Rapping for Research: Collaboration in the Classroom through Epic Rap Battles of History

Abstract

Librarians are always looking for ways to get into the classroom. What if you could partner with faculty to craft a research assignment that would bring you into classrooms to teach students to use library databases, evaluate internet websites, and properly cite these sources over multiple sessions? Find out how a librarian and an instructor collaborated on an assignment using Epic Rap Battles of History (well-known characters rap against each other) that facilitated research and fostered analytical thinking beyond what is expected in an introductory composition course. Collaboration equals student success!