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First Day of Classes
From: Joe Cammarano <jpcammar@providence.edu>
Date: December 14, 1997
I had a teaching assistant at Syracuse, Lynda Barrow, who used a very
interesting first day exercise with her discussion sections. She would
have each person draw--not write-- the state of American politics, and then
explain their drawings to each other. This served to get each student to
think about their own general feelings and observations about American
politics, and it helped to break the ice and get students talking. A
couple of years ago she showed me the drawings and they were fascinating.
Now that I am teaching small classes (25) I plan to use this in my classes.
Joe Cammarano
mailto:jpcammar@providence.edu
http://www.providence.edu/polisci/
401-865-2906
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