Boost student engagement and learning outcomes

Inspire curiosity and deepen understanding in your classroom with proven strategies designed to engage and motivate students, sparking deeper connections to course material.

Teaching U.S. History with JSTOR Daily

Sara Rzeszutek, Associate Professor of History at St. Francis College, integrates JSTOR Daily into her introductory history course, which includes students with varying academic skills and time constraints. She values its accessible articles, diverse topics, and potential for deeper inquiry, enabling all students to engage meaningfully with historical concepts, regardless of their background.

Incorporate fascinating scholarship

Musical Myth-Busting: Teaching Music History with JSTOR Daily

Pallas Catenella Riedler, PhD candidate and instructor at the Eastman School of Music, revitalizes engagement in her music history courses with JSTOR Daily. She leverages the articles to contextualize musical works and composers within their socio-political environments, inspire research paper topics, and facilitate learning in asynchronous settings.

Harness the power of quirk

Building Classroom Discussions around JSTOR Daily Syllabi

Nicole Donawho, a history professor at a community college in North Texas, uses JSTOR Daily syllabi and roundups to structure engaging classroom discussions. These curated lists offer short, accessible reads organized by topic, allowing for flexible assignments based on student interests or historical periods. Professor Donawho shares her effective strategies for reading assignments, discussions, and post-discussion activities.

Help students develop discussion skills

Spark meaningful discussions with social annotation

Social annotation is a collaborative way to read and think about a text using digital tools. It transforms reading into an interactive, community-driven experience, allowing students to highlight, comment, and share their insights directly on digital resources. By fostering critical thinking and deeper comprehension, social annotation enables students to engage more meaningfully with course materials and supports close, active reading of online texts.

How social annotation enhances learning

• Encourages active participation, peer-to-peer learning, and critical analysis
• Makes complex scholarly texts more accessible through guided discussions
• Provides instructors with a window into students’ comprehension and thought processes
• Prepares students for richer, more dynamic class discussions

We’ve partnered with leading social annotation tool Hypothesis to bring collaborative annotation directly to millions of text-based JSTOR resources through your institution’s learning management system (LMS).