Session A: Immersed in Primary Sources: Crafting Student Engagement

While archivists have many teaching tools available in their proverbial toolboxes for introducing students to primary sources, internships provide unique opportunities for immersive, hands-on interactive learning. Internships have the advantage of being adaptable, allowing for input from the incumbent and a chance to craft the experience in a way that is most meaningful to the individual. Internships often provide more face time with a professional archivist, which lends itself to dialogue that is beneficial to the “student” and the “teacher.” From podcasts to card games to exhibits each panelist will offer a case study of an internship or learning experience they’ve hosted and discuss specific learning outcomes for the intern and how the experience has shaped their approach to teaching with primary sources materials