History
The Classroom Experience in the History Department
#BearsMakeHistory stop for lunch on their field trip to the University of Pennsylvania.
History Majors Present Capstone Research at COSA Day.
#BearsMakeHistory project launch presentation--with lots of constructive feedback from faculty and staff!
The fruitful results of creative, full-class brainstorming in #BearsMakeHistory.
#BearsMakeHistory learning about manuscripts and digitization at the University of Pennsylvania.
Archival research is essential for history students. (And fun. Really.)
The results of an open discussion about the differences between “physical” and “digital” items, collections, archives, and media.
Katie Sanfield ’23 on a field trip to the Penn Museum.
Shelby Bryant looks through the Ursinus College archives for #BearsMakeHistory.
Here’s an example of a common activity in Dr. Throop’s courses: a concept map. Here, in a course on the crusades, students comparatively analyzed the films Kingdom of Heaven, El Nasser Salah ad-Din, and El Cid before engaging in discussion.
Tiffini Eckenrod ’20 and Dr. Daggar learn from each other’s work.
Students piloting Dr. Throop’s new Reacting to the Past game, The Pilgrimage of Grace, attempt to find consensus so that their rebellion is successful. (Cool fact: Dr. Throop co-designed and is co-writing the game with an alum, Liam Griffin ’18!)
#BearsMakeHistory stop for lunch on their field trip to the University of Pennsylvania.
History Majors Present Capstone Research at COSA Day.
#BearsMakeHistory project launch presentation--with lots of constructive feedback from faculty and staff!
The fruitful results of creative, full-class brainstorming in #BearsMakeHistory.
#BearsMakeHistory learning about manuscripts and digitization at the University of Pennsylvania.
Archival research is essential for history students. (And fun. Really.)
The results of an open discussion about the differences between “physical” and “digital” items, collections, archives, and media.
Katie Sanfield ’23 on a field trip to the Penn Museum.
Shelby Bryant looks through the Ursinus College archives for #BearsMakeHistory.
Here’s an example of a common activity in Dr. Throop’s courses: a concept map. Here, in a course on the crusades, students comparatively analyzed the films Kingdom of Heaven, El Nasser Salah ad-Din, and El Cid before engaging in discussion.
Tiffini Eckenrod ’20 and Dr. Daggar learn from each other’s work.
Students piloting Dr. Throop’s new Reacting to the Past game, The Pilgrimage of Grace, attempt to find consensus so that their rebellion is successful. (Cool fact: Dr. Throop co-designed and is co-writing the game with an alum, Liam Griffin ’18!)