Resources for college students and teachers

On this page you will find direct links to resources on our site of particular relevance to college courses in a range of subjects, including cultural and social history, literature, women’s studies, and media and communications.

Letters as a primary source: using Darwin’s correspondence in seminar discussions and essay writing provides students with an accessible and provocative source with which to develop a more comprehensive picture of Darwin’s life and work. The letters allow students to place Darwin’s published writings and notebooks within a broader social context, as well to explore the vital role of communication networks in science.  The teaching resources on this site include those originally developed for final-year undergraduates in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

Dramatisation of Darwin letters: the Project commissioned a dramatisation of correspondence between Darwin and the Harvard botanist, Asa Gray, exploring a scientific friendship that crossed both the Atlantic and spanned a theological gulf.   A two-actor version of the script of Re:Design is available through the link below for not-for-profit performance; it has been performed successfully at a number of colleges, museums, and conferences in Britain, Europe, and the United States.  If you decide to perform it, we would very much like to hear from you.