CARA Workshop: Creative Ways of Teaching with Medieval Manuscripts
Moderated by CARA executive board member Katherine Allen Smith
Thursday, February 19th, 3pm EST
Whether you have access to a vast archival collection or just a handful of parchment fragments, incorporating medieval manuscripts into your teaching can bring the Middle Ages to life for your students. Join us to hear about how colleagues at a variety of institutions are using manuscripts in the classroom in creative ways, from teaching about the history of the book, to designing mini-exhibits, and even virtually reuniting leaves from broken manuscripts. After our three presenters share their experiences, there will be time to ask questions, compare strategies, and get some fresh teaching ideas!
Presenters:
Lisa Fagin Davis, Medieval Academy of America, and Simmons University School of Library and Information Science
Carrie Beneš, New College of Florida
Lea Frost, Vatican Film Library
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Teaching Medieval Art in a Secondary School Context: A Case Study Using Chartres Cathedral
Moderated by Bradley Phillis, Assistant Professor of History, Appalachian State University
February 20th at 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Though most members of the Medieval Academy of America will never teach K-12 students directly, they will teach future teachers in their undergraduate classes. One way medievalists can support these educators is by foregrounding material that they will ultimately teach in our classes and providing them with resources that they can take with them to their own classrooms. In this webinar, Diane J. Reilly will model this work, using Chartres Cathedral to show both how high school teachers might incorporate Chartres in their classrooms and how she designed materials and instruction to support this aim.
Presenter:
Diane J. Reilly, Provost Professor of Art History, Indiana University
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