American History Teachers' Collaborative
Summer Institute
Reform, Reformers, and Reformatories

July 27, 2009
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast |
| 8:30 - 10:30 | Timothy Gilfoyle, Crime from the Bottom Up |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | Explanation of the assignment options: lesson plan, reflective paper, or WebQuest |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Mini Sessions |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | |
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| 12:05 - 12:50 | Lunch |
| 12:50 - 1:20 | Mini Sessions |
| 1:25 - 1:55 | |
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| 1:55 - 2:20 | Break |
| 2:20 - 2:50 | Mini Sessions |
| 2:55 - 3:25 | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |
July 28, 2009
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast |
| 8:30 - 10:30 | Stacey Robertson, A More Perfect World: Benevolence, Moral Reform, and Women's Rights |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Discussion with Stacey Robertson in Room 1520 or Carol Inskeep in Room 1735 |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Switch sessions |
| 1:00 - 1:15 | Break |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | Discussion of primary source CD & national ties - Don Barbour, Tiffany Clark, and Karen Klebbe |
| 2:15 - 3:15 | Time in the computer lab |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Work time in computer lab or Room 1520 |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |
July 29, 2009
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast |
| 8:30 - 10:30 | James Barrett, From Colts to Cobras: Race, Ethnicity, and Street Gangs in the Twentieth Century |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Chicago Overview |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Group photo |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Joliet Prison and the "City of the Century" |
| 2:30 - 4:00 | Work time |
July 30, 2009
Agenda
| 8:00 | Board buses to leave Urbana School District |
| 10:45 | Arrive at Joliet Prison |
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| 11:15 | Board bus to drive to lunch |
| 11:30 - 12:45 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Drive to Hull House |
| 2:30 - 4:30 | Hull House Tour |
July 31, 2009
Agenda
| 8:00 | Board buses |
| 8:15 - 10:15 | Tour #1: Chicago History Museum "Best of Chicago Tour" |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Arrive back at hotel for a break |
| 10:45 - 12:45 | Tour #2: Chicago Crime Tour with Richard Lindberg |
| 4:00 | Arrive back in Urbana |