In FYS 101, exploring case studies provides an opportunity to deepen your understanding of self, campus, and community. These real-life narratives, historical events, and community issues help highlight the diverse experiences of Syracuse students and community members, and foster connections to broader goal of engaged citizenship. Through these assignments, you will critically examine identity, belonging, and engagement within and beyond Syracuse University.
For the Pair Case Study, you will work with your assigned partner(s) on one of the case studies below. Use these questions to guide your work:
FYI: Each case study contains primary and secondary sources. A primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may contain pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources. If you'd like to learn more about primary and secondary sources, visit this guide to Primary Sources.
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The link below will take you to a digital exhibit created by the Syracuse Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. It includes several primary sources along with commentary to help you understand the event more thoroughly.
Shut it Down: The 1970 Student Strike at Syracuse University
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The link below will take you to a digital exhibit created by the Syracuse Libraries' Special Collections Research Center. It includes several primary sources along with commentary to help you understand the event more thoroughly.
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Secondary Sources: Introduction to "Our Doors Opened Wide" exhibit