McCarthy Clip 5

Instructional Themes: Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Challenging content; responding to students; providing further insight/expertise; connecting student comments; non-verbal affirmation

Profiled: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature, teaches "Stories of Slavery & Freedom" to 16 students at Harvard College.

Clip Length: 5 minutes, 26 seconds (1:17:34-1:23:00)

Clip Context:

• “Stories of Slavery & Freedom,” an undergraduate seminar with 16 students enrolled.
• This course critically examines prevailing narratives of slavery and enslaved people through careful reading of archives and primary sources that speak to the experiences of enslaved people, free African-Americans, and abolitionist allies. McCarthy uses a broad range of pedagogical techniques to facilitate generative, student-centered discussions in this seminar.
• This clip comes a little more than 1 hour, 15 minutes into the 2-hour class session as McCarthy shares some expertise during the discussion.