American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop

Children & Teenagers in U.S. History

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 Welcome and breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 Keynote by Dr. Natasha Zaretsky, "Victim, Culprit, or Both? The Place of Childhood and Youth in History"
10:00 - 10:15
Break
10:15 - 11:00 First session: Session with Natasha Zaretsky OR computer lab time time explore Chicago History Museum resources and websites
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:00

Second session: Switch
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 2:15 Keynote by Dr. Kate McDowell, "Creating a History of Children as Readers, 1890-1930"
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:15

First Session: Choose from the following:
-Discussion session with Kate McDowell in room 1520
-“Going Ape and Having a Cow: Teenage Life in Champaign County and Beyond in the 1950s” with Karen Klebbe in Room 1734
- Documentary, "Children of the Camps" in room 1735
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:15

Second Session: Choose from above
4:15 - 4:30 Closing remarks and evaluations

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