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Celebrating BKBB

October 31, 2022

After a year-and-a-half delay due to the Covid pandemic, the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) opened its doors on October 6 to Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) students, faculty and our Philadelphia neighbors.  

Joining them to celebrate and explore the Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers (BKBB) student-led exhibit were PHS...

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Kristen
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Community College of Philadelphia, News and Events
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BKBB Professor Perspective

October 24, 2022

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers is an archives-based learning project between the Presbyterian Historical Society and Community College of Philadelphia.

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After introducing her English 102 class to PHS during the Spring semester of 2020, Cindy Giddle, Associate Professor of English and Humanities at CCP, shared three reasons for students to have well-organized and friendly access to our archives:

1. The archives give students a concrete...

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PHS Staff
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Archives, Community College of Philadelphia, Presbyterian Heritage
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Building Knowledge, Breaking Barriers: Archives-Based Learning for Community College Students

October 24, 2022

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers is an archives-based learning project between the Presbyterian Historical Society and Community College of Philadelphia.

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For a project with “Breaking Barriers” in the title, one obstacle almost proved too much: Covid-19.

Since 2018, a team of students from Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), instructors, project staff, and PHS staff had worked together to bring CCP classes to PHS to...

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Fred T
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Archives, Community College of Philadelphia
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BKBB Student Designer Spotlight: Briana Anthony

October 24, 2022

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers is an archives-based learning project between the Presbyterian Historical Society and Community College of Philadelphia.

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Briana is one of 7 current and former Community College of Philadelphia students who designed exhibits during the Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers project.

An aspiring artist and historian as well as a fourth-generation...

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PHS Staff
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Community College of Philadelphia, Archives, Presbyterian Heritage
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BKBB Sources for Educators

October 24, 2022

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers is an archives-based learning project between the Presbyterian Historical Society and Community College of Philadelphia.

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One of the central goals of the Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers project is to “build knowledge” by providing access to Presbyterian Historical Society archival materials for use by educators in their classrooms.

To accomplish this, PHS staff worked with Community...

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PHS Staff
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Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers, Community College of Philadelphia, Archives, Presbyterian Heritage
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