Teaching with Books

A Conference Based on the NEH Summer Institute "The Revolution in Books"

In June 2022, 16 participants in the NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty titled The Revolution in Books spent three weeks at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton learning about printing in the period of the American Revolution. They heard from experts about the history of print, gained hands-on experience at making paper, printing, and binding books, and reflected on how they might teach about books and print in their own classrooms. In this conference, they present their lesson plans and ideas about how to communicate to students and the public about the history of printing.

This mini-conference was held via Zoom from 9am to noon Eastern time on August 4th and 5th. Videos of the presentations can be accessed below.

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE


Thursday, August 4th

Session 1: 9-10:30am

Elizabeth Stice

An Enlightenment Assignment Through Marginalia

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFd4LQNPPk

Source: https://archaeologyofreading.org/

 

Jonathan Shelley

Marginal Discourse

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AaG-q-iWc

Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qF6BDUbWBD9QjAeyk-O2zHKsZ3DjaOvI/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113848066512626171997&rtpof=true&sd=true

Assignment sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qIbkR06oJeHoQnwkn4g1CBp8npA5wdEW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113848066512626171997&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

Matthew Sutton

From Crisis to Crisis: Reprinting Thomas Paine

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hkgb5r8HHs

 

Wendy Stephens

Freedom of the Press Before the First Amendment

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYf9hmmJH8

 
Session 2: 10:30am-12pm

Maureen Cummins

Revolution

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR4uotH0G90

 

Leah Mackin

Looking Sideways

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVybxLRbewM

 

Marliese Thomas

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJj-bIFVlP0

 

Meri Page

A Revolution in Print, Design and Activism

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRiq4xSc7_g

 

Friday, August 5th

Session 3: 9-10:30am

 

Nicholas Austin

The Pilgrims of Maryland: Catholicism, Memory, and American Religious Freedom

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QPlspNWk4

 

Darryn Diuguid

How the Weiner Rare Book Collection Impacted a Children’s Literature Course

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZSeXsmD298

 

Rachel Bartgis

American Originals?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6bMJmYef0g

 

Victoria Barnett-Woods

Revolution in Cycles

Karen Weyler

Creating American Culture Through Literary Periodicals

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjK-1eGttms

 

Meriah Crawford

Uncle Sam’s TILTed Thanksgiving Dinner

 

Matthew Sparacio

Teaching Epidemics and Print in Revolutionary America

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuTQcFMJw9I

Presentation and Lesson Packet: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_SWQDkxQfxnAtI5vnAT4ey21t9dqwPri?usp=sharing

 

William Perez

Life, Liberty, and the Dispute of Happiness

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEXBXZwLGWs

 

Contact Dr. Adrian Finucane at afinucane@fau.edu with any questions.

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