Experiencing History Playlist

In our Experiencing History series, Erin visits museums and heritage sites across North America to review how history is taught on site.

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Examining Problems with Living History at Jamestown Settlement

Experiencing History?

Episode 1

Erin visits Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia and reviews how history is taught on site.

 

The Frontier on Film 

In our Frontier on Film series, historians review period dramas and other historically-based films and shows. 

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Historians Review The New World

The Frontier on Film 

Episode 1

Erin speaks with Fallon Burner and Dr. Rachel Bryant about the historical (in)accuracy of Terrence Malick’s 2005 adaptation of the Pocahontas story, The New World.

 

Doing History Playlist

In our Doing History series, Erin chats with historians about how they “do history” and about how non-written sources can be used as historical texts. 

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The History of Corn, Beans, and Squash

Doing History

Episode 1

In this final video in our mini-series on the early history of Virginia, Erin cooks a Three Sisters soup as a way to explore Powhatan history.