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Students Debating History: Another Look at the Video Essay

Like Robert Olwell, Jacqueline Jones assigned video essays in her US History survey this year. Her assignment asked the students to enact debates between real historical figures on opposite sides of controversial issues. These four paired Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schafly, Emma Goldman and A. Mitchell Palmer, Andrew Carnegie and Eugene V. Debs, and Victoria Woodhull and Anthony Comstock. The debates are lively and well-researched. The reenactments are creative and entertaining. 


BettyxPhyllis
by Janet Russell, Steven Swank, Jacqueline Juengst, and Jessica Resco


Goldman meets Palmer
by Kathryn Anderson, Rory Fulton, Damon Freitag, and Garrett Wilson


Carnegie vs. Debs
by Nic Cool, Paola Sigala, Nathalie Audrey, and Amrita Chopra


Woodhull v Comstock
by Ally Triolo, Julia Aikman, Leigh Alice Clark, and Katie Bott

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More student video essays can be viewed here: Show & Tell

You can read more about teaching history at UT Austin here:

Penne Restad & Karl Miller on Teaching History 

Robert Olwell on reenacting history in the classroom: “You Say You Want a Revolution?”

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