![A diverse college student going into a futuristic time machine. The student is wearing casual clothes, carrying a backpack with books and a laptop. They have a mixed ethnicity with features representing a blend of cultures. The time machine is sleek and metallic with glowing blue lights and a transparent dome on top. The student is facing the machine and stepping onto the platform, preparing to enter. The background shows a high-tech laboratory filled with various scientific equipment and a large screen displaying a holographic timeline. The scene conveys a sense of adventure and advanced technology.](https://files.oaiusercontent.com/file-kbNCz4oBkKJX5bh51J8vH6jL?se=2024-06-04T11%3A55%3A35Z&sp=r&sv=2023-11-03&sr=b&rscc=max-age%3D31536000%2C%20immutable&rscd=attachment%3B%20filename%3D228b7e73-f812-4a1c-a292-a9e888b760a8.webp&sig=/wjVx5aHlW8Enj/C%2BuCvYF4HV0%2BQp93mlDaswOWH9Gs%3D)
For my cultural diversity/western civilization (humanities) course last semester, students had the option each week of posting to a padlet a link to a “21st century” connection to the reading from their own lives. This could be a link to a movie, TV show, famous figure, news article, etc.
So, for example, if we were reading about Socrates, they…[Read more]