Teaching with Archives
Well I am going to stick with my background in History on this topic. I am also going to go along the theme of black history month. My idea is to use the American Memory site and pick 4 or 5 archives and have the students in groups where they will read the material, dicuss their reactions to those archives and to what they think the government should do to change the situation of the African American population. I will also have the students summarize their choice and present what they found shocking about their reading and what they think the government should do. Please remember this is an idea in progress and addtional ideas would be helpful. :)
posted by Jen Mayou at 8:31 PM
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A recent article in College Composition and Communication complicated one teacher's efforts to have her students grapple with museum representations of historical data. I *think* the article is "Ethical Research and Pedagogical Gaps." It probably doesn't really touch on issues of teaching with archives, but I found it interesting because it captured, for me, how teaching history also means teaching ways to reflect critically not just make judgements.
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