Schedule

2009-10 High School Schedule

2009

May 28: Orientation, 4:00-6:30 p.m.
  • Orientation to discuss project requirements, website, and web modules
  • Teachers receive project readings and complete evaluation materials

June

June 22–26: Summer Institute Week One, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., daily
  • June 22:
    • “What is History?” with George Mason University Professor T. Mills Kelly
    • “Introduction,” with George Mason University Professor Michael O’Malley
  • June 23:
    • “Historical Thinking Skills,” with GMU Professor T. Mills Kelly
    • “Ethnicity and National Identity,” with GMU Professor Michael Bottoms
  • June 24:
    • “Standardizing and Centralizing American Life,” with Michael O’Malley
    • National Building Museum Site Visit
    • “The Political Crisis of Industrialization,” with Michael O’Malley
    • Write and post your reflection to the forum based on the following question:
      What is the value of historical re-enactment? What are its shortcomings?
  • June 25:
    • “Making Sense of Imperialism,” with Michael O’Malley
    • “Promethean History,” with Lead Teacher Joe Jelen
  • June 26:
    • “The U.S. and World War I,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
    • “World War I and the New Homefront,” with Michael O’Malley
  • June 28: Write and post your reflection to the forum based on the following question:
    How did “modernity” transform American life? Which change(s) were most significant? Why?

July

July 20–24: Summer Institute Week Two, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., daily
  • July 20:
    • National Archives Site Visit
    • “The Great Depression and New Deal,” with GMU Professor Michael O’Malley
  • July 21:
    • “Brown, Montgomery, and the Background of Civil Rights,” with Adam Rothman
    • Teacher Research
  • July 22:
    • “Immigration – A Changing Nation,” with Michael O’Malley
    • “Vietnam at Home and Abroad,” with GMU Professor Meredith Lair
    • June 28: Write and post your reflection to the forum based on the following question:
      How reliable are photographs as evidence? Are they more or less reliable/useful than, say, text sources like newspapers or diaries?
  • July 23:
    • “The End of the Cold War” with Michael O’Malley
    • “The Great Society and Its Critics,” with GMU Professor Zachary Schrag
  • July 24:
    • “The U.S. and Oil,” with Georgetown University Professor David Painter
    • “A Shrinking World?” with Michael O’Malley
    • July 24: Primary Source Activity Topic Due
  • July 26: Write and post your reflection to the forum based on the following question:
    How did the Cold War shape the character of American society? How have Americans adapted to the end of the Cold War?
July 27: Lesson Plan Topic Due

August

Wednesday, August 12: Lesson Plan Workshop, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

September

September/October: Primary Source Activities will be taught and observed
Wednesday, September 23: Make-up Lesson Plan Workshop, 3:30 – 6:00 p.m
  • Attend if you were unable to make it to August 12 Workshop
  • Meet individually with Linda Spoales, Adam Rothman, and Kelly Schrum to discuss Final Projects
  • Primary Source and brief description of each activity for Primary Source Activities due
  • Center for Technology Innovation (click here for directions), Lab 3

October

If not done in September, teach and write about Primary Source Activities
October 1: Post book reflection for Fighting for American Manhood and respond to other’s posts
  • Full-Year Cohort Only
Tuesday, October 6: Book Discussion, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
October 26: Lesson Plan Outline and Primary Sources Due
  • Full-Year Cohort Only

November

Wednesday, November 4: Sounds of History, 3:30-6:30 p.m.
November 7: Post reflection on content workshop and respond to other’s posts
  • Full-Year Cohort Only
November 9: Primary Source Activity Case Study Due
November 23: Lesson Plan Drafts Due
  • Full-Year Cohort Only

2010

January

Project Coordinator and Lead Historian will provide feedback on Lesson Plan drafts

February

February 19: Post book reflection for Stories of Scottsboro and respond to other’s posts
  • Full-Year Cohort Only
Wednesday, February 24: Book Discussion, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

March

Wednesday, March 3: New Media, Primary Sources, and the History Classroom: A TAH Open House, 3:30-6:00 p.m.
March 8: Post reflection on technology workshop and respond to other’s posts
  • Full-Year Cohort Only

April

April 5: Final Draft of Lesson Plan Due
  • Full-Year Cohort Only
Tuesday, April 20: Closing Reception, 4:00-6:10 p.m.