Inventing Harvard Assignments:
This page contains three assignments: an activity, a list
of study questions, and tools towards a final project.
A. Activity
Take thirty minutes and walk around Harvard Yard. Look at
the buildings you have classes in, the libraries where you
study, and the dorms where you live. Pick at least five buildings
that interest you. Pay close attention to doorways, windows,
and roof lines, as well as to materials like brick and stone.
Make a few notes. When do you think these buildings were built?
Now check your conclusions on the "Inventing Harvard" website.
Were your estimates of buildings' ages close?
Be prepared to discuss the following questions in lecture
on Thursday, February 6th!
B. Study Questions:
- When did Harvard "become colonial?" Why was it so
important for Harvard to look like an eighteenth-century campus?
- What little-known fact about Harvard's buildings surprised
or intrigued you?
- How well do you think Harvard represents its history?
Do you think it should provide discrete markers giving the
names
and
dates of its buildings?
C. Final Project:
Click here to go to the Final
Project: The Indian College page.
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