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2004:
May | June & July | Aug
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2005:
Jan | Feb | March
| April | May | June
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May 2004
- Reading assignments and book provided:
- Summer Institute Books:
- Portrait of America, Volumes I and II (eds. Oates and
Errico)
- The New American History (ed. Foner)
- Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts (Wineburg)
- Book Group Books:
- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her
Diary, 1785-1812 (Ulrich)
- For Cause and Comrades (McPherson)
- Stories of Scottsboro (Goodman)
- Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image (Greenberg)
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June and July 2004
- June 28-July 2: Summer Institute GMU
Prince William campus, Occoquan Building
- June 28, 9-4:30 pm:
- Welcome by Project Director, Elly Greene
(Room 318)
- “Production of Historical Knowledge,” GMU
Professor T. Mills Kelly (Room 318)
- Production of Historical
Knowledge, Workshop Website
- “Constitution and Early Republic,” GMU
Professor Rosemarie Zagarri (Room 318)
- Grade level breakout groups (Rooms 110A, 110H, 110E)
- Readings:
- “Models of Wisdom in the Teaching of History,” by
Sam Wineburg with Suzanne M. Wilson. (This reading is located
in Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts, Chapter
7.)
- "'Ourselves and Our Daughters Forever': Women and the Constitution,
1787-1876," by Linda K. Kerber, from One Woman, One Vote:
Rediscovering the Women's Suffrage Movement, ed. Marjorie
Spruill Wheeler.
- June 29, 9-4:30 pm:
- PW Campus, GMU bus leaves at 9:00 am
- Learn about primary sources at Library of Congress
- Grade level breakout groups (Rooms 110A, 110H, 110E)
- Readings: There are no readings assigned for this
day.
- June 30, 9-4:30 pm:
- “Civil War and Reconstruction,” GMU
Professor Jane Censer(Room 318)
- Links Discussed in
the Civil War Workshop
- “Interwar Years,” GMU
Professor Michael O'Malley(Room 318)
- Grade level breakout groups (Rooms 110A, 110H, 110E)
- Readings:
- "The Holy Cause of Liberty and Independence," and
"The Best Government on God's Footstool," from What
They Fought For: 1861-1865 by James McPherson.
- "Henry Ford: Symbol of an Age," by Roderick Nash and
"Flapper, Freudians, and All That Jazz," by Sara M.
Evans. (These 2 readings are located in Portrait of America,
Volume 2, Chapters 14 and 15.)
- July 1, 9-4:30 pm:
- July 2, 9-12:00 pm:
- Visit Manassas Battlefield with Superintendent Robert
Sutton and Education Specialist Timothy
Nosal
- Readings:
- “Soldering in the Civil War,” by Bruce Catton. (This
reading is located in Portrait of America, Volume 1,
Chapter 28.)
- July 9:
- July 9-August 3:
- Conduct primary research, communicate with scholars, and write lesson
plans based on Summer Institute cont
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August 2004
- August 3:
- Fauquier High School bus leaves promptly at 7:15a.m. & PW Campus,
GMU bus leaves promptly at 8:00 a.m.
- City Museum of Washington DC - 9:00 - 4:30 p.m.:
- August 5:
- August 17:
- Fauquier High School bus leaves promptly at 8:15a.m. & PW Campus,
GMU bus leaves promptly at 9:00 a.m.
- Mount Vernon - 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.:
- “George Washington,” GMU Professor Emeritus Peter
Henriques
- Tour home and grounds
- Grade level breakout group
- August 19:
- August 23:
- Draft of lesson plan due. Please email draft to Elly Greene with
lesson draft as an attachment.
- August 30:
- Draft of lesson plan returned—by email.
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September 2004
- September 3: A Midwife's Tale, book group
- Framing questions available
- September 17: A Midwife's Tale, book
group
- September 20:
- Final draft of lesson plan due—by email to Elly
Greene with lesson final draft as an attachment. Note: this will allow
you the option of using either of the August workshops/site visits
in your lesson plan.
- September 28: A Midwife's Tale, book group
meeting
- 4-6 pm (Frederick, and Winchester)
- September 30: A Midwife's Tale, book
group meeting
- 4-6 pm (Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas, and Orange)
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October 2004
- October 19 :
- Smithsonian NMAH:
- “American Immigration,” Professor
Timothy Meagher
- Select one exhibit for self-guided tour:
- World War II in Photographs
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Communities in a Changing Nation
- Field to Factory
- “Material Culture,” Barbara
Clarke Smith
- Grade level breakout groups
- October 21:
- October 29:
- Topic for curriculum unit due
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November 2004
- For Cause and Comrades is optional:
if choosing to read and discuss answer posted reflection questions and
plan to stay an hour longer at November 16th or 18th meeting to discuss
the book.
- November 16:
- 4-6:00 pm, hands-on meeting to discuss curriculum unit, at Winchester
Central Office--Staff Development Room (Frederick, and Winchester)
- November 18:
- 4-6:00 pm, hands-on meeting to discuss curriculum unit, at Culpeper
County School Board Offic--Conference Room (Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas,
and Orange)
- November 30:
- Submit outline of curriculum unit
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January 2005
- January 20:
- Workshop 9-11:00 am, GMU’s
Prince William campus
- Laurel Grove School 11-4:00 pm (historic African-American school)
- Meet to discuss workshop and submit curriculum unit bibliography
- January 24:
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February 2005
- February 2: Stories of Scottsboro
- Framing questions available
- February 16: Stories of Scottsboro
- February 23: Stories of Scottsboro
- 4-6:00 pm, book group meeting
in person (Frederick, and Winchester)
- February 24: Stories of Scottsboro
- 4-6:00 pm, book group meeting
in person (Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas, and Orange)
- Continue work on extended curriculum unit
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March 2005
- March 3: Nixon's Shadow, book group
- Framing questions available
- March 17: Nixon's Shadow, book group
- March 22: Nixon's Shadow, book group
meeting in person
- 4-6:00 pm (Frederick, and Winchester)
- March 24: Nixon's Shadow, book group
meeting in person
- 4-6:00 pm (Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas, and Orange)
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April 2005
- April 8:
- Curriculum unit draft due via E-mail to Elly
- April 15:
- Curriculum unit drafts returned via E-mail
- April 27:
- Final curriculum unit due via E-mail to Elly
- April 29:
- Curriculum unit presentations (location: GMU Prince William
Campus, Rm 110A in Occoquan Bldg)
- Panel discussion on September 11th attacks and post-war
foreign policy, George Washington University Professor
Melani McAlister, and Managing Editor of September 11 Digital
Archive, Tom Scheinfeld
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May 2005
- May 2:
- May 13:
- Evening reception for first year cohort
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June 2005
- June 11:
- Event: Eric Foner Presentation (Optional)
- Location: George Mason University's Fairfax Campus
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