1. Integrating Original Documents into the US History Survey Course Moderators: Friday, February 15, 2013 New Ideas in Teaching “ ” Nancy A. Hewitt Steven F. Lawson Both of Rutgers University

2. 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

3. Two Challenges 1.Getting students to critically engage primary sources 2.Introducing multiple perspectives and voices

4. Maria Vik and Beryl Lassin Our grandparents

5. Annotated Document

7. Comparative Views

9. Document Project

14. Interpret the Evidence Put it in Context

15. Document Projects

16. 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

17. Questions? Conversation?

18. slawson@rci.rutgers.edu nhewitt@rci.rutgers.edu Thank you so much for participating. Please stay in touch! Learn more: www.bedfordstmartins.com/history