Journals for a Plague Year: Teaching Early Modern History in the Era of Covid-19

The article discusses various aspects of the process of teaching early modern history during the era of Covid-19, and it mentions changes involving understandings of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the Plague Journals project at Yale University where students use historical sources and knowledge t...

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Main Author: von Ostenfeld-Suske, Kira (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2020
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Pages: 77-86
Further subjects:B HISTORICAL source material
B EUROPEAN history
B HISTORY education
B HISTORY of the plague
B DIARY (Literary form)
B Early Modern History
B YALE University
B Covid-19 Pandemic
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Summary:The article discusses various aspects of the process of teaching early modern history during the era of Covid-19, and it mentions changes involving understandings of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the Plague Journals project at Yale University where students use historical sources and knowledge to assess present-day events. Plagues in early modern and modern Europe are examined, along with author Daniel Defoe's book "A Journal of the Great Plague in London in the Year 1665" and isolation.
ISSN:2326-0726
Contains:Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal