Schedule

2008-09 High School Schedule

2008

July

Orientation, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
  • Discuss project requirements, website, and web modules. Teachers will receive project books and complete evaluation materials
July 14-25: Summer Institute, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Full-Year and Summer-Only Cohorts will participate in all activities

  • July 14:
    • “What is History?” with George Mason University Professor T. Mills Kelly (All Teachers)
    • “Introduction,” with George Mason University Professor Michael O’Malley
  • July 15:
    • “Historical Thinking Skills,” with GMU Professor T. Mills Kelly (All Teachers)
    • “Ethnicity and National Identity,” with GMU Professor Michael Bottoms
  • July 16:
    • “Standardizing and Centralizing American Life,” with Michael O’Malley
    • National Building Museum Site Visit
    • “The Political Crisis of Industrialization,” with Michael O’Malley
    • Post your reflection on the forum based on the following question:
      What is the value of historical re-enactment?
  • July 17:
    • “Making Sense of Imperialism,” with Michael O’Malley
    • “Locating and Analyzing Online Primary Sources,” with GMU Professor Sharon Leon (All Teachers)
  • July 18:
    • “The U.S. and World War I,” with GMU Professor Christopher Hamner
    • “World War I, and the New Homefront,” with Michael O’Malley
  • July 20:
    • Post your reflection on the forum based on the following question:
      How did “modernity” transform American life? Which change(s) were most significant? Why?
  • July 21:
    • U.S. National Archives Site Visit (All Teachers)
    • “The Great Depression and New Deal,” with Michael O’Malley
  • July 22:
    • “Brown, Montgomery, and the Background of Civil Rights,” with Michael O’Malley
    • Teacher Research
  • July 23:
    • “Immigration – A Changing Nation,” with Michael O’Malley
    • “Vietnam at Home and Abroad,” with GMU Professor Meredith Lair
    • Post your reflection on the forum based on the following question:
      How reliable are photographs as evidence?
  • July 24:
    • “The End of the Cold War” with Michael O’Malley
    • “The Great Society and Its Critics,” with GMU Professor Zachary Schrag
  • July 25:
    • “The U.S. and Oil,” with Georgetown University Professor David Painter
    • “A Shrinking World?” with Michael O’Malley
  • July 27
    • Post your reflection based on the following questions:
      How did the Cold War shape the character of American society? How have Americans adapted to the end of the Cold War?
  • July 29
    • Lesson Plan Topic Due

August

August 8: Lesson Plan Workshops, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Lesson Plan Workshops; meet individually with Linda Spoales, Michael O’Malley, and Kelly Schrum to discuss Final Projects
  • Primary Source and brief description of each activity for Primary Source Activities due
  • Loiederman Middle School Computer Lab 139

September

September/October: Primary Source Activities will be taught and observed
September 10: Make-Up Lesson Plan Workshop, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

October

If not done in September, teach and write about primary source activities
October 20: Lesson Plan Outline and Primary Sources for Final Project Due

November

November 3: Primary Source Activity Case Study Due
November 12: Film and History Workshop on The U.S. and the Middle East, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
November 16: Post reflection on Film Workshop and respond to other’s posts
November 19: Lesson Plan Drafts Due

December

Project Coordinator and Lead Historian will provide feedback on Lesson Plan drafts
December 8: Post book reflection for Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars and respond to other’s posts
December 10: Book Discussion, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

2009

January

Continue working on Lesson Plans

February

February 17: Film and History Workshop on Vietnam, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
February 19: Post reflection on Film Workshop and respond to other’s posts
February 22: Post reflection for Stories of Scottsboro and respond to other’s posts
February 26: Book Discussion, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

March

March 21: Newseum Site Visit
  • Participants not required to attend

April

April 3: Final Draft of Lesson Plan Due
April 29: Closing Reception and Presentation of Lesson Plans, 3:00-6:00 p.m.