Defining US: Schedule

Schedule for Cohort 2:

2005
February | April | June

February 2004

March 2004

March 15, 2004 4pm-8pm (same details as below)
March 16 and 17, 2004 8am-4pm:
- Content: "Westward Expansion and the Role of Minorities"
- Instructors: Dr. Alan Damon, Dr. Elliot West (historian), Dr. Denis Denenberg (learning specialist), and Dr. Cynthia Stout (master teacher)
- Location: Gunston Hall Plantation
- Readings: Portrait of America, volume 1, selections 20, 22 and volume 2, selection 4.

April 2004

April 1, 2004
- Lesson Plans due to Alice
- Send completed lesson in hard copy.
April 21, 2004 (all day):
- Content: "American Indians"
- Pedagogy: "Using Museum Artifacts"
- Instructors: Dr. Herma Viola and Dr. George Horse-Capture
- Location: National Museum of American Indian, Suitland, MD.
- Readings: Portrait of America: volume 1, selection 1, 4, and 21; and volume 2, selection 3

May 2004

May 5, 2004, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Elementary only
- Content: "Revolutionary War"
- Instructor: Dr. Charles Errico
- Location: Dunn Loring Center Assembly room
- Readings: Portrait of America: volume 1, selections 6, 7, and 12.
May 13, 2004, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Secondary only
- Content: "Vietnam"
- Instructor: Mr. Jud Sage
- Location: Lacey Center Multipurpose room
- Readings: Portrait of America, volume 2, selection 24

June 2004

June 1, 2004
- Final Lesson Plans due to Alice
- Send completed lesson plan in hard copy and on disk.
June 23-24, 2004, 8:00am-4:00pm:
- Content: "Society and Culture"
- Pedagogy: "Analyzing and Using On-line Primary Sources"
- Instructors: Dr. Barbara Smith, Dr. T. Mills Kelly, Dr. Jane Censer, and Dr. Michael O'Malley
- Location: Robinson Secondary, June 23: E108 and E109 (Computer Lab), June 24: E100 and E108
- Readings: Portrait of America, Vol I-Selections 3, 21 & 30
  After the Revolution, pg 45-86
  The Holy Cause of Liberty and Independence, pg 9-46
  Using History Matters with a Ninth-Grade Class.
- Workshop Website
June 28, 2004, 8:30am-3:30pm:
- Content: "The Expansion and Mapping of America"
- Pedagogy: "Using Maps to Teach History"
- Instructors: Mr. Ralph Ehrenberg, Judith Graves, Dr. John Hebert, and Dr. Ron Grim
- Location: Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- Readings: Portrait of America, volume 1, selections 17 and 18
- Notes: Bus provided. Leaves back of Fair Oaks Mall 6:30am
June 29, 2004 (all day):
- Content: "Jefferson's Vision for America"
- Pedagogy: "Teaching with Place "
- Instructors: Dr. Herman Viola and Dr. Gaye Wilson
- Location: Monticello
- Readings: Portrait of America, Vol 1, selection 8
  “Monticello”, American Places, Encounters with History, pg 269-280

July 2004

August 2004

September 2004

September 21, 2004, 4:30pm-7:30pm:
- Content: "The Presidency of George Washington"
- Instructor: Dr. Peter Henriques
- Location: Lacey Center, Multipurpose Room
- Readings: Portrait of America, volume 1, selection 10

September 24, 2004-Secondary
- Lesson Plans due to Alice
- Send completed lesson in hard copy.

September 27, 2004-Elementary, 4:30-6pm
- FOCUS GROUPS
- Location: Lacey Center, Multipurpose Room

October 2004

October 4, 2004-Secondary, 3:30-5pm
- FOCUS GROUPS
- Location: Lacey Center, Multipurpose Room

October 15, 2004-Elementary
- Lesson Plans due to Alice
- Send completed lesson in hard copy.

November 2004

November 15, 2004
- Final Lesson Plans due to Alice
- Send completed revised lesson plans in hard copy and on disk.

November 29, 4:30pm-7:30pm:
- Reception end of year two, beginning of year three
- Instructor: Dr. Peter Stearns, Provost GMU
- Location: Mt Vernon Estate
- Readings: Thinking History

February 2005

April 2005

June 2005