2008-09 Cohort B Schedule
2008
March
March 12: Orientation, 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Discuss project requirements, website, and web modules. Teachers will receive project books and complete evaluation materials.
- GMU Loudoun Campus, Classrooms 219 & 232 and Lab 216
April
April 16: Historical Film Workshop on The Civil Rights Movement, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
With George Washington University Professor Melani McAlister.
Open to All LCPS Teachers. Not required for Cohort B.
- Eagle Ridge Middle School Auditorium.
May
May 28, Seminar, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
“Historical Thinking Skills,” with GMU Professor T. Mills Kelly
- GMU Loudoun Campus, Room 232
June
June 23-27: Summer Institute, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cohort A & B will participate in all activities
GMU Loudoun Campus Rooms 232 and 235
- June 23:
- “Introduction and Thoughts on Teaching History,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- “Locating and Evaluating Online Primary Sources,” with GMU Professor Sharon Leon
- “Introduction to Content Themes,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- June 24:
- “Colonial America,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- “Native Americans,” with College of William and Mary Professor Danielle Moretti-Langholtz
- June 25:
- Mount Vernon Site Visit
- “The Early Republic and Founding Documents,” with GMU Professor Rosie Zagarri
- June 26:
- “Early Federal,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- “Using Primary Sources,” with GMU Professor T. Mills Kelly
- “Analyzing Online Primary Sources,” with GMU Professor Sharon Leon
- June 27:
- “Slavery,” with Georgetown Professor Adam Rothman
- Lunch Presentation: National History Education Clearinghouse
- “Antebellum,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- Interactive Teaching Strategies Seminar with Sarah Whelan
July
- July 1:
- Post reflection on first week of Summer Institute
July 7-11: Summer Institute, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
GMU Loudoun Campus Rooms 232 and 235
- July 7:
- Harpers Ferry Site Visit
- “Civil War,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- July 8:
- “Reconstruction,” with GMU Professor Michael Bottoms
- “Race/Jim Crow,” with GMU Professor Wendi Manuel-Scott
- July 9:
- “Progressive Era,” with GMU Professor Sharon Leon
- “The Great Depression,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- Interactive Teaching Strategies Seminar with Sarah Whelan
- July 10:
- “World War II,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- “Civil Rights,” with GMU Professor Wendi Manuel-Scott
- July 11:
- “Cold War and Beyond,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
- Interactive Teaching Strategies, Content Survey, and Wrap-Up
- July 15:
- Post reflection on second week of Summer Institute
- July 18:
- Primary Source Activity Topics Due
August
August 25: National Archives and Records Administration Site Visit and Workshop
- Depart from GMU Loudoun Campus front parking lot at 8:15 a.m. sharp
September
September/October: Teach Primary Source Activity and Write Case Study.
October
If not done in September, teach and write about primary source activities.
October 20: First Primary Source Activity Case Study Due
October 29: Annual Keynote Lecture, “Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic,” 4:30-7:00 p.m.
With George Mason University Professor Rosemarie Zagarri
Open to All LCPS Teachers. Not Required for Cohort B
- Eagle Ridge Middle School Auditorium
November
November 24: Second Primary Source Activity Case Study Due
2009
January
January 14: Historical Film Workshop on Living with the Bomb: The Cold War and the Atomic Age in America, 4:30-7:00 p.m.
With George Mason University Professor Christopher Hamner
Open to All LCPS Teachers. Not required for Cohort B.
- Eagle Ridge Middle School Auditorium
