1.26.21 Introduction
- Introduction
- Jonathan Ray (Georgetown University), Edict of Expulsion (Spain, 1492).
- Relación de Antonio Montesinos
- Frances Levine (Missouri Historical Society), Doña Teresa Confronts the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico (New Spain, 1662).
- Jamboard
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1.28.21 Latin America
- Noam Sienna (University of Minnesota), Confession of Sodomy & Judaizing (Brazil, 1593)
- Adriana Brodsky (St. Mary’s College) and Laura Leibman (Reed College), Merchant House of a Convicted Judaizer (Peru, 1639)
- Brian Hamm (Samford University), A Jewish Proselytizer in the New World (Cartagena, 1640s)
- Matthew Warshawsky (University of Portland), Criminal Case of Faith against María de Zárate, Wife of Francisco Botello, for Judaizing (New Spain, 1656)
- Aron Rodrigue, “The Jew as the Original ‘Other’: Difference, Antisemitism, and Race,” Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, ed. Hazel Rose Markus and Paula M. L. Moya (NY: WW Norton, 2010)
- Jamboard
CLOSE READING (Group 1): Choose one of the primary sources listed on the syllabus for the day. Write an object label for the text and choose what portion of the text you will display in your exhibit. In class we will learn how to use H5P.
Forgot what we covered? Quick Video Explaining How to Create and Insert H5P
2.2.21 Caribbean/East Coast
- Judith Hamera and Alfred Bendixen, “Introduction: New World and Old Lands – the Travel Book and the Construction of American Identity,” In The Cambridge Companion to American Travel Writing, ed. Bendixen/Hamera, 1-10. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009). [pdf]
- Voyage to Pauroma
- Noam Sienna (University of Minnesota), A Gender-Bending Jewish Runaway (New France, 1738)
- Lopez-Penha Family Chronicle [or use link to e-book]
- Jamboard (for in class)
CLOSE READING (Group 2): Choose one of the primary sources listed on the syllabus for the day. Write an object label for the text and choose what portion of the text you will display in your exhibit. Now create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the text better.
Quick Video Explaining How to Create and Insert H5P
2.4.21 Caribbean/East Coast
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), Biblical Scenes on Gravestones (Curaçao, 1714-1746)
- Miguel de Barrios, “Sonnet for Tomás Tremiño de Sobremonte” (Amsterdam, 1683)
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), Aboab da Fonseca and the Dutch Rescue of Recife (Brazil, 1656)
- Jamboard
- Emaze on Jews in the Colonies
OBJECT ANALYSIS (Group 3): GRAVESTONES. Pick an Jewish gravestone from your city that is from this era. Write a brief analysis of the gravestone and create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the gravestone better. Jewish Atlantic World Database
2.9.21 Caribbean/East Coast
- WHAT MAKES A GOOD EXHIBIT?
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), Poems of Love and Longing (New York, 1720)
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), Marriage Contracts (Suriname, 1720, 1729)
- Nidhe Israel Synagogue Complex & Mikveh (Barbados, 1654-present). Karl Watson, “1806 Plat of the Nidhe Israel Synagogue in Bridgetown, Barbados,” Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Vol. LXI, 2010.
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), The Charity Petition of Hannah Louzada (New Jersey, 1761-1770)
- Jamboard
OBJECT ANALYSIS (Group 2): SYNAGOGUE COMPLEX & RITUAL BATHS. Pick a synagogue or ritual bath from your city. Write a brief analysis of the synagogue or ritual bath and create an interactivity using H5P that helps people understand the synagogue or ritual bath better. Jewish Atlantic World Database.