David Olson, director of education for Retro Report, presented on how to connect transformative texts to contemporary issues using Retro Report’s classroom resources.

Marina van Zuylen, Clemente Chair in the Humanities at Bard College, presented on how she teaches Charles Baudelaire’s “The Bad Glazier” as part of a gen ed course.

Professor Tara Menon of Harvard University describes how she teaches Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as part of a first-year general education course.

Professor Sarah Igo of Vanderbilt University describes how she teaches Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and bell hooks’ “Democratic Education” together.

Professor JP Messina of Purdue University describes how he teaches Charles Dickens' Hard Times with Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments.

Professor Melanie Hill of Rutgers University-Newark describes how she teaches Toni Morrison’s Beloved with the help of music.

Fannie Bialek of Washington University in St. Louis describes how she teaches Plato's Allegory of the Cave with James Baldwin's 1963 'A Talk to Teachers.'

Professor Swati Srivastava, assistant professor of political science at Purdue University, describes how she teaches George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.

Matthew Pinsker, Professor of History & Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History at Dickinson College, on how he teaches Lincoln's First Inaugural.

Emily Bernard, Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont, on how she teaches Nella Larsen's Passing.

Lerone Martin on how he teaches Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Rutgers Professor Rachel Hadas and Vanderbilt Professor Major Jackson on engaging students in analyzing poetry.

Princeton Professor Deborah Nord and Purdue Professor Melinda Zook on how they teach Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein to students concentrating in STEM.

Alumni from Knowledge for Freedom (KFF) programs speak about the texts that challenged, excited and remained with them from their high school summers.

Andrew Delbanco, President of the Teagle Foundation, on how he teaches Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener.

Elizabeth Samet on how she teaches Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Stephanie Almeida Nevin on how she teaches Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" to students. 

Roosevelt Montás discusses his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation. 

Reginald Dwayne Betts in conversation with Major Jackson on why reading and writing matter.

Heather Ohaneson on how she teaches Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan to high school students.

Dan-el Padilla Peralta on how he teaches Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan.

Roosevelt Montás on how he teaches The Souls of Black Folk to high school students.

Learn more about the “Cornerstone” approach to reinvigorating the role of the humanities through general education.

Bryan Garsten on how he teaches Plato's "Apology."

Theodore Hadzi-Antich on maintaining momentum for Great Questions Seminars at Austin Community College.

Roosevelt Montás explains how to teach transformative texts for an emancipatory education.

Dan-el Padilla Peralta on how he teaches Cicero's "Speech in Defense of the Poet Archias"

Melinda Zook describes how Purdue launched the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts certificate to reinvigorate the role of the humanities in general education.

Teagle President Andrew Delbanco describes motivations and models for transforming general education through the humanities.

This video features Roosevelt Montás on how he teaches "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" by Frederick Douglass.

Knowledge for Freedom programs invite underserved high school students to study enduring works of literature and philosophy that raise deep questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility.