Summer 2007 Colloquia

 
Image of workers in Northampton mill, 1900.  

Summer 2007, Colloquia Schedules - Smith College, Northampton, MA 

Summer Colloquia run from 9:00-3:30 each day.
- In the morning, participants will hear a daily lecture by scholars on a period and theme of U.S. history, including examination of important related national primary source materials.
- In the afternoon, participants will engage in facilitated breakout sessions by grade level to include: study of local primary sources, work on lessons and project plans, and work with scholars.  

  • June 25 - Three-hour Introduction to Emerging America. Overview of period of focus: 1877-1920. Program expectations. (Make-up July 9.)

*Scroll down for individual colloquium schedules, presenter bios, and a list of readings.

The Face of America: Immigration in Massachusetts, 1776-1924

Held: June 26-28, Smith College, Northampton, MA
With: Scott Wong, Williams College & Rich Colton, Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Schedule

  • June 26: Scott Wong - Survey of immigration history. Participants will explore basic concepts, patterns of immigration, the role of immigration laws and citizenship laws, and immigration in times of national crisis. 
  • June 27: Wong & Rich Colton - Case studies in immigration law and history.  Cable Act 1922.  Ozawa v. U.S. 1922.  Thind v. U.S. 1923.  Immigration Act 1924.  Raid on Boston Chinatown 1903. 
  • June 28: Wong - Literature in the history classroom, using "The Namesake" and "Island" as case studies. Oral history assignment.

Sensibilities: The Market Economy, Children & Leisure 1800-1920

Held: July 10-12, Smith College, Northampton, MA
With: Laura Lovett, UMASS-Amherst & Kerry Buckley, Historic Northampton

Schedule

  • July 10: Laura Lovett & Kerry Buckley - Survey on the history of childhood.  Changes in the household.  The Market Economy.  Consumer culture. 
    • Artifacts from the collections of Historic Northampton. 
  • July 11: Lovett & Buckley - The Rise of the Middle Class and the Reinvention of Childhood. Children’s  Books, Clothing, and Play.  
    • Artifacts from the collections of Historic Northampton.
  • July 12: Lovett & Buckley -  Race and class differences in childhood.  Child labor.  Problem Children and Child Saving.  The Special Status of Childhood.

The Impact of War on America: World War I

Held: July 31-August 2
With: David Glassberg, UMASS-Amherst & Rich Colton, Springfield Armory

Schedule

  • July 31: David Glassberg & Rich Colton - Progressive America; From Neutrality to Intervention; Mobilizing Economy and Society
  • August 1: Glassberg & Colton - Mobilizing Public Opinion; Boundaries of Citizenship; Dissent
  • August 2: Glassberg & Colton - Soldiers Experience; New Postwar Order; Lessons of the Great War

The Right to Vote: Colonial Era to 1924

Held: August 7-9
With: Bruce Laurie, UMASS-Amherst; Laura Lovett, UMASS-Amherst; & Kerry Buckley, Historic Northampton

  • August 7: Bruce Laurie - Survey of Voting Rights from Colonial Era to Today. 
  • August 8: Lovett & Buckley - Struggle for Women’s Suffrage.  Who is not included?  Race vs. gender.  Bringing together suffrage groups.  Fourteenth, Fifteenth, & Nineteenth Amendments.  Immigration Act of 1924.
  • August 9: Lovett & Buckley - Political Culture of the 1920s.  Election of 1924.  Merchandising Coolidge.  Scopes Trial as stealth patriotism issue.  What choices does the vote bring?  Low voter turnout.  

Presenters

Content Presenters

  • Kerry Buckley, Executive Director, Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center – Editor of "A Place Called Paradise: Culture & Community in Northampton, Massachusetts" and author of other works on Northampton history. (Sensibilities & Suffrage)
  • Richard Colton, Historian, Springfield Armory National Historical Site – Seeks to bring before the public the many historical narratives of the people and times of this historic site. (Immigration & WWI)
  • David Glassberg, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst – 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. (WWI)
  • Bruce Laurie, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst – Author of Artisans and Workers: Labor in Nineteenth Century America, and other works on 19th century U.S. history.   (Suffrage) 
  • Laura L. Lovett, Assistant Professor of History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst – Author of "Conceiving the Future: Nostalgic Modernism, Reproduction and the Family in the United States, 1890-1930"; "African and Cherokee by Choice’: Race and Resistance Under Legalized Segregation"; and other works on gender, race, and family. (Sensibilities & Suffrage)
  • K. Scott Wong, Professor of History, Williams College – Author of "Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War"; “Immigration and Race: The Politics and Rhetoric of Exclusion”; and other works on immigration, race, and ethnicity. (Immigration)

Methods Presenters

  • Kelley Brown, History Department Head, Easthampton High School; social studies instructor for Department of Youth Services teachers, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Irene LaRoche, Social Studies Department Head, Amherst Middle School
  • Sanford Roth, Literacy Facilitation and Systemic School Change, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
  • Robin Warner, Department of Youth Services Instructional Coach, Hampshire Educational Collaborative

Emerging America Staff

  • Rich Cairn, Director – Author of "Growing Hope: Integrating Youth Service into the School Curriculum", and numerous other publications on community service-learning.  413 586-4900 x166  
  • Meghan Gelardi, Research Specialist. 413 586-4900 x162  

Readings

General Text
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki.  (1994).  520 pages.  Back Bay Books. 

Immigration: June 24-26
The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri (2004)  304 pages.  Mariner Books; Reprint edition. 
Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940  by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung.  (1999). 174 pages.  Univ. of Washington Press. 

Sensibilities: July 20-12
Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood  by Steven Mintz  (2006).  (Originally 2004). 464 pages. Belknap Press.

WWI: July 31-August 2
Over Here: The First World War and American Society by David M. Kennedy. (2004). (Originally 1979).  448 pages. Oxford University Press, USA. 

Suffrage: August 7-9
White Women’s Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States, by Louise Michele Newman.  (1998).  272 pages. Oxford University Press, USA. 

Elementary:
Making Sense of History by Myra Zarnowski.  Ages 4-8.  (2006).  Scholastic.

*Primary source packets are also distributed for each colloquium.