Teaching Materials

Resources & Activities to use with CUNY 1969

The following materials were developed by faculty who used the CUNY 1969 project as a teaching tool in their classes. Each entry contains a downloadable file and/or instructions for the assignment or activity.

Entries

Writing assignment

CUNY 1969 Project Assignment Sequence for ENG 2150 

This teaching material was developed by Tania Nicolaou, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to engage with the CUNY 1969 Project, specifically using the CUNY Digital History Archive to explore storytelling, the implicit writing in everything we do, and the process of where writing happens.
Fieldwork, Lesson plan, Visual analysis

Illustrating the CUNY 1969 Archive Through Poster Making

This teaching material was developed by Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to interpret the archive and reflect on its relevance to contemporary social and political issues through the creation of both digital and physical posters.
Final project, Lesson plan

A Media Studies Analysis of CUNY 1969 Project

This teaching material was developed by Rianne Subijanto, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to critically analyze CUNY 1969 from a media studies perspective exploring the centrality of media and communication in social movements.
Public speaking

Unveiling Intersectional Histories: Exploring the CUNY 1969 Archive

This teaching material was developed by Benjamin Gillespie, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to create brief presentations on the intersectional nature of identity through an historical lens while actively improving their public speaking and presentation skills.
Final project, Lesson plan, Research assignment

Each One, Teach One: A Contemporary Perspective of the CUNY 1969 Protests

This teaching material was developed by Valerie Biwa, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to use the resources from the CUNY Digital History Archive, the CUNY 1969 Project, and the Five Demands documentary to create a video or vlog of their experience. 
Lesson plan, Writing assignment

Social Annotation and Close-Reading with the SEEK Matters Literary Magazine

This teaching material was developed by Nicholas Devlin, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to use materials from the CUNY 1969 project to develop confidence with the conventions of close-reading (or rhetorical analysis) and annotation. 
Writing assignment

Creating a Blackout Poem Using Primary Documents from the “CUNY 1969” Website

This teaching material was developed by Dr. Rojo Robles, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to engage with historical primary documents of CUNY 1969 creatively by crafting a blackout poem that highlights themes, emotions, or significant moments related to the emergence of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at City College and beyond.
Writing assignment

Advocating For My Five Demands

This teaching material was developed by Judith Konamah, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to update the 5 demands to include what is relevant to their communities today and create a presentation on how they would go about advocating for these demands with the help of past advocates.
Final project, Research assignment

Corridos Digital Album: Latina Stories Told Through Song

This teaching material was developed by Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana, Baruch College. The assignment asks students to research and tell the story of a Latina figure, a conflict, or an event that involves social struggles affecting Latinas, draw from archives such as the CUNY 1969 project, and link the message of the corrido to present-day issues.
Lesson plan

The Five Demands and Literacy Sponsorship

This teaching material was developed by L Torres, Queens College. The assignment asks students to learn about and critically reflect on The 5 Demands, the student-led takeover of CUNY in 1969 by taking personal inventory of movements that may have shaped their life, researching and analyzing specific goals of the 1969 movement and creating solid arguments/talking points for a revolutionary, in-class conversation in favor of equitable literacy sponsorship and educational spaces.