Appendix 2: The World War II Poster Project

Overview of the project

In an effort to find creative ways to develop students’ research, information literacy, and technology skills within the context of a course, David Del Testa (Assistant Professor of History, Bucknell University) and Abby Clobridge (then Librarian and Digital Initiatives Group Leader, Bucknell University) developed the World War II Poster Project, a six-week learning module embedded in an introductory history course, History 100: Thinking about History, the focus of which for this iteration was ‘World War II.’ Throughout the Poster Project unit, students worked hands-on with original World War II-era posters from the University’s archives to enable them to become proficient ...

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