Category: Teaching
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Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Course Description The decades just before and after the turn of the twentieth century were ones marked by rapid social, political, economic, and technological change. These years, which historians now call the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, saw the development of a modern America. If the twentieth century would become the “American Century” then the…
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US after 1877
Course Description This course is a survey of some of the main themes and events of American history since 1877. We will cover many topics, focusing on the themes of race, class, and empire. We will explore the changes in society, conflicts, and implications of historical events throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We…
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A Reflection on Coursework
Normally, I try to blog every week, but I haven’t blogged for three months (not the most successful run in the history of blogging). Last semester was pretty busy, with organizing a conference and taking an extra course so I could finish up this summer (my final week of coursework is this week—woot). I hope…
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In the works
I haven’t blogged all that much this semester, but here are a few blog posts I’ve been working on: Rickrolling your students and other attempts at bonding through Internet phenomena Typos, bad grammar, and misunderstandings: How and why you should expose your students’ writing to the world for a laugh How to grade papers in…
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Teaching tips
I’ve been tweaking my blog a bit, posting some papers and picking out some of my favorite blog posts. I also recently decided to create and post some teaching handouts. I have yet to teach my own class and there isn’t one in the near future (need to complete comps first) but if I wait…
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Value of the Five Page Paper
edwired: Don’t get me wrong–I’m a firm believer in the value of the liberal arts over the long term and have no interest in teaching history as a purely job preparation program. But those who want to draw a line in the sand in the defense of the liberal arts (Job preparation has no, NO…
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Teaching Professor Blog
The Teaching Professor Blog: Faculty Focus is honored to welcome The Teaching Professor Blog to the site. The blog is written by Dr. Maryellen Weimer, professor emeritus at Penn State Berks and one of the nation’s most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching. Many of you know Maryellen as the editor of The Teaching…
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TA vs Nobel Prize Winner
HASTAC: Nobel Prize Winner vs TA With a Clicker? Who Wins the Teaching Award? If you guessed the Nobel Prize winning physicist, you guessed wrong. In a fantastic new study, it turned out the way students in a 250-person lecture class really learned the nitty gritty of the physics was not when the famous scientist…
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Big Blog on Campus
NYTimes: Online, professors are often highly political, deeply personal and, per the format’s wont, downright snarky in ways they are not in the classroom. Some academic blogs are pure polemic; some are substantive and scholarly, bringing to the national conversation a bit of policy perspective grounded in actual research and expertise. Some speak to their…
Brian Sarnacki 