Former principal and local historian Spencer Pompey discussing Black History month

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Florida history

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Eleven color slides. Pompey, a native FLoridian from Live Oak, was a local historian and retired school principal. He was also invovled in local politics. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1685

1988-02-11

Florida Folklife Program

Lake Park Elementary School (Lake Park, Fla.)

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1685

v. 10

Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Rosenberg, Jan

Pompey, C. Spencer, 1915-2001

African American

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