AHA Session 153
Saturday, January 10, 2026: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Astoria Room (Hilton Chicago, Third Floor)
Chairs:
Jenny Huangfu Day, Skidmore College
Jess L. Pearson, Macalester College
Jess L. Pearson, Macalester College
Panel:
Emily Hawk, Dickinson College
Joseph Ho, Albion College
Courtney Joseph, Lake Forest College
Dáša Pejchar Mortensen, Davidson College
Joseph Ho, Albion College
Courtney Joseph, Lake Forest College
Dáša Pejchar Mortensen, Davidson College
This workshop will invite audience members to try out interactive classroom activities in a small-group setting led by a small liberal arts college faculty member. In the second half of the session, we will move to a discussion of how to adapt these sorts of activities to other settings.
Session Abstract
The small liberal arts college history classroom is a fruitful place to do hands-on history exploration to engage students and get them excited about historical questions and thinking processes. This participatory workshop will invite audience members to try out interactive classroom activities in a small-group setting led by a small liberal arts college faculty member. In the second half of the session, we will move to a discussion of how to adapt these sorts of activities to other settings, including larger classrooms and online classes. Topics may include role-playing, multimedia assignments, visual storytelling, public history, and History Mysteries. This session is sponsored by the AHA’s Working Group on Small Liberal Arts Colleges and aims to foster conversation between folks at different sorts of institutions about how we can involve students. All participants, including students, are welcome to attend.
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