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When students study their region’s spookiest urban legends, they learn about oral history—and how to tell whether a story contains truth or misinformation.

In a place-based course called Erie Experience, Fairview High School students in Fairview, Pennsylvania, learn about all things local, from ecology to economy. In the Urban Legends unit, they learn the value—and the pitfalls—of oral history, as they dig into some of their region’s most salacious supernatural tales. 

For more history and social studies teaching ideas, check out Benjamin Barbour’s other Edutopia articles: https://www.edutopia.org/profile/benjamin-barbour.

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