Getting digital projects off the ground is only the first step to bringing neglected texts by American women authors into the sunlight. Without college/university instructors and high school teachers adopting them in the classroom, these texts may continue to remain forgotten.
This index of teaching materials—including lesson plans, activities, syllabi, and other pedagogical artifacts—aims to provide scholar-educators with free, open-access, and easy-to-use materials to help promote the digital recovery of American women writers in their classrooms. These materials underwent the Recovery Hub’s pedagogical peer review process. They also all were selected for the way they align with the Recovery Hub’s pedagogical mission.
Below, you’ll first find teaching materials that are related specifically to Hub-supported projects, as well as teaching materials about digital recovery more broadly.
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Writing Exhibit Labels for This Beautiful Sisterhood of Books
Keywords: Contemporary American Literature, exhibit labels, original archival research, contextualization. Teaching Materials Developed by: Kate Adams, Tulane University Adapted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this assignment Introduction: This assignment was originally part of a final writing project for a 400-level English Literature course on Topics on Contemporary American Literature. Students conducted research…
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Resource: African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology
URL: https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a-digital-anthology/index (shortcut link: aapada.net) Keywords: African American poetry, poetry, Harlem Renaissance, digital anthology Resource created by: Dr. Amardeep Singh, Lehigh University Introduction by: Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay PDF version of this introduction. About African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology African American Poetry: a Digital Anthology aims to provide access to a comprehensive collection…
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Resource: The Diary Index
URL: https://diaryindex.com/ Keywords: diary, diaries, archives, manuscripts Resource created by: Dr. Desirée Henderson, University of Texas, Arlington Introduction by: Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay PDF version of this resource introduction. About The Diary Index: The Diary Index website features a robust list of URLs for a variety of digitized, open-access diaries, including several…
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Searching in Digital Databases: A Workshop
Keywords: Search terms, digital databases, women in the nineteenth century, sensation/spectacle Teaching Materials Developed by: Vianna Iorio, Rutgers University Peer Reviewed by: Elizabeth James Formatted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this assignment. Introduction: This activity was originally taught in a small, undergraduate survey-level course on nineteenth-century literature at Rutgers University. As such,…
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Keeping the Human in Humanities: Recovering 19th-Century Friendship
Keywords: AI, ChatGPT, transcription, digital recovery, humanities, humanity, 19th century Teaching Materials Developed by: Dr. Abigayle Farrier, University of North Texas Peer Reviewed by: Jina DuVernay Formatted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this assignment. Introduction: This activity was originally designed for a 3000-level course, Academic Writing in the Humanities. I have also…
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A Reader’s Personal Archive of Gloria Naylor
Keywords: Gloria Naylor, archives, exhibition, Black feminisms Teaching Materials Developed by: Suzanne Edwards, Lehigh University Adapted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this assignment. Introduction: This assignment was originally given to students in English/WGSS 391: Gloria Naylor and Her Archive at Lehigh University. This upper-level seminar, cross-listed for English as well as Women,…
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Gloria Naylor Archive Artifact Presentation
Keywords: Gloria Naylor, archives, exhibition, Black feminisms Teaching Materials Developed by: Suzanne Edwards, Lehigh University, and Mary C. Foltz, Lehigh University Adapted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this assignment. Introduction: This assignment was originally given to students in English/WGSS 391: Gloria Naylor and Her Archive at Lehigh University. This upper-level seminar, cross-listed…
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Gloria Naylor Archival Exhibition
Keywords: Gloria Naylor, archives, exhibition, Black feminisms Teaching Materials Developed by: Suzanne Edwards, Lehigh University, and Mary C. Foltz, Lehigh University Adapted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this lesson plan Introduction: This assignment was originally given to students in English/WGSS 391: Gloria Naylor and Her Archive at Lehigh University. This upper-level seminar,…
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Transcription Trivia Using the Complete Letters of Willa Cather
Keywords: Willa Cather, archives, letters, transcription, gamification, collaboration Teaching Materials Developed by: Kelsey Squire, Ohio Dominican University Peer Reviewed by: Melissa Lingle-Martin Formatted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this lesson plan Introduction: This activity was created for a 300-level Major Authors course in which students read several of Willa Cather’s short stories…
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Literary Recovery: Women’s Literary Club of Baltimore
Keywords: literary recovery, minoritized writers, digital literacy, search strategies, full-text, metadata Teaching Materials Developed by: Jean Lee Cole, Loyola University Maryland Peer Reviewed by: Julia Flanders, Northeastern University Formatted by: Alice Martin, Rutgers University PDF version of this lesson plan Introduction: This assignment was used for an upper-division undergraduate English seminar focusing on a women’s…