Okay, so maybe I was wrong about the good folks at Texas A&M. Maybe I can convince the powers that be here at Mason that we need to implement the A&M reward system retroactive to last semester. If so, the result of my student evaluations for Lying About the Past would almost certainly pay for…
Tag: Student Work
You Were Warned
Back at the beginning of the semester I warned readers of this blog that I was teaching a course called Lying About the Past in which the students would — after studying historical hoaxes for half a semester — create a historical hoax and turn it loose on the Internet. They did just that and…
Eight Guys From Trenton (cont’d)
A couple of years ago I wrote a piece for the blog on my favorite eight guys from Trenton. I have updated information on these fellows. I still don’t know who they are, but I know a lot more than I used to about the image itself. I’m not why, but in a fit of…
A Crisis of Diminishing Expectations (cont’d)
On Thursday I wrote about a comment I’ve received from many students over the years that spoke to their declining expectations from history classes and the need to rethink what we’re doing to make history courses more appealing, more fun, while remaining rigorous and true to our discipline. I set myself the task of thinking…