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2004:
March | April | May | June & July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov
2005:
Jan | Feb | March
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2006:
Jan | Feb | April | May | June | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec
2007:
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March 2004
- March 9: Notification of selected participants, master teachers, and control group members.
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April 2004
- April 21:
- Master Teacher Meeting, 5-7pm, location TBA.
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May 2004
- May 13, 2004
- Orientation meeting for Frederick, Winchester, and Clarke districts from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- May 20, 2004
- Orientation meeting for Fauquier, Manassas, Orange, and Culpeper districts from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Books for Summer Institute and book groups will be provided at this time.
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June and July 2004
- June 28-July 2:
- Summer Institute
will take place at GMU Prince William campus from 9 to 4:30
Monday-Thursday and 9-12 on Friday.
- June 28:
- Project Director, Elly Greene, will welcome participating and master teachers and introduce project requirements.
- “Production of Historical Knowledge” with GMU Professor T. Mills Kelly
- “Constitution and Early Republic” with GMU Professor Rosemarie Zagarri
- Breakout sessions led by master teachers for elementary, middle, high school and Special Education and/ or ESL teachers to consider how teachers might use what they are learning.
- June 29:
- Visit, tour and conduct primary research at the Library of Congress
- Teachers will meet in grade level breakout groups.
- June 30:
- “Civil War and Reconstruction” with GMU Professor Jane Censer
- “Interwar Years” with GMU Professor Michael O'Malley
- Teachers will meet in grade level breakout groups.
- July 1:
- “Locating and Evaluating Online Historical Resources” with GMU Professor
T. Mills Kelly
- “Post-1945 America” with GMU Professor Michael O’Malley
- Teachers will meet in grade level breakout groups.
- July 2:
- Visit Manassas Battlefield with Superintendent Robert Sutton and Education
Specialist Timothy Nosal.
- During and after Summer Institute teachers will:
- Write response paper to workshops, post on website, and respond to
other postings.
- Begin to conduct primary research, communicate with scholars, and
write lesson plans based on Summer Institute content.
- Participate in online discussions with cohort teachers, master teachers,
and project director.
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August 2004
- August 3:
- Frederick Douglas National
Historic Site with GMU Professor Jeffrey Stewart
and University of Maryland Professor Carla Peterson.
- August 17:
- Visit to Mount Vernon and talk by Peter Henriques on George Washington, teachers tour home and grounds.
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September 2004
- Mid to late September book discussion groups meet in three
clusters to discuss book A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard,
Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Teachers write response to book and discussion, post on
website, and respond to other postings.
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October 2004
- October 20:
- Workshop at the Smithsonian NMAH where Professor
Timothy Meagher and Curator Tom Crouch will focus on American immigration
and World War II-era internment of Japanese Americans; teachers will
tour “More Perfect Union” exhibit; Barbara Clarke Smith
will explore using material culture to teach history.
- Teachers read essays from The New American History
and Portrait of America.
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November 2004
- Book discussion groups meet to discuss For Cause and Comrades ,
by James McPherson. Teachers write response to book and discussion, post on
website, and respond to other postings.
- Teach lesson plan based on Summer Institute knowledge and observe peers.
- Begin research to design extended curriculum
unit, submit outlines and bibliographies at book groups.
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January 2005
- January 19 or 20:
- Workshop in the morning at GMU’s Prince
William campus on analyzing online primary sources with GMU Professor Kelly Schrum
and in the afternoon at Laurel Grove School (historic African-American
school), with Wendi Manuel-Scott on Civil Rights and Harry Rubenstein
on Brown v. Board of Education.
- Teachers apply to be part of the second year cohort with
first preference given to first year’s control group teachers.
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February 2005
- Book discussion groups meet to discuss Stories of Scottsboro, by James Goodman. Teachers write response to book and discussion, post on
website, and respond to other postings.
- Teachers work on their extended curriculum unit.
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March 2005
- Teachers meet in groups to discuss their last book, Nixon's
Shadow: The History of an Image, by David Greenberg. Teachers write response to book and discussion, post on
website, and respond to other postings.
- Draft unit for extended curriculum unit submitted to project
director and master teachers for feedback.
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April 2005
- Workshop on September 11th attacks and post-war foreign
policy with American University Professor Melani McAlister, NVCC Professor Charles
Errico, and Managing Editor of September 11
Digital ArchiveTom Scheinfeldt.
- Teachers present their curriculum unit to scholars, steering
committee members, and each other.
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May 2005
- Closing reception for first year cohort.
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December 2005
- December 9:
- Applications are due for Cohort 3 Option A – Full year program with 3 graduate credits and $1000 stipend.
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January 2006
- January 12:
- Cohort 3 Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm in Warrenton for all districts
- January 16 (Martin Luther King Day) 9:30-3:30 pm (Cohort 2 Workshop)
- Master Teacher Orientation (Cohort 3) from 8:00 am to 9:30 am
- Reading assignments and books provided at the January 12th orientation
Summer Institute Books:
- Portrait of America Volumes I and II edited by Stephen B. Oates and Charles J. Errico
- The New American History edited by Eric Foner
- Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts by Sam Wineburg
- The Reader’s Companion to American History edited by Eric Foner and John A. Garraty
Book Group Books:
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February 2006
- Book group meets to discuss American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
- February 13:
- Post online reflection on American Scripture
- February 15:
- All districts meet in Warrenton from 4-6 pm
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April 2006
- April 21:
- Applications are due for Cohort 3 Option B – Summer only program with $750 stipend
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May 2006
- Abbreviated Cohort Orientation
- May 16:
- All districts meet in Warrenton from 4-6 pm
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June 2006
- June 5:
- Post online reflection on A Murder in Virginia
- June 7:
- All districts meet in Winchester from 4-6 pm
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July 2006
- July :
- Summer Institute will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30 am-4:00 pm
- July 11 :
- Welcome, Roy Rosenzweig and Elly Greene
- “Production of Historical Knowledge,” Mills Kelly
- “Constitution and Early Republic,” Rosemarie Zagarri
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 12 :
- “George Washington,” Peter Henriques
- Mount Vernon Site Visit with Guided Tour
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 13 :
- “Slavery,” Adam Rothman
- “Abolition,” Carla Peterson
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 17:
- Both Cohorts post online reflection on 7/11-7/13 summer institute
- July 18:
- “Civil War and Reconstruction,” Jane Censer
- Manassas Battlefield Site Visit, Discussion and Tour, Timothy Nosal
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 19:
- National Museum of the American Indian Site Visit
- Morning self-guided tour
- Afternoon discussion with museum staff
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 20:
- “World War II,” Zachary Schrag
- “Analyzing Online Primary Sources,” Sharon Leon
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- July 24:
- Both Cohorts post online reflection on 7/18-7/20 summer institute
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August 2006
- August:
- Summer Institute continued and will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30 am-4:00 pm
- August 7 :
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Site Visit
- Morning self-guided tour
- Afternoon discussion with Education Specialist
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- August 8 :
- “Post-1945,” Michael O’Malley
- “Homeward Bound” Book Group
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- August 9 :
- “Civil Rights,” Wendi Manual Scott
- “Hands On Primary Sources” Sharon Leon
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
- August 14:
- Both Cohorts post online reflection on 8/8-8/10 summer institute
- August 25:
- Brief description of primary sources and the two lessons due via email to Elly Greenein which you will teach them during September and in October by Oct. 20
- Curriculum unit topic due via email to Elly Greene
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September 2006
- Teach two lessons integrating online primary source lessons
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October 2006
- If not done in September, teach two lessons integrating online primary source lessons by October 20, 2006
- October25:
- All districts meet in Warrenton for a Curriculum Unit Design Workshop from 4-6 pm
- October 31 :
- Write up your experience with one of the primary source infusion lessons taught in September/October and email it to Elly Greene
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November 2006
- November 10:
- Curriculum unit outline and resources due via email to Elly Greene
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December 2006
- December 10 :
- Curriculum unit draft due via email to Elly Greene
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January 2007
- January10:
- Curriculum unit feedback on draft returned via email by Elly Greene
- January 24:
- Curriculum unit final due via email to Elly Greene
- January 26:
- Curriculum Unit Presentation
- Closing Luncheon
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