Breakout Workshops Session 1
Curriculum Sharing
Room 338: For Elementary Teachers
Slavery as Forced Immigration: Strategies and Resources for Teaching about the Slave Trade
-Helen Sellers, KillamElementary School, Reading
RoomTBA: For Middle & High School Teachers
Teaching with Hollywood: Strategies for Working with Feature Film in the U.S. History Classroom
- Pamela Foss, DanversHigh School
Using Wikis in the U.S. History Classroom
- Dan Hanlon, LowellHigh School
Room 339: For Middle & High School Teachers
The Culture of the Dine: Examining the Navajo in the Context of Westward Expansion
- Caroline Allison, ReadingMemorialHigh School
Slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law: Opposing Viewpoints
- Kathryn Jones, NorthReadingMiddle School
Classroom Connections Workshop
Immigration and Massachusetts
- TsongasIndustrialHistoryCenter
Using the words and feelings of actual immigrants to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Immigration programexplores themes common to immigrants: the decision to leave; the journey over;initial hardships; preserving culture; and becoming an “American.” Teachers will work with primarysource excerpts from oral histories to examine the immigrant experience.
To register
- Contact Kara Gleason, Project Director,Encounters and Exchanges in U.S. History
Email:
Phone: 781-670-2892
- Provide your name, district, school, email address, and subject and grade level taught.
The Encounters and Exchanges in U.S. History Annual Conference is a free event. Teachers should register for the conference as soon as possible as space is limited. Substitute coverage will be reimbursed for teachers from the partner districts of Danvers, Lowell, North Reading, and Reading through the Encounters and Exchanges in U.S. History grant.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Encounters and Exchanges in U.S. History
YEAR THREE
Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History
Teaching American History Grant
Annual Conference
2009
Immigration, Migration, and Race Relations
April 17, 2009
ReadingMemorialHigh School
Reading, MA
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education
Award #: U215X060073
Encounters & Exchanges in U.S. History
Annual Conference Introduction
The annual conference provides a pathway for American history teachers to enrich their knowledge of history and the use of primary sources. Historians, museum educators, and teacher fellows will conduct lectures and model instructional strategies in their areas of expertise. The annual conference is suited for teachers of Grades 3 - 12.
Project goals
- Improve teachers’ content knowledge in American history.
- Strengthen American history programs in the partner districts of Danvers, Lowell, North Reading, and Reading.
- To help teachers meet the Historical Thinking Benchmarks of the American Historical Association.
- To improve student knowledge of American history.
Annual Conference Agenda
Time / Location / Content8:15 a.m. -8:30 a.m. / Main Street / Arrival and Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. / Distance Learning Lab, Room 413 / Arrival, Registration, Introductions, & Welcome
Kara Gleason, Project Director
9:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m. / Distance Learning Lab, Room 413 / Keynote Address
James Green, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts at Boston
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. / Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. / Room 338
Room 339
Room TBA / Breakout Workshops Session 1: Teacher Fellows
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. / Cafeteria / Lunch
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. / Distance Learning Lab, Room 413 / TsongasIndustrialHistoryCenter Workshop:
Immigration to Massachusetts
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. / Break
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. / Distance Learning Lab, Room 413 / Performance
The Promised Land
Keynote Address
James Green, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Historian James Green, Professor of History at UMass Boston and author of Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America,will discuss theHaymarket tragedyas a case study in looking atkey ideas regarding labor, work, capitalism, immigration, and ethnic relations in the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century.By means of historicalnarrative, historical context, and a variety of primary sources, Professor Green will examine important themes, events, and eras in U.S. history.
Performance
Promised Land: Music of the Immigrant Experience
Young Audiences of Massachusetts
Promised Land celebrates diversity in America, and validates the uniqueness of each individual by weaving a rich tapestry of personal stories and songs from many cultures represented in today’s world. Trace the story of immigrants who left the "Old World" to search for a life in America. Sing along and listen to the odysseys of people who found themselves on a new continent, faced with overwhelming challenges and opportunities. Hear the sounds of many instruments, including the mandocello, tambourine, string bass, recorder, penny whistle, fiddle, Native American flute and spoons.