Equitable Teaching Resources for Large Courses – Equitable Teaching

Large Courses Overview

On this page, you will find resource and activity guides that will assist you in learning more about the lifelong practice of equitable teaching as well as provide you with activities that actively promote equity and student engagement in your large course. At the bottom of the page, you will find links to additional articles/readings on improving equity in large courses.

Within each resource and activity guide, you will find:

  • An Overview, providing further context about the guide and its relation to equitable classrooms
  • The goals associated with the resource or activity
  • For activity guides, a description of their application in a large course
  • Two files containing a PDF and Docx version of the guide
  • An associated video, where applicable, to provide additional insights into the topic

  • Core Values

    Core Values

    In this activity, students will explore their personal values by examining a list of values and ranking each of them from “always valued” to “least valued.”

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  • Group Process Activity

    Group Process Activity

    This collection of activities assists instructors in developing group cohesion, thoughtful engagement, and reflective responses to challenging material.

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  • Icebreaker Grab Bag

    Icebreaker Grab Bag

    This collection of icebreakers provides a variety of activities to choose from and implement throughout the semester.

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  • Mapping Social Identity Timeline Activity

    Mapping Social Identity Timeline Activity

    In this activity, students will create a visual map of their socialization in some aspect of identity (race, gender, sexual orientation) throughout the course of their life.

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