# Botkin Plus Interview with Lisa Rathje on “Teaching with Folk Sources…”

Following her Botkin Lecture on “Teaching with Folk Sources: Education, Innovation, and the American Folklife Center Archives,” folklorist, educator and Local Learning Executive Director Lisa Rathje recorded this short interview with American Folklife Center staff members Andrea Decker and Nancy Groce. Dr. Rathje talks about her training and experiences in the fields of folklore and classroom education, her belief in the power and importance of oral history and primary sources in the classroom as well as the challenges faced by today’s classroom teachers and her hopes for the future.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 24 min
- By: Groce, Nancy
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12462/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-12462?play=1)