Schedule for Cohort 2: 2005-2006

2005:

April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec

2006:

Jan | Feb | March | April

April 2005

• April 11:
  • Master Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm
• April 13:
  • Cohort Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm for Culpeper, Orange, Fauquier, & Manassas
• April 21:
  • Cohort Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm for Clarke, Frederick, & Winchester
  
  Reading assignments and books provided at this time
  
  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:
  American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
  A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial by Suzanne Lebsock
  Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

May 2005

• Book groups meet to discuss American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
• May 19:
  • All Groups: Post online reflection on American Scripture
• May 23:
  • Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas and Orange group meets from 4-6 pm
• May 25:
  • Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester group meets from 4-6 pm

June 2005

• June 11:
  • Eric Foner workshop
  • 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  • Optional – cohorts one and 2 are invited

July 2005

• July 6-8 and 12-14:
  • Summer Institute will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30-4:00 pm
• July 6:
  • Welcome, Roy Rosenzweig and Elly Greene
  • “Production of Historical Knowledge,” Mills Kelly
  • “Constitution and Early Republic,” Rosemarie Zagarri
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• July 7:
  • “George Washington,” Peter Henriques
  • Mount Vernon Site Visit with Guided Tour
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• July 8:
  • “Slavery,” Adam Rothman
  • Library of Congress Hands On Website Presentation, Digital Reference Specialists: Danna Bell-Russell, Peter Armenti, and Christine Pruzin
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• July 9:
• Field Trip Module Participants Only: Post online reflection on Mt. Vernon site visit
• July 11:
• Cohort post online reflection on 7/6-7/8 summer institute
• July 12:
  • “Abolition,” Carla Peterson
  • “Frederick Douglass,” Jeffrey Stewart
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• July 13:
  • “Civil War and Reconstruction,” Jane Censer
  • Manassas Battlefield Site Visit, discussion and Tour, Robert Sutton & Timothy Nosal
• July 14:
  • National Museum of the American Indian Site Visit
  • Morning presentation with museum staff
  • Afternoon visit exhibits and Cultural Resource Center
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• July 16:
• Cohort post online reflection on 7/12-7/14 summer institute
• Field Trip Module Participants Only: Post online reflection on Museum of the American Indian Site Visit

August 2005

• August 9-11:
  • Summer Institute continued and will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30-4:00 pm
• August 9:
  • “Immigration,” Timothy Meagher
  • “Locating and Evaluating Online Historical Resources,” Sharon Leon
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• August 10:
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Site Visit
  • Morning orientation and self-guided tour
  • Afternoon session with Education Specialist
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• August 11:
  • “World War II,” Zachary Schrag
  • “Post-1945,” Michael O'Malley
  • Hands On Primary Source Workshop
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• August 12:
• Field Trip Module Participants Only: E-mail reflection on Holocaust Memorial Museum Site Visit to Elly Greene
• August 13:
• Cohort post online reflection on 8/9-8/11 summer institute
• August 26:
• Brief description of primary sources and the two lessons in which you will teach them during September and in October by Oct. 14. Due via e-mail to Elly Greene.

September 2005

• Teach two integrated online primary source lessons

October 2005

• If not done in September, teach two integrated online primary source lessons
• Book groups meet to discuss A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial
• October 13:
  • All Groups: Post online reflection on Murder in Virginia
• October 17:
  • Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas and Orange group meets from 4-6 pm
• October 20:
  • Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester group meets from 4-6 pm
• October 28:
• Write up your experience with one of the primary source infusion lessons taught in September/October. Due via e-mail to Elly Greene
  
  

November 2005

• November 7:
  • Curriculum unit topic due via email to Elly Greene
• Groups meet for a Curriculum Unit Design Workshop
• November 14:
  • Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas and Orange group meets from 4-6 pm
• November 16:
  • Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester group meets from 4-6 pm

December 2005

• December 14:
  • Curriculum unit outline due via email to Elly Greene

January 2006

• January 16 (Martin Luther King Day):
  • “Civil Rights,” Wendi Manuel-Scott
  • “Analyzing Online Primary Sources,” Sharon Leon
  • Grade Level Break Out Groups
• January 18:
• Post online reflection on January 16, 2005 workshop
• January 30:
• Curriculum unit resources due via email to Elly Greene

February 2006

• Book groups meet to discuss Homeward Bound
• February 24:
  • All Groups: Post online reflection on Homeward Bound
• February 27:
  • All Groups: Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas, Orange, Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester meets from 4-6 pm

March 2006

• March 27:
• Curriculum unit draft due via email to Elly Greene
  

April 2006

• April 7:
  • Curriculum unit draft returned via email by Elly Greene
• April 17:
  • Curriculum unit final due via email to Elly Greene
• April 24:
  • Full day: Curriculum unit presentations and closing celebration