Integrating Original Documents into the US History Survey Course

Moderators:

Friday, February 15, 2013New Ideas in Teaching

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Nancy A. Hewitt Steven F. LawsonBoth of Rutgers University

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

Meet the Moderators

Two Challenges1. Getting students to critically

engage primary sources2. Introducing multiple

perspectives and voices

Maria Vik and Beryl LassinOur grandparents

Annotated Document

Annotated

Document

Comparative Views

Comparative Views

Document Project

Document Project

Document Project

Document Project

DocumentProject

Interpret the EvidencePut 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?

slawson@rci.rutgers.edunhewitt@rci.rutgers.edu

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