Teaching American History Summer Institute
Illinois State University
August 5 - 9, 2002
Lawrence W. McBride
Frederick D. Drake
Gerald A. Danzer
Monday,
August 5: Learning and Teaching American History
Morning
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Lawrence W. McBride |
| 9:15 – 10:15 |
Colloquia Reunions: Primary Sources and Durable
Knowledge |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Group Reports |
Afternoon
Deliberative Discussion
Dr. Frederick D. Drake
| 12:30 – 1:15 |
Delving Deeper Into History’s
Vital Themes and Narratives - Presentation |
| 1:15 – 2:00 |
Historical Thinking and Core Documents - Presentation |
| 2:00 – 3:15 |
Report from the National History Project Summer
Institute: Focus Group Issues and NHP Document Collections |
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Form Focus Groups: Helping Students Think Historically
United States History and Civic Education
Global History and American History
Scope and Sequence in American History, Grades 6-16
State Standards and Assessment and the American History Course |
Tuesday,
August 6: Global Perspectives on American History
Morning
Global Perspectives on Learning and Teaching American History
Dr. Gerald A. Danzer
| 9:00 – 9:45 |
Teaching American History: Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow – Presentation |
| 9:45 – 10:30 |
The American Experience With World Maps –
Group Activity |
| 10:45 – 11:30 |
Reports and Reflections – Discussion |
Afternoon
Textbooks as Primary Sources
Dr. Gerald A. Danzer
| 12:30 – 1:15 |
The Historian’s Interest in Old History
Textbooks - Presentation |
| 1:15 – 1:45 |
Sample Documents – Group Activity |
| 2:00 – 3:15 |
Focus Groups – Deliberation on NHP Executive
Summaries |
Wednesday,
August 7: Geographic Perspectives on American History
Morning
Geographic Perspectives
Dr. Gerald A. Danzer
| 9:00 – 9:45 |
Cartographic Literacy – Presentation |
| 9:45 – 10:30 |
Involving Students in Historical Maps –
Pairs Activity |
| 10:45 – 11:30 |
Reports and Reflections – Discussion |
Afternoon
Dr. Gerald A. Danzer
| 12:30 – 1:15 |
Graphic Images in Historical Sources
– Group Activity |
| 1:15 – 2:00 |
Conclusion: Student Perspectives – Slices
of Time |
| 2:15 – 3:15 |
Focus Groups – Identifying Implications
for Professional Development |
Thursday,
August 8: Artifacts: The American Past, Present and Future
Morning
McLean County Museum of History
Greg Koos, Executive Director
| 9:00 – 10:15 |
Understanding American Diversity
Through Material Culture – Encounter on the Prairie Gallery
Activity |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Museum Galleries – Small Group Activity |
Afternoon
Walking Tours
Greg Koos and Dr. Lawrence W. McBride
| 12:30 – 3:00 |
Downtown Bloomington and Evergreen Cemetery
or
Downtown Normal and Cedar Crest Historic District. |
| 3:30 – 5:00 |
Reception in Cedar Crest Historic District |
Friday,
August 9: Learning and Teaching American History
Morning
| 9:00 – 10:30 |
Reading Colloquium |
| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Key Issues in the Learning and Teaching of
American History – Presentation
Dr. Lawrence W. McBride |
Afternoon
| 12:45 – 2:00 |
Focus Groups – Presentations |
| 2:00 – 3:00 |
Institute Evaluations, Program Evaluations,
Closure
Dr. Lawrence W. McBride |
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Professional Development School Network
For Learning and Teaching American History
Lawrence W. McBride
Frederick D. Drake
History Education Program
Department of History
Illinois State University
Year Two
First Colloquium
McLean County Historical Society
Bloomington, Illinois
September 27, 2002
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Introductions
Discussion of Pauline Maier’s American
Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (1997).
Teachers and professors discuss the historical content, primary
sources, and the implications for teaching history in their classrooms.
Frederick Drake
Department of History
Illinois State University
Mentors and Protégés
Plans for Future
| Colloquium: |
October 17, 2002, A Midwife’s Tale:
The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary |
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November 14, 2002, Rude Republic: Americans and Their
Politics in the Nineteenth Century |
| Seminar: |
December 7, 2002, Lincoln-way East High School
201 Colorado Ave.
Frankfort, Illinois 60423
(815-469-9645)
Principal and Grant Co-Director: Dr. Michael Gardner |
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Lincoln-Way East High School is off 96th Ave. or Route 45.
From I-80 take
the 96th Ave. Exit. Travel south approximately 3 miles. At Colorado
Ave.
(there is a stoplight and a Burger King at a corner) turn right.
The high school
will be on your right. Park in the parking lot on the north
side of the high school. |
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Professional Development School Network
For Learning and Teaching American History
Lawrence W. McBride
Frederick D. Drake
History Education Program
Department of History
Illinois State University
Year Two
Second Colloquium
McLean County Historical Society
Bloomington, Illinois
October 17, 2002
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Introductions
Discussion of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on
Her Diary.
Teachers and professors discuss the historical content, primary
sources, and the implications for teaching history in their classrooms.
Susan Westbury
Department of History
Illinois State University
Mentors and Protégés
Plans for Future
| Colloquium: |
November 14, 2002, Rude Republic: Americans and Their
Politics in the Nineteenth Century, with Silvana Siddali |
| Seminar: |
December 7, 2002,
Lincoln-Way East High School
201 Colorado Ave.
Frankfort, Illinois 60423
(815-469-9645)
Principal and Grant Co-Director: Dr. Michael Gardner |
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Professional Development School Network
For Learning and Teaching American History
Lawrence W. McBride
Frederick D. Drake
History Education Program
Department of History
Illinois State University
Year Two
Third Colloquium
McLean County Historical Society
Bloomington, Illinois
November 14, 2002
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Introductions
Discussion of Rude Republic: Americans and
Their Politics in the Nineteenth Century, by Glenn C. Altschuler
and Stuart M. Blumin. Teachers and professors discuss the historical
content, sources of evidence and interpretation, and the implications
of the book for teaching history.
Silvana Siddali, Colloquium Leader
Department of History
Illinois State University
Mentors and Protégés
Plans for Future
| Seminar: |
December 7, 2002, Lincoln-Way East High School
201 Colorado Ave.
Frankfort, Illinois 60423
(815-469-9645)
Principal and Grant Co-Director: Dr. Michael Gardner |
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Professional Development School Network
For Learning and Teaching American History
Year Two: Seminar One
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Teachers As Scholars: Bringing Together
Three Monographs
Pauline Maier’s,
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
(1997);
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s,
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on
Her Diary, 1785-1812 (1990); and
Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M Blumin’s
Rude Republic: Americans and Their Politics in the Nineteenth Century
(2000)
Lincoln-Way East High School
Saturday
December 7, 2002
AGENDA
(Continental Breakfast and Catered Lunch will be
provided)
| 8:00 – 8:15 |
Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Michael Gardner, Principal Lincoln-Way East High School
Michael Corey, Department Chair Lincoln-Way East High School
Lawrence W. McBride, Director History and Social Sciences Education
Program
Frederick D. Drake, Coordinator Partnership and Mentoring Program
in History & Social Sciences |
| 8:15 – 8:40 |
Plenary Session: Brief Overview and
Summary of Three Books
Frederick Drake, Department of History, Colloquium Leader of
American Scripture
Colloquium One, September 27
Susan Westbury, Department of History, Colloquium Leader of
A Midwife’s Tale
Colloquium Two, October 17
Silvana Siddali, Department of History, Colloquium Leader of
Rude Republic
Colloquium Three, November 14 |
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Each discussion leader will summarize for
the entire group main points of the books discussed at their
respective colloquia. The summaries will inform all seminar
participants of the key ideas representing the importance
of the selected reading. |
| 8:40 – 8:50 |
Break |
| 8:50 – 11:15 |
Breakout Sessions |
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Teachers and discussions leaders will meet
in their respective groups. These groups will be formed based
upon the book read and the lesson the teacher has created.
During each breakout session teachers will discuss and share
the following:
- Each teacher will identify an individual
from the book to invite to dinner for a conversation. Explain:
- Why this individual was chosen.
- Which of the six Vital Themes and
Narratives would inform the organization of content
in the conversation.
- Which Habit of the Mind would serve
as an entry point into the past so as to illuminate
the discussion with this individual.
- Each teacher will share the lesson created
for use in the classroom. Each teacher will identify a seminal
(First-Order Document) primary source that enhanced the
lesson.
- Each teacher will bring a sample of student
work that illustrates the effectiveness of student learning
in either/both the cognitive and affective domain.
- Each teacher will explain how he/she has
in-serviced/informed their faculty of the book read and
the significance of this book in the teaching of history.
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| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Catered Lunch
Lincoln-Way East High School will provide a catered
lunch. |
| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Group Reports
Each group will select a teacher(s) to summarize the
lessons and their effectiveness on student learning. Each group
will illustrate one or more of the lessons to the seminar participants.
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12:45 – 1:00 |
Summary Comments and Announcements
- Colloquium Four, February 14, 2003, The
Strange Death of American Liberalism
- Colloquium Five, March 20, 2003, Making
the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960
- Colloquium Six, April 4, 2003, Fast
Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
- Seminar, May 3, 2003, Pekin High School
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The Professional Development School Network
for Learning and Teaching American History
Teaching American History Summer Institute
At
Illinois State University
Doing History: Understanding
the Context of Freedom
Professional Development Building, Room 113
August 4-8, 2003
Tentative Agenda
Frederick D. Drake, Department of
History
Fred Walk, Visiting Master Teacher
Lucinda Beier, Historian-in-Residence
Kyle Ciani, Historian-in Residence
Silvana Siddali, Historian-in-Residence
Richard Soderlund, Historian-in-Residence
Lawrence W. McBride, Professor of History
Monday,
August 4: Textual and Image Documents
and the Context of Freedom
Doing History and Doing the Teaching of History:
Understanding the Context of Freedom
Morning
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome and Introduction
John B. Freed, Chair, Department of History
Frederick D. Drake, Illinois State University |
| 9:15 – 9:30 |
Primary Sources, Narratives, and
Durable Knowledge through
First-, Second-, and Third-Order Documents
Frederick D. Drake |
| 9:45 – 10:30 |
Doing the Teaching of History:
Ideas from the Classroom
Marcia Steward, Lincoln-Way East High School |
| 10:45 – 11:30 |
Analyzing an Image
Frederick D. Drake and Teachers/Scholars |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Lunch
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| Afternoon |
|
12:30 – 12: 45 |
Reunion of Research Teams: Book
Reactions On-Line
Frederick D. Drake and Charles Ian Chun, Graduate Assistant,
Illinois State University |
| 12:45 – 1:30 |
Reunion of Research Teams: Research
Team Kit Discussion
Diachronic and Synchronic Teaching and Identifying Vital Theme(s)
and Narrative and Habits of the Mind
American Scripture
Midwife’s Tale
Rude Republic
The Strange Death of American Liberalism
Making the Second Ghetto
Fast Food Nation
Teachers/Scholars |
| 1:45 – 2:45 |
Doing History: Research Teams
Discuss First-, Second-, and Third-Order Documents |
| 3:00 – 4:30 |
Doing History Laboratory
Schroeder 248
Charles Ian Chun, and Amy Chen, Graduate Assistant,
Illinois State University, and Teachers/Scholars |
Tuesday,
August 5: Textual and Image Documents
in the Context of Freedom
Doing History: Issues of Historical Context
Morning
| 9:00 – 11:30 |
Roundtable Discussion
of Doing History
Antebellum Midwestern State Constitutions:
Context of Core Documents and the Issue of Free Black Families
Silvana Siddali
Understanding the Context of Urban Families
through Core Documents of American History
Kyle Ciani
Matters of Life and Death: Core Documents
in Local Histories of Suffering and Healing
Lucinda Beier, Illinois State University
Advanced Consumerism, Freedom, and American
Society: Core Documents and Historical Problems and Issues
Richard Soderlund, Illinois State University |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Lunch
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| Afternoon |
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| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Discussion of Documents in the
Context of Freedom
Silvana Siddali, Kyle Ciani, Lucinda Beier, Richard Soderlund,
and Teachers/Scholars |
| 1:30 – 3:30 |
Doing History Laboratory
Professional Development Building and Schroeder 248
Silvana Siddali, Kyle Ciani, Lucinda Beier, and Richard
Soderlund work with Teachers/Scholars Research Team |
| 3:30 – 4:30 |
Evaluations: Tom Connors and Allan
Damon |
| 6:30 |
Dinner at Fiesta Ranchera, 1500
E. Empire St., Bloomington, Illinois |
Wednesday,
August 6: Physical Environment and
Material Culture in the Context of Freedom
Editing and Discussing Primary Sources
Using Analysis Guides to Help Historical Thinking and Deliberative
Discussions
Morning
| Professional Development Building |
| 9:00 – 9:45 |
Annotated Analysis Guides and Primary
Sources: Historical Thinking and Deliberative Discussions
Frederick D. Drake |
| McLean County Historical Society,
200 N. Main, Bloomington, Illinois |
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
Museum Galleries: Local Sources and Historical
Context
Bill Steinbacher-Kemp, Archivist, McLean County Historical
Museum |
| 12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch
|
| Afternoon |
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| 1:00 – 2:30 |
Walking Tour: Interpretation of the Downtown
Landscape
William Walters, Professor Emeritus Geography-Geology,
Illinois State University |
| 2:30 – 3:00 |
Evaluations: Tom Connors and Allan Damon |
| 3:00 – 4:30 |
Doing History Laboratory
Charles Ian Chun, Amy Chen, and Teachers/Scholars
Research Teams |
Thursday,
August 7: Physical Environment and Material
Culture in the Context of Freedom
Route 66: Using the “Mother Road” as a Primary Source
Morning
| Professional Development Building |
| 9:00 – 11:00 |
Dorothea Lange Photos and Constitutional
Documents
Fred Walk, Normal Community High School and Illinois State
University, Frederick D. Drake, and Teachers/Scholars |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Pre-Field Walk Experience: Examples of Student
Work with Route 66
Fred Walk |
| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch
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Afternoon |
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| Route 66: Walking Tour and Field
Work, Towanda, Illinois |
| 1:30 – 5:00 |
Route 66: Using the “Mother Road”
as a Primary Source
Fred Walk and Teachers/Scholars |
| Barbecue |
Fred and Fran Walk Home, Towanda, Illinois |
Friday,
August 8: Learning and Teaching American History Through Core Documents
and Narratives
Research Team Reports
Morning
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
Research Team Preparation |
| 10:15 – 11:30 |
Primary Source Documents and the Teaching of
American History:
Research Team Kits
American Scripture
Midwife’s Tale
Rude Republic |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Lunch
|
| Afternoon |
|
| 12:30 – 1:45 |
Primary Source Documents and the Teaching of
American History: Research Team Kits
The Strange Death of American Liberalism
Making the Second Ghetto
Fast Food Nation |
| 2:00 – 2:30 |
Key Issues in the Learning and Teaching of
American History in Local, National, and International Perspectives
Frederick D. Drake, Fred Walk, and Teachers/Scholars |
| 2:30 – 2:45 |
Future Programs
Frederick D. Drake, Fred Walk, Charles Ian Chun, Amy Chen,
and
Teachers/Scholars
- National Council for the Social Studies
Session, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Illinois, November 14-16
- Website Update
- Print Publication of Book Reviews, Lesson
Plans, and Research Team Kits
- History and Social Sciences Symposium,
Bone Student Center, March 15, 2004
- Illinois Council for the Social Studies,
September 17-18, 2004
- ICSS and Department of History Drive-In
Conference, November 2004
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| 2:45 – 3:30 |
Institute Evaluations, Overall Program Evaluation,
and Closure
Frederick D. Drake and Teachers/Scholars |
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