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CSUSM Common Read

Building Community through Reading

Instructor Materials

Instructional materials for the first year seminar coming soon!

In the meantime, peruse the links below for ideas on integrating storytelling, reading and empathy into your first year experience course:

"I Am From" Faculty Guide: A Tool to Foster Student Interaction in the Classroom: One of the reasons we read is to learn about people's perspectives and life experiences. This activity can be used to help students get to know each other and start to build empathy for their classmates.

The Power of Students' Stories, Faculty Focus: A short article with tips on easily integrating storytelling into a college classroom.

How to Help Students Learn to Listen to Each Other's Stories, The Greater Good: Suggestions for using interview-based storytelling to improve active listening skills.