By and For the Teaching with Primary Sources Community
Audience: Undergraduate
By Brooke Guthrie / Instruction sessions with artifacts are hands-on, interactive, and some of my favorite sessions to teach. At Duke University’s Rubenstein Library, where I work with the History of Medicine Collections, artifacts are used alongside rare books, manuscripts, and more in both undergraduate and graduate instruction.
Submitted by Alison Stankrauff Archivists interested in establishing relationships and collaborations with history instructors to foster teaching with primary sources should assess their archive’s collections considering the following four criteria: …
Submitted in 2016 by Lindsay Anderberg, Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Librarian and Poly Archivist, New York University, la715@nyu.edu Introduction I have found these sessions to be an engaging introduction for …
Submitted in 2016 by Samantha Crisp, Special Collections Librarian, Augustana College Introduction Originally used in the course Native Americans and their Interpreters (HIST336), this activity is designed as an introductory exercise …
Submitted in 2016 by Juli McLoone, Curator, Special Collections Research Center at UMichigan IntroductionThis advanced class uses published fairy tales from a range of eras and countries to introduce students …
Submitted by Sarah Horowitz This session was designed for a first-year writing seminar called “Truth and Techno-Identity: Auto/Biographies” which explored issues of truth, self-presentation, and social media. The goals of …
Submitted by Jenny Swadosh, The New School This lesson was originally developed for teaching Parsons School of Design first-year students about primary sources as part of a required art and …
Submitted by Val Harris This activity was designed for Eng 117: Emma Goldman, anarchy/ists, and sex and sexuality in the early 20th century (50 minutes) AND Eng 161: Emma Goldman, …
Submitted by Doris Malkmus THIS DESCRIPTION WAS CREATED TO EXEMPLIFY A COURSE LESSON, any selection of primary sources can be substituted. Course objectives: Professor teaches this freshman course annually and …
Submitted by Heather Smedberg This exercise asks students to closely observe artists’ books and articulate their observations in writing and orally. This approach is based on a simple treasure hunt …