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Beyond Words: Exploring History Through The Lens Of Literary Theory And Research, Andrea Weaver

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

The narrative of this Master's portfolio reflects on the academic journey of Andrea Weaver. The three projects showcased in this portfolio reflect her experience during the Master of Arts in English with a Specialization in English Teaching program. It includes a rhetorical Ohio Suffragist unit plan created for high school sophomores, a seminar paper critically analyzing the film Interview with the Vampire (1994), and a digital presentation of artifacts and research about literary theorist Wolfgang Iser and his work in Reader Response Theory presented on the platform Microsoft Sway. The framework of New Historicism is threaded throughout each project, linking …

Gen Ms 44 Doris Roberts Humphrey Papers, Jill Piekut Roy

Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Description:

Doris Mae Roberts Humphrey (1907-2002) of Gray, Maine, was a teacher educated at Gorham Normal School. Papers contain a a teaching contract for East Gray School dated September 1926, and notebook labeled "Drawing Grade 8" from Gorham Normal School 1928 with lessons and drawings.

Date Range:

1926-1928

Size of Collection:

2 File Folders

The History Of Teaching The Holocaust In Public Secondary Schools In The United States, From The 1960s To The Present, Julia Highbury Spenser

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Critique Beyond Judgment: Exploring Testimony And Truth In The Classroom, Sean Sidky

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This essay offers a set of strategies for utilizing the words of survivors and of witnesses to genocide in the classroom. Including the voices of survivors and victims in our classroom conversations about genocide, its impact, representation, and the possibilities for its prevention is crucial to an ethical and wholistic pedagogy of genocide. Discussion of these events in the classroom often finds us confronting questions from students about truth, historical accuracy, authenticity, and authority. Addressing such questions requires careful framing that takes into account student assumptions and cultural discourses about memory and witnessing, as we work with students to develop …

Gentry, Martha Beck "Mattie" (Spangler), 1862-1940 (Mss 733), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 733. Journal, 1878-1880, of Mattie (Spangler) Gentry, Covington, Kentucky, chronicling her attendance at Lexington’s Hamilton Female College and at boarding school in Orléans, France; also her journal, 1889-1898, recording her life as a music teacher and her courtship and marriage. Includes photographs and a letter to Mattie in France from the president of Hamilton College (Click on "Additional Files" for typescript).

New Media Faculty, Grad Student Share Techniques For Making Coding Easier For Everyone, University Of Maine New Media

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Screenshot of University of Maine Webpage regarding New Media teaching assistant and professor teaming up to make programming more appealing to women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups in Inclusive Techniques for Teaching Code.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Press Herald Reports On Umaine Partnership In Rethinking Remote Education Initiative, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding The Portland Press Herald report on a new federal grant that will support no-cost enrollment of elementary, middle and high school teachers In education courses offered by the University of Maine to enhance remote instruction and motivate the development of innovative pilot learning projects.

Today’S Fake News Is Tomorrow’S Fake History: How Us History Textbooks Mirror Corporate News Media Narratives, Nolan Higdon, Mickey Huff, Jen Lyons

Secrecy and Society

The main thrust of this study is to assess how the systematic biases found in mass media journalism affect the writing of history textbooks. There has been little attention paid to how the dissemination of select news information regarding the recent past, particularly from the 1990s through the War on Terror, influences the ways in which US history is taught in schools. This study employs a critical-historical lens with a media ecology framework to compare Project Censored’s annual list of censored and under-reported stories to the leading and most adopted high school and college US history textbooks. The findings reveal …

Alumni Association_Students Adapt To Changes Amid Covid Safety Precautions, University Of Maine Alumni Association

Alumni Association

Screenshot of University of Maine Alumni Association webpage regarding students adapting to changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Students Get Immersive Experience In Engineering Education, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding Asli Sezen-Barrie, associate professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development redesigning her class on Teaching Science in the Secondary School to provide more opportunities for preservice teachers at UMaine to learn about engineering concepts and meet with engineers.

Covid-19_Fall '20–Spring '21_Teaching In Brief Webpages, University Of Maine

FAQ & Health Advisory

Screenshots of webpages on the University of Maine Fall '20–Spring '21 webpages tagged as being "Teaching in brief" related to University teaching and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Important Classroom And Teaching Information Email, University Of Maine Provost Office

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Email from the University of Maine Provost Office to University employees with information about classrooms and teaching in preparation for the 2020 Fall Semester.

Return To Campus_Provost Message_July 30, 2020, Faye W. Gilbert

FAQ & Health Advisory

Screenshot of a webpage with a message from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Director for Academic Affairs and Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business with responses to questions raised at the July 29, 2020 town hall meeting for University of Maine faculty regarding teaching.

Covid-19 President_Reminder: Three Virtual Information Sessions For Umaine Faculty This Week Email, University Of Maine Office Of The President

Office of the President

Email reminder from the University of Maine Office of the President regarding three virtual information sessions for UMaine faculty related to COVID-19 and the return to campus for the 2020 Fall Semester.

Covid-19 President_Four Virtual Information Sessions For Umaine Faculty This Week Email, University Of Maine Office Of The President

Office of the President

Email from the University of Maine Office of the President regarding four virtual information sessions for UMaine faculty related to COVID-19 and the return to campus for the 2020 Fall Semester.

Covid-19 President_Transforming Teaching While Focusing On Learning Presentation Slides, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Office of the President

Slides from President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine presentation “Transforming Teaching While Focusing on Learning,” at the July 20 meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Among the examples of learner-focused instruction: the precalculus course led by Tim Boester; phage genomics led by Melissa Maginnis, Sally Molloy and Melody Neely; and biology led by Julia McGuire.

Return To Campus_Provost Message_July 8, 2020, Faye W. Gilbert

FAQ & Health Advisory

Screenshot of a webpage with a message from Faye W. Gilbert, Interim Executive Director for Academic Affairs and Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate School of Business with details of plans for the return to campus and teaching for the 2020 Fall Semester.

Return To Campus_Teaching And Research, University Of Maine

FAQ & Health Advisory

Screenshot of University of Maine Return to Campus webpage featuring guidance for teaching and research.

School Of Learning And Teaching_The Crimson Chronicle, Orono Middle School

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

First edition of the Orono Middle School parent/community newsletter The Crimson Chronicle which includes new about events and happenings at OMS, including in this edition relating to COVID-19.

School Of Learning And Teaching_Maine State Cec Virtual Teacher’S Lounge Slides, Tara Frazier, Debrajean Scheibel

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Presentation slides from the Maine Department of Education's Maine State Council of Exceptional Children Virtual Teacher’s Lounge held on May 22, 2020 that was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 President Memo_April 29, 2020, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Office of the President

Message from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine President to the University of Maine community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic including in relation to Maine Day, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, and student and faculty achievement.

Ehd 573 Epidemic Extra Credit Videos & Cover Email, Craig A. Mason

College of Education and Human Development

Extra credit videos for the course Introduction to Education Statistics, on some of the mathematical principles involved in understanding pandemics, taught by Craig A. Mason, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods, University of Maine. Also, includes cover email from Professor Mason to the Provost Office regarding the videos.

School Of Learning And Teaching_Covid-19 Considerations For Special Education Administrators, Council Of Administrators Of Special Education

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Report from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) regarding considerations for CASE members during the COVID-19 pandemic. CASE is a Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

Covid-19 President Memo_April 15, 2020, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Office of the President

Message from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine President to the University of Maine community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular examples of UMaine initiatives to support the state.

Covid-19 President Memo_April 2, 2020, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

Office of the President

Message from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine President to the University of Maine community regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mat 116 Introduction To Calculus - Course Material, Ayesha Maliwal Bundy

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Updated addendum to MAT 116 (Introduction to Calculus) syllabus, updated course timeline (both before and after the storms since many students lost power) and a contingency plan for their course team.

School Of Learning And Teaching_Maine State Cec Virtual Teacher’S Lounge_Registration Page, Maine State Council Of Exceptional Children

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Details of the Maine Department of Education's Maine State Council of Exceptional Children Virtual Teacher’s Lounges held in April and May 2020 that was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

School Of Learning And Teaching_Pennsylvania Council For Exceptional Children_Remote Instruction Resources, Pennsylvania Council For Exceptional Children

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

A spreadsheet of remote resources for educators to use during the COVID-19 pandemic, created by the Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children

Bingo! Engaging History Of Science Students With Primary Sources, Leigh Rupinski

Scholarly Papers and Articles

This case study examines the process of creating an interactive and engaging lesson plan for the History of Science course, HSC 201: The Scientific Revolution. History of Science students tend to be undergraduates majoring in science or medical related fields, rather than the humanities, who need to fulfill an intensive writing or general education requirement. For most, if not all of them, this session would be the first time they experienced hands-on interaction with historical resources. Accordingly, the archivist sought to create a less traditional lesson plan that would foster a sense of fun and interest in the materials.

Mat 127 (Calculus Ii) - Course Syllabus, David Bradley

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Updated syllabus of MAT 127 (Calculus II) class. The update reflects the change in course format necessitated by the mandated transition to off-campus online instruction.