Rethinking history education by rereading history books

Pleased to share an update on the BCHT collection in the latest issue of The Ampersand. Written alongside my colleagues, Graham McDonough, Chaa’winisaks, and Lyndzy Harvey, this short piece outlines recent approaches to teaching with these remarkable sources in credit courses offered through UVic’s Department of History and the Faculty of Education. It is always a joy to get our students into the reading room and classrooms of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). The assignments our students complete, continue to inspire the values of the BCHT collection and our accompanying research project.

Author: Pia Russell

Pia Russell is a librarian and historian at UVic. Pia works in Special Collections and University Archives, the Department of History, and the Faculty of Education.