Strengthening
the Teaching of American History
Summer
Institute 2004 at American University
July 8 - July 21
July
8-9 and July 19-21:
EDU
696: Curriculum and Instruction for American History
This course is designed to be an exploration and analysis
of the design of teaching in American History. During our week together,
we hope to build upon the knowledge and expertise that you already
bring to the teaching of social studies, and also to facilitate
ways for you to continue to grow and develop as teachers. Each day,
we will focus on using a particular social studies “tool”
in order to investigate more deeply the possibilities for classroom
practice.
Additionally, we will explore the foundations of teacher research,
and ask each of you to craft an inquiry question that you will investigate
and document in your classrooms. Throughout the course, you will
study the curriculum design, planning and delivery underlying the
teaching of history. Ultimately, our goal is to support your work
as teachers as you continue to create engaged, interactive, and
dynamic social studies classrooms which value and respect students
of diverse learning styles and socio-cultural communities.
Syllabus
- EDU
696: Curriculum and Instruction for American History - (ELEMENTARY)
Syllabus
-EDU
696: Curriculum and Instruction for American History - (SECONDARY)
July
12 - 16:
Early
American History to 1800:
This course offers elementary school teachers
a reintroduction to some of the major developments in the historical
study of early America. We will emphasize four themes of central
significance for this period: Native American history and the practice
of ethnohistory; gender and radical Protestantism; the development
of Anglo-American legal and political structures within a culturally
diverse society; and the institution of slavery and the emergence
of racial ideologies.
Syllabus
- Early American History to
1800 (ELEMENTARY)
The
Civil War Institute:
This course will introduce secondary school
teachers to the key causes and consequences of our
nation's most traumatic cultural experience. It
is designed to have participants explore the remnants and remembrances
of the Civil War era that remain in the nation's capitol. The principal
mode of instruction will be classroom lectures and discussions and
thematic study tours of the city and surrounding area.
Syllabus
- The
Civil War Institute (SECONDARY)
