Schedule

2007-08 High School Schedule

2006

November

  • November 2: Film and History Workshop on Slavery

    4:00-6:00 p.m., with Professor Adam Rothman

2007

January

  • January 31: Keynote Lecture

    4:00-6:00 p.m., “The Civil Rights Movement and the Second Reconstruction” with Professor Roger Wilkins, CTI, 4 Choke Cherry Rd., Rockville

April

  • April 13: Cohort 1 Applications Due
  • April 19: Film and History Workshop on Native Americans

    4:00-6:00 p.m., with Professor Paula Petrik, CTI Classrooms 1 & 2 Rooms 124 & 125, 4 Choke Cherry Rd., Rockville

May

  • May 30: Orientation

    4:00-5:30 p.m., CTI Classroom 2 Room 125, 4 Choke Cherry Rd., Rockville

July

  • July 16—July 27: Summer Institute

    8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Clarksburg High School, 22500 Wims Road, Clarksburg, MD, 20871
    With Lead Historian Michael O’Malley

    Week 1

    • July 16:

      Historical Thinking Skills, T. Mills Kelly (George Mason University)
      Race in America: Key Moments, Wendi Manuel-Scott (George Mason University)

    • July 17:

      War in America, Christopher Hamner (George Mason University)
      Ethnicity and National Identity, 1790 to 1965, Michael Bottoms (George Mason University)

    • July 18:

      The Constitution, Individual Liberties, and War: From the Quasi War to the War on Terror, Whitman Ridgway (University of Maryland)
      Evaluating and Analyzing Online Primary Sources, T. Mills Kelly (George Mason University)
      Reflection Due: What is the value of historical re-enactment?

    • July 20:

      1877, 1886, and 1894: Industrialization, Urbanization, and the Modern Era
      Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Site Visit

    • July 22:

      Reflection due: How did “modernity” transform America life?

    • Week 2

      July 23:

      Racial Radicalism: The 1890s
      1917: World War I, Shaping the Twentieth Century

    • July 24:

      1933: The Great Depression and the New Deal
      Teacher Research and Lesson Plan Workshop

    • July 25:

      1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement
      U.S. National Archives Site Visit
      Reflection due: How reliable are photographs as evidence?

    • July 26:

      1965: Immigration, A Changing Nation
      Guest Lecture: “1968: Vietnam at Home and Abroad,” Meredith Lair (George Mason University)

    • July 27:

      Guest Lecture: “1980: Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Revolution,” Zachary Schrag (George Mason University)
      1989: The End of the Cold War

    • July 29:

      Reflection due: How did the Cold War shape the character of American society? How have Americans adapted to the end of the Cold War?

August

  • August 15: Topic for Lesson Plan Due
  • August 15: Primary Source and Brief Description of each Activity for Primary Source Activities Due

September

  • Teach Primary Source Activities
  • Write case study about experience teaching one Primary Source Activity
  • Project Coordinator observes one Primary Source Activity for each teacher
  • September 28

    High School Teachers – Post Reflection on Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion

October

  • Teach Primary Source Activities (if not taught in September)
  • Write case study about experience teaching one Primary Source Activity (if not taught in September)
  • Project Coordinator observes one Primary Source Activity for each teacher (if not taught in September)
  • October 3, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

    High School Teachers – Book Group, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion by Edward J. Larson

  • October 5

    Middle School Teachers – Post Reflection on The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America

  • October 10, 4:00-6:00P.M.

    Middle School Book Group The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America by Paul E. Johnson and Sean Wilentz

  • October 22

    Lesson Plan Outline and Primary Sources for Lesson Due

November

  • November 6 (or November 15): High School Teachers – Lesson Plan Workshop

    4:00–6:00 p.m., attendance required at 1 workshop

  • November 8 (or November 13): Middle School Teachers – Lesson Plan Workshop

    4:00–6:00 p.m., attendance required at 1 workshop

  • November 28: Film and History Workshop on War

    4:00–6:00 p.m., with Professor Christopher Hamner

  • November 30: Reflection Due

    On film and history workshop on War

December

  • December 20: Lesson Plan Draft Due

2008

January

  • January 8: Keynote Lecture

    4:00-6:00 pm, with Professor Linda Kerber

  • January 10: Post reflection on keynote lecture

February

  • February 27: Film and History Workshop on Civil Rights

    4:00-6:00 p.m., with Professor Melani MacAlister

  • February 29: Post reflection on film and history workshop on Civil Rights

March

  • March 1: High School Teachers – Post Reflection

    on Stories of Scottsboro

  • March 5: High School Teachers – Book Group

    3:30-5:30 p.m., Stories of Scottsboro, by James E. Goodman

  • March 7: Middle School Teachers – Post Reflection

    on Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era

  • March 12: Middle School Teachers – Book Group

    4:00-6:00 p.m., Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era edited by Ira Berlin and Leslie Rowland

April

  • April 10: Final Draft of Lesson Plan Due
  • April 24: Closing Reception and Presentation of Lesson Plans

    3:30-6:30 p.m. at Rosa Parks Middle School (Directions)