#  Teaching Initiatives 

 



[Pre-Texts:](http://pre-texts.org/) Pre-texts is an initiative through the Romance Language and Literatures Department at Harvard University. It is headed by Doris Sommer and it integrates the arts into academic learning in order to promote passionate engagement in the learning of literacy and higher-level textual analysis. Pre-texts is appropriate for all education levels and socioeconomic statuses, since it makes creative use of everyday items.

Pre-texts offers a variety of workshops, training and resources around Cambridge and throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Check out [pre-texts.org](http://pre-texts.org/) for more information and ample resources.



 

##  How to use this website 



 

 *Tour ABLConnect*   
Search teaching materials by department, activity type, or any other keyword in the [activity database](/documents).

Learn about the types of activities we offer on the [activity info](/pages/activity-definitions) page.

Browse links to innovative [teaching technology ](/pages/technology)used by Harvard instructors.

View research and justifications for active learning at [Research on Active Learning](/pages/research-0).

See who we are partnered with on our [teaching partners](/pages/teaching-initiatives) page.