From the blog: "This website was designed to help other scholars integrate material culture into the Jewish Studies courses, particularly classes on Jewish American History and Culture. Although my scholarly focus is on early America, I also regularly use material culture in my American Studies classes and in our team-taught Western Humanities program on the Ancient Mediterranean. Rarely do I teach classes purely on material culture. Rather, I generally I use objects in conjunction with literature, historical, or religious texts. Thus, this website uses an integrated approach. On the sample syllabus and resources pages, however, you will find links to courses that focus solely on material culture."