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Source: Press Release from Mark Carnes
Historians in the News
April 6, 2010

OAH Reacting to the Past Session to Meet on April 9

Going to the OAH?  Join us for what History News Network called "the loudest,the most boisterous, and simply the most fun panel of the [AHA] convention … the most optimistic and enthusiastic panel I have been to during the entire meeting … Why couldn’t I have taken a class like this?”  (HNN--1/10/10)  “REACTING TO THE PAST”: THE COLLISION OF IDEAS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS IN COLLEGE-LEVEL CLASSES

 

Friday, April 9, 1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

International Ballroom West

Reacting to the Past consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas.  Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work.  “Reacting” seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills.