Observational

Crisis Event Simulation

In this class simulation of a crisis event, students role play as different actors of the US government. They have to collaborate with different actors to formulate an optimal response strategy that is made public in a press conference.

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Current Events Do Now

In this short warm up activity, students share current events with the class and briefly discuss the issue. The activity promotes student engagement in the classroom and encourages students to be informed on current international affairs.

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Digital Ethnography of Dorchester

Students visited a variety of community institutions across the neighborhood and contributed pictures and observations to an online map of Dorchester.

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reflection questions.docx

Discussion Leaders

In her freshman seminar, Joanna Nizynska has her students lead discussions throughout the semester. Through this process, they learn how to respond to the flow of conversation and guide discussion effectively.

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Dying in a New World

Students visit the Old Burial Ground near Harvard Square to learn about early American gravestones and the cultural and artistic traditions that affected them.

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lesson_plan.docx

East Asian Text Diagrams

This activity helps students read texts, analyze them, and present the information into a diagram.

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illness and medicine.pdf

flavors of byzantium.pdf

Econ in the News

In Trisha Shrum's section of Ec 10, students are asked to find current news articles relating to the theoretical concepts learned in class.

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Education in the Economy

In this seminar, students work to determine causal relationships and engage with readings about the economic environment of education.

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weekly questions.docx

Egypt Protest Simulation

How should Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak respond to the massive protests plaguing his country? This in-class simulation requires students to adopt Egyptian and international actors' perspectives to aid President Mubarak's decision making.

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Electron Transport Chain

In Jennifer Osterhage's Introductory Biology I taught at the University of Kentucky, she taught the concepts involved in the electron transport chain using a fun, interactive activity with clickers and student volunteers.

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Elevator Pitch Paper Workshop

Students present an “elevator pitch” of their paper idea to their peers, and then receive feedback about their idea.

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elevator pitch.pdf

Explaining Political Attitudes

Assigned debates work well for weeks where several competing theoretical approaches are covered. This debate involves competing theories on approaches to explaining political attitudes.

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Exploring Correlation Data on Popular Websites

Professor Nathan Kaplan uses popular websites and online data to generate discussion about the topic of correlation in his math gen ed, "Fat Chance." According to Kaplan, the purpose of the activity is to show students that correlations are everywhere, even in movie rentals, library cards, etc., and part of the era of big data is that companies will know lots of things about people even if they don't tell them.

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Exploring Medieval Chinese Religions

In this activity, students discuss three religious traditions of medieval China to consolidate knowledge and bring out the similarities and contrasts.

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Final Project Video Presentations

Students created videos describing their final projects on language and identity in Latin America so that their peers could view them outside of class and provide feedback.

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presentation email.docx

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