Teaching Workshop
CDHA in the Classroom Brainstorm
Primary sources in CDHA can be used to teach in a range of courses such as Sociology, Writing/ Composition, History, Education, Communications/Media, Urban Studies, etc. Three possible topics are listed below. In small groups, please select a topic, review the linked documents and use the suggestions beneath each set to brainstorm possible teaching activities for undergraduate students. Take notes to share with the full group.
1. Student Activism 1969/2011
Queen College Unrest (1969) documents:
Occupy CUNY (2011) documents:
- Student Week of Action in Defense of Education
- Goldstein and Kroll Security: Mock NYT Wedding Announcement
- Protest Checklist
Use sources to analyze goals and tactics of each period compare:
- student strategies
- administration and police responses
- larger social issues behind the student activism
73 additional documents are available including images, website, and news coverage.
2. Institutions of Higher Education and Their Communities
York College and the Jamaica, Queens Community (1970s) documents:
- Spirit Magazine April 1975
- York College News Release on Training Program
- York College Press Release about Training and Public Events for Black Community
Save Hostos! -- Community Involvement in the Save Hostos Campaign documents:
- Citywide Coalition Mission Statement
- Community Coalition to Save Hostos Organizing Workshop
- South Bronx Community and Church Coalition
Use sources to explore connections between NYC neighborhoods and CUNY campuses including:
- how colleges serve the broader community
- how communities engage with campuses
- how NYC educational policies interact with urban and economic planning goals
Sources offer opportunity for visual analysis. 82 additional documents are available that include newspaper articles, flyers, and photographs.
3. Evolving Areas of Academic Study
Brooklyn College Feminist Trailblazers -- Early Women Studies documents:
CLAGS -- A Research Center for Queer Studies
Use sources to examine:
- how new fields of study emerge and become institutionalized in higher education
- the links between community activism and academic fields of study
68 additional documents available.