The RSA-Fordham Symposium “Plagues, Pandemics, and Outbreaks of Disease in History” included a showcase of materials prepared by emerging scholars at Fordham, made possible by a Faculty Challenge Grant from Fordham’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. These materials represent different approaches to teaching disease in the time of COVID-19. They include class modules, units, and assignments adapted to a hybrid educational environment and suitable for secondary and higher education. Supplemental material is linked below.
The presentations and discussion, moderated by David Myers (Fordham, History), may be viewed below.
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Literary Response to Plague
Mark Host
This is a unit with a series of assignments that has been conceptualized as a drop-in that can be included in a variety of classes
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Reading Plague Images: Visual Literacy in the History Classroom
Katherina Fostano
In 2016 Peter Felten, Director of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon University, wrote, “Our students live in a highly visual
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Teaching the Black Death during COVID-19
Rachel Podd
On the 13th of November 2020, the Renaissance Society of America, in conjunction with Fordham University, hosted on a symposium, “Plagues, Pandemics, and Outbreaks of
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