</a>.</strong><br></p> <p>The creation of this lesson plan was underwritten by the United Way of Allegheny County.<br><br></p>

<p>This Learning Lab collection is designed to accompany the Heinz History Center's Innovation and Invention virtual program. In the program, students learn the story of Alcoa and the contributions this Pittsburgh company made to the world. This activity dives deeper into one particular Alcoa innovation - the legs of the lunar module that first landed men on the Moon. <br></p> <p>The activity is based on <a href="https://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/touchdown/">"Touchdown," created by PBS Kids Design Squad.</a> It was adapted by the Heinz History Center to include the story of the Alcoa aluminum innovation used for the legs of the Lunar Module. </p>

<p><br>This collection was created to form part of the Heinz History Center's facilitated Innovation & Invention program for schools. </p>

<p></p> <p>In this History Lab, we will think about how many objects can work together to tell a story. How does a time capsule help us to learn about the past? What would you put in your own time capsule?</p> <p>To talk with us and learn about more time capsules, join us for the History Lab Debrief! Visit <a href="https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/learn/history-at-home/learn-history-online">https://www.heinzhistorycenter...</a> and look for the History Lab section to find the registration link. We hope you can join us!</p>

<p>In this History Lab, we will think about how one object can tell many stories. What can we learn from the first Ferris wheel? What other objects can you think of that tell many stories?</p> <p>To join in the History Lab Debrief for this collection, visit <a href="https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/learn/history-at-home/learn-history-online">https://www.heinzhistorycenter...</a> and look for the History Lab section to find the registration link. We hope you can join us to discuss objects and their stories!  </p> <p><br /></p>

<p>Welcome to the Heinz History Center's History Lab, where we ask questions about the past, think about what makes history cool, and sharpen your history skills!</p>