Providing a Path for Lifelong Learning
John and Tara welcome our intern this term, Injee Hong. Centre College is working to stay open and keep our students safe during the global pandemic, but this has obviously led to things being different here... https://anchor.fm/centre-trail-history-podcast/embed/episodes/Centre-Trail-Podcast-30-College-and-COVID-emlh7v
by Injee Hong The difference between primary and secondary sources is something that has been drilled into my head since my elementary Social Studies classes. (Remember the simpler days when history classes were called Social Studies classes?) I grew up defining primary sources as documents written at the time of the incident or events they… Continue reading Silences in Primary Sources
Hello, everyone! My name is Injee Hong, and I will be joining Centre Trail as the intern for the fall semester. I am so excited to join the Centre Trail team and have been fortunate enough to have both Dr. Harney and Dr. Strauch in class. I am a senior history and economics & finance… Continue reading Joining the Team
As I mourn the loss of my second graders’ year (no field day, walking field trips, last hugs), I can’t help but think of how much harder the loss would be if my son were an 8th grader, senior in high school or in college. Graduation weekend at Centre is such a lovely time. Watching… Continue reading A Letter to the Families
This article was written by Kyle Capps, a junior in the History program at Centre. The way you present history is often as important as the history you tell. The dense academic writing often featured in conventional histories has its place among scholars, but new ways of bringing history into your living room, dorm, or… Continue reading From Archive to Podcast: the William Goebel Assassination
We hope everyone is staying safe! And staying safe right now means a lot of time indoors. A friend of mine at Whitworth University shared a list of songs she had put together on Spotify – a “playlist” if you will – and I thought this was such a great idea! I used to love… Continue reading Pandemic Playlists from the History Program!
We are now two weeks into emergency online teaching and I’m writing this from my closet if that tells you anything about my experience so far. I’ve had to accept that I look ridiculous when I record myself teaching, I can’t possibly grade things meaningfully while my children are in the same room as me… Continue reading Learning and Community
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