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Reading Over the Shoulder
Folks write diaries and letters for many reasons: to vent, to initiate and sustain relationships, to hone their writing, to set down happenings of personal and/or historical significance, to explore who they are and who they wish to be, and to rough-draft autobiographies and memoirs. This workshop will help teachers become comfortable using diverse digital archives and tools to inspire students’ interest in history .
This three-day online teacher workshop examines a selection of historical letters and diaries, providing teachers with the tools to help students engage with history through this tissue of private and semi-private communications. More general reflection on these genres and their limits and possibilities will be supplemented by sessions modeling how to use these resources to capture student interest. The workshop will highlight the use of online archives and digital humanities projects, and introduce teachers to digital technologies for collaborative reading and analysis. Primary source documents will cover topics such as war, civil rights, slavery, religion, and gender.
Welcome to Stratford Hall’s 2022 Teaching Institute! |
