The original project is made possible through generous grants and in-kind support from AmeriCorps and was completed when Heritage Johnstown was known as the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, or JAHA. The 2023 update of these materials is made possible by EITC funding.
Richard Burkert, Executive Director, Johnstown Area Heritage Association
Susan K. Donley, Learning Design
Susan K. Donley, Learning Design
2023 update: Prime Design Solutions
Thanks to the following for permission to reprint previously copyrighted material in the production of this Teachers’ Guide:
Gibbs-Smith Publishers for excerpts from Pennsylvania, Our Home textbook, ©2005
Susan K. Donley for rights to “Reading a Photograph” and “Oral History: Asking the Right Questions” exercises in the “Tools” section.
Excerpts from Victor Heiser and Nathan Shappee
Photographs by:
United States Postal Service, John Henry postage stamp
Joe Magarac painting