NC Department of Public Instruction & the National Humanities Center
The Why of Where: Teaching Identity in Landscape and Literary Texts
February 2, 2021 4:00pm ET
Often, when teaching about identity, there is an over-emphasis on chronology without strong enough consideration given to geography. The use of geospatial thinking allows interactions of place, space, time, and scale to be more obvious, allowing students to develop the ability to answer not only “where?” but “why there?”
In this session, participants will learn about the intersection of identity and landscape. Participants will learn about strategies for students to talk about how they identify, how that identity interacts with culture, and how culture shapes perspective. We will feature literary and film examples with perceived/defined roles, including resources in Spanish.
All participants will receive a free Library Card to the Humanities in Class Digital Library (HICDL), an Open Education Resource (OER)-based platform that collects and combines the best in humanities scholarship and education for use in the K-12 and collegiate classroom. All session materials will be accessible in the HICDL, and participants can access, evaluate, modify, and publish their own work. The HICDL connects seamlessly with Google Classroom and most Learning Management Systems, and all materials are open with a Creative Commons license. The HICDL is quickly becoming a makerspace for humanities education innovation with new members and resources being added daily.
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Presenters
Andy Mink, Vice President of Education, National Humanities Center, Durham, NC
Jennifer Nichols, English & Spanish Teacher, Cox Mill High School, Cabarrus Public Schools, Concord, NC
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