<p>This Learning Lab collection offers ways to teach college students challenging topics such as social justice, community building, immigration, and communication across difference.  Inside this collection are the processes and results of teaching with museums for nearly a decade.  It is a sampling of assignments, student stories, Smithsonian resources utilized, student products, and digital stories.  Intended for College, adaptable for high school; grades 9-16.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This collection complements the <em>Classroom Impact </em>section of the EdX course, <em><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/teaching-with-the-smithsonian-addressing-21st-century-challenges-in-the-community-college-classroom" target="_blank">Teaching with the Smithsonian: Addressing 21st-Century Challenges in the College Classroom</a></em><em>.</em></p>

<p>"These few photographs are mostly people drawn photos. They are all consisting around my memory of my bike accident. These photos resemble the scenery to where I was headed. Some of the pictures resemble the pain I was in, and the help people tried to offer me." --(Student Sample from a Developmental Course)</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>

<p>This is a student sample collection from the first week of a argumentative research writing course themed on immigration.</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>

<p>This collection is utilized in a college classroom focused on research and argumentation.  </p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>

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<p>Students in an introduction to literature course used the Learning Lab as a platform to give presentations.</p><p>#MCteach<br /></p>

<p>This collection is to share the history of adventurous women in the Patapsco Heritage Greenway area. It aims to inspire future women to adventure in the area. #PHGwomen</p>