When many think of adventure and exploration, exotic locations and ancient civilizations may come to mind. However, urban exploration, or “UrbEx,” can happen in our backyards. There’s a lot that […]
The Best Kept Secret in American Journalism: The Associated Negro Press
A story of persistence, creativity, and determination, the Associated Negro Press and its founder Claude Barnett delivered national and international news coverage that was remarkable for its substance and scope. […]
The Color Line on the Baseball Diamond
Have you considered the entire history of nation’s favorite pastime? What black baseball in America meant, including pioneers like Jackie Robinson and the rich relationships in “Blackball” during America’s era […]
How We See Ourselves in What We Read
Do children, maybe your children or your students, see themselves in the books they’re reading? What do you see in those books? What they’re reading may be representative, but then […]
Why We Can’t Put Dystopian Fiction Down
When you read or watched Lord of the Flies or the Hunger Games, how many times did you think to yourself (or maybe say out loud), if I were in […]
Justice for All?
Is it better to set a guilty person free or lock up an innocent person? How certain must guilt be to justify punishment? If you were on trial, would you […]
Tales of the Forgotten: Selections from The Restaurant at the End of the World
What do you think happened during the final hours in the lives of the staff of the Windows on the World restaurant atop the North Tower of the World Trade […]
Reading Choices, Reading People
There is power in reading. It has only been in recent decades that the new field of study, the history of reading, has emerged. There is now enough research to […]
The Tribal Realities of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape
Refusing to leave their ancestral homeland, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape family clans remained in South Jersey when other Native American tribes were forced west. Fast forward to today, the history of the […]
What’s the Verdict?
Each year, the Supreme Court receives 9,000-10,000 case petitions for certiorari (consideration) and less than 1% are reviewed. The cases chosen are significant. In this session, participants are encouraged to […]