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Your initial post and two replies to classmates’ posts must be completed.First, complete the Module 8 reading on the renaming process. As you complete the reading, consider how the public historian interacts with the public. In the Module 8 discussion, you will reflect upon the reading as you discuss three public buildings, roads, or other structures in DeLand or your hometown that you think should be renamed. Include a discussion of why you think these places merit renaming. Your initial post should be 2-3 paragraphs long. Be sure to reply to two classmates’ posts as well; each reply should be approximately one short paragraph long.Module 8: Reinterpreting the Past through Public HistoryAll work in Module 8 must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 7Reading assignment :Peggy Macdonald, “Questioning the Past: Renaming Efforts Reframe Local History”: https://427a2636-5ee0-421d-a7a9-933950ab1edd.filesusr.com/ugd/d8485e_af21bcc4dfbe4b4e8a7f63d49336bf7a.pdf?index=trueCarol Kammen, “On Doing Local History: What’s in a Name?”:Carol Kammen_On Doing Local History_What’s In A Name.pdfPeggy Macdonald, “The history of Carolyn Beatrice Parker, Gainesville’s own ‘hidden figure’”:https://www.gainesville.com/story/lifestyle/magazine/2021/02/28/hi

dden-history-gainesvilles-carolyn-beatrice-parker/4353289001/Before the pandemic, my daughter attended Stephen Foster Elementary School in Gainesville. Named for the composer of popular minstrel songs and Florida’s state song, “Way Down Upon the Swanee [sic] River (Old Folks At Home,” Stephen Foster Elementary School might soon be renamed, following the recent renaming of another elementary school in Gainesville named for a Confederate brigadier general. The original lyrics for “Way Down Upon the Swanee River” are included in the postcard below, from the Matheson History Museum in Gainesville.This week you will read two fairly brief articles that examine the renaming process. As you complete the reading, consider how the public historian interacts with the public. In the Module 8 discussion, you will reflect upon the reading as you discuss three public buildings, roads, or other structures in DeLand or your hometown that you think should be renamed. Include a discussion of why you think these places merit renaming. Also, starting this week, there will be weekly meetings on the public history project. You only need to attend the meetings scheduled for your topic. The schedule of meetings follows.also: if you need to know my subject it will be ( black lives matters )