SELECT PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES AND SYLLABI EXCHANGES

I am slowly trying to compile databases and digital resources related to Early American and Native American Studies that I would like to use in my research and my teaching. This project came about because of my desire to find a more organized way to keep track of all of the wonderful digital resources out there. I hope to eventually turn this into a more formal searchable database, however, it is still in the early stages. 

Pedagogical Resources

The American Yawp: “a Free and Online, Collaboratively Built American History Textbook,” edited by Joseph Locke, a historian at the University of Houston-Victoria, and Ben Wright a historian at the University of Texas at Dallas. See a full list of their contributors here.  

Keywords: Teaching, Early American, History

Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets:  a resource from the Digital Public Library of American (DPLA) that synthesizes a number of primary source documents on a particular topic. The primary source sets include teaching guides for class use and a number of the sets are focused on Early American topics. The DPLA is a non-profit organization funded by a number of foundations and government agencies. For a list of their supporters, see here.

Keywords: Teaching Guides, Primary Sources, Early American

DocsTeach: a site created by the National Archives that includes primary sources, context, and teaching activities based on the collections in the National Archives. The section dedicated to teaching American Indians is located here. 

Keywords: Teaching Guides, Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Native American

TeachUSHistory.org: a collaborative project using digitized documents from the American Antiquarian Society. For a list of the project's contributors see here. This site contains primary source images and texts as well as historical context about the sources. Intended for educators, the site also includes lesson plans and curriculum units.

Keywords: Teaching Guides, Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Early American

Syllabi Exchanges

The Association for the Study of American Literatures Native American Literature Syllabus Exchange:  an exchange run by ASAIL with a number of sample syllabi for Native American Literature Courses. The site also contains a number of other resources for teaching Native American Literature here. 

Keywords: Syllabus, Teaching, Native American, Literature

The Open Syllabus Project: a site containing thounsands of university syllabi from primarily UK and US institutions. The site is run by Joe Karaganis, Vice President of The American Assembly – a think tank at Columbia University. 

Keywords: Syllabus, Teaching, 

The Society of Early Americanists Syllabus Exchange: an exchange run by the Society of Early Americanists that lists a number of syllabi used by Early American literary scholars and historians. 

Keywords: Syllabus, Teaching, Early American, Literature

The Western Literature Association Syllabus Exchange: Run by the Western Literature Association, this site contains a number of syllabus with themes related to both Early American and Native American topics. 

Keywords: Syllabus, Teaching, Literature