401Z Spring 2026 The Power of Story

401Z  The Power of Story
Three sessions
Instructor: Mari K. Eder
Mondays, 2:15—3:40, Mar. 23—Apr. 6
The power of story in teaching history is simple. The main character in the story lives and exists in time, during a time of change, upheaval, challenge, even war.  As that character develops and moves forward in time, he or she does this against the full backdrop of history. We become immersed in the individual story and cheer along our heroes as they go. 
Mari K. Eder (Maj. Gen., U.S. Army retired), is a USA Today bestselling author and recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Historic Hotels of America 2023 Historian of the Year. She holds a BA and MA degrees in English from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (now Penn West) and an MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. She also has an advanced certificate in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She was awarded a PhD (hon) in Humane Letters from Edinboro in 2013.