Transcript Integrating Original Documents into the US Survey Course

New Ideas in Teaching
Friday, February 15, 2013
“
Integrating Original Documents
into the US History Survey
Course
”
Moderators:
Nancy A. Hewitt
Steven F. Lawson
Both of Rutgers University
Meet the Moderators
Nancy Hewitt and Steven Lawson are
long-time teachers who have taught at a
wide variety of schools, namely…
•Kingsborough Community College (Brooklyn)
•Philadelphia Community College
•City College of New York
•Stockton State (New Jersey) College
•University of South Florida
•Duke University
•University of North Carolina, Greensboro
•Rutgers University
Two Challenges
1. Getting students to critically
engage primary sources
2. Introducing multiple perspectives
and voices
Maria Vik and Beryl Lassin
Our grandparents
Annotated
Document
Annotated
Document
Comparative Views
Comparative Views
Document
Project
Document
Project
Document
Project
Document
Project
Document
Project
Interpret the Evidence
Put it in Context
Document Projects
Ways to Use Document Projects
• Large classes
• In class discussions
• Integrate documents into lecture
• Focus of discussion sections
• Small and Medium classes
• Small group projects
• Panel discussions or debates
• In class writing assignment
• All classes
• Take home essays
• Exam questions
Questions?
Conversation?
Thank you so much for participating.
Please stay in touch!
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Learn more: www.bedfordstmartins.com/history