2006 Summer Institute

2006 participants sit in breakout session at Smith College.

 

Institute Program
Smith College, Northampton, MA

   

 

 

 

 

 

Monday July 10

1.  Rich Cairn: Welcome and Orientation to HEC TAH Program
2.  Bruce Laurie: Overview of History Content
3.Breakout Sessions
        1.  Bob Maloy and Bruce Laurie: Methods for Using Documents in the Teaching of History (Elementary)
        2.  Dave Hart: Introduction to the On-Line Case Studies (Secondary)

Tuesday July 11

  1. Marla Miller: Colonial America
  2. Rich Cairn: Program Expectations
  3. Breakout Sessions
    1. Bob Maloy, Bruce Laurie, and Marla Miller: Methods for Using Documents in the Teaching of History (Secondary)
    2. Dave Hart: Introduction to the On-Line Case Studies (Elementary)

Wednesday July 12

  1. Virtual Field Trip (Videoconferencing link from HEC in Northampton to national site to be determined.)
  2. Kerry Buckley: Accessing Resources of Historic Northampton
  3. Work on projects by individuals and teams.
  4. David Glassberg: Where We Live (tentative)
  5. Reception at Historic Northampton: Meet staff and volunteers from other local historical societies and museums.

Thursday July 13

  1. Marla Miller: Trouble in the Valley: From Shays to Madison
  2. Breakout Sessions
    1. Marla Miller: Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Meghan Gelardi: Accessing Local Documents and Artifacts
    3. Bob Maloy: Internet Resources for Teaching History
    4. Tech Training

Friday July 14

  1. Christopher Clark: Jeffersonian America
  2. Breakout Sessions
    1. Christopher Clark: Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Meghan Gelardi: Accessing Local Documents and Artifacts

      3. Bob Maloy: Internet Resources for Teaching History

    3. Tech Training

Monday July 17

  1. Christopher Clark: Jacksonian America
  2. Breakout Sessions:
    1. Christopher Clark: Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Work on projects
    3. Tech Training

Tuesday July 18

  1. Leonard Richards: The 1840s
  2. Breakout Sessions
    1. Leonard Richards: Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Work on projects
    3. Tech Training

Wednesday July 19

  1. Field Trip to Springfield Armory
  2. Work on projects
  3. View 19th Century Landscape Painting at Springfield Quadrangle (Tentative)

Thursday July 20

  1. Bruce Laurie: Reconstruction
  2. Breakout Sessions
    1. Bruce Laurie: Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Work on projects
    3. Tech Training

Friday July 21

  1. Leonard Richards: The Coming of the Civil War
  2. Breakout Sessions
    1. Leonard Richards:Work with local primary source documents.
    2. Complete projects.
    3. Tech Training

Readings

Each participant will receive a copy of the course textbook and a packet of national and local primary source documents. Textbook: Inventing America, Second Edition. (2006) Eds. Pauline Maier, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Merrit Roe Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alexander Keyssar, Harvard University; Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University  http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/history/inv2/

Presenter Profiles

  • Kerry Buckley, Executive Director, Historic Northampton – Editor of A Place Called Paradise: Culture & Community in Northampton, Massachusetts and author of other works on Northampton history.
  • Rich Cairn, Director, Teaching American History program, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Christopher Clark, Professor of History, University of Connecticut - Books include The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association
  • Richard Colton, Historian, Springfield Armory National Historical Site.
  • Sharon Edwards, 2nd Grade Teacher (Retired) Marks Meadow Elementary School, Amherst
  • Joanne M. Gangi-Wellman, Chief of Visitor Services, Springfield Armory National Historical Site
  • Meghan Gelardi, Research Assistant, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • David Glassberg, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts – Author of American Historical Pageantry: The Uses of Tradition in the Early Twentieth Century and other works on modern U.S. history, public history, and environmental history.
  • David M. Hart, Executive Director, Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology, University of Massachusetts – Directed web-based history education projects including work with Historic Northampton, Springfield Armory, and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association.
  • Bruce Laurie, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts – Author of Artisans and Workers: Labor in Nineteenth Century America, and other works on U.S. labor history. Former Fellow with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  • Sara Lowe-Bouchard, Assistive Technology Specialist, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Bob Maloy, Lecturer, University of Massachusetts School of Education – Emphasis on History and Social Studies Education.
  • Marla Miller, Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts - Author of , History Department, University of Massachusetts – Author of The Needle’s Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution.
  • Leonard Richards, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts - Books include Shays’s Rebellion: The American Revolution’s Final Battle.
  • Mike Rooney, Distance Learning Director, Hampshire Educational Collaborative – Supports virtual field trips and videoconferencing links.
  • Erik Sussbauer, English Teacher, Mohawk Trail Regional High School – Manages on-line courses in Moodle for himself and other Mohawk Trail teachers.
  • Ruth-Ellen Verock-O’Loughlin, Lecturer, University of Massachusetts School of Education – Elementary education specialist.
  • Robin Warner, DYS Instructional Coach, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Debbie Zacarian, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, and Director of English Language Learning, Amherst Public Schools