Please see below for sample Digital Commonplace Book Assignments and “How to” guides designed to help students learn to create accessible contributions! Return to Assignments and Activities Please note that all of the foregoing teaching resources have been authored and
Sample Commonplace Books
This slideshow offers an overview of early modern commonplacing, research practices, and sample prompts for students to create multi-media class commonplace books using open-access digital resources. Students’ digital commonplace books offer starting points for generating project contribution ideas from encyclopedia
Commonplace Book Assignments
These assignments recombine Research Based Learning (RBL) approaches with “maker” practices inspired by the digital humanities to help students engage cognitively and affectively with early modern literature and history. “CPB/DB Assignments” introduces the concept of early modern commonplace books, plus