American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop
Illinois History : A Summer Institute
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and introductions
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| 8:30 – 10:30 | Keynote by Dr. James R. Grossman, Explorations into the Peopling of Chicago |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Announcements & Assignment Discussion |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:15 - 1:00 | Mini-session 1: Choose from one of the following: |
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| 1:00 - 1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:00 | Mini-session 2: Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Grossman - Tom Huber, Map Collection at the Illinois State Library - Time in the computer lab to review web resources and resources provided on the CD |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 - 3:00 | Breakout session 1 - Choose from one of the following: |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Breakout session 2: switch rooms |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and introductions
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| 8:30 – 10:00 | Keynote by Tom Kacich, Champaign County History |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 - 12:00 | Champaign-Urbana Local History Tours: - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts with Jessica Shelvik - Champaign County Historical Museum with Sue Woods & Dannel McCollum - Virginia Theater with Kim Lareau - Downtown Champaign with T.J. Blakeman |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 - 2:15 | Keynote by Dr. Carl Weinberg, The Prager Lynching Reconsidered: Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion in Southwestern Illinois in the World War I Era |
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| 2:15 - 2:30 | Teacher work time |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Breakout session 1 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Weinberg - Room 1520 - Time in the computer lab to review web resources and resources provided on the CD |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break |
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Breakout session 2 - switch rooms |
| 4:15 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and introductions
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| 8:30 – 10:00 | Keynote by Dr. Carl Ekberg, The French Colonial World of Illinois | |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 | Mini-Session 1 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Ekberg - Dannel McCollum, The Origins of Champaign-Urbana Settlement - Erma Scott Bridgewater, The Scott/Bridgewater Family - Documentary clips from 500 Nations |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Mini-Session 2 - Choose from one of the following: |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 12:45 - 2:15 | Keynote by Dr. Debra Reid, Illinois Agricultural and Rural History in a National (and International) Context | |
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| 2:15 - 2:30 | Break | |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Mini-Session 3 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Reid - Eric Robeson & Alan Nudo, Remembering Robeson's - Hester Suggs & Estelle Merrifield, The Joseph Nelson Family - Documentary clips from Champaign County Lincoln |
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| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break | |
| 3:30 - 4:15 | Mini-Session 4 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Reid - Eric Robeson & Alan Nudo, Remembering Robeson's - Brenda Smith, The George Smith Family - Documentary clips from Illinois Pioneers |
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| 4:15 - 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations | |
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and introductions
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| 8:30 – 10:00 | Keynote by Clarence Page, What Chicago's Political History Tells Us About its Future |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Question and Answer Session with Mr. Page |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Lunch and book signing |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Keynote by David Farber, The 1968 Democratic Convention |
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| 1:30 - 1:45 | Break |
| 1:45 - 2:30 | Breakout Session 1 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Farber - Documentary clips from Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City - Documentary clips from Chicago: City of the Century |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:30 | Breakout Session 1 - Choose from one of the following: - Discussion session with Dr. Farber - Documentary clips from Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City - Documentary clips from Chicago: City of the Century |
| 3:30 - 3:45 | Closing remarks and evaluations |
Friday, July 29 , 2011
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Welcome and introductions
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| 8:15 - 9:30 | Keynote by James Barrett, The Machine: Chicago and Illinois Politics in the Twentieth Century Click here to access the Ward Boss article Dr. Barrett referred to in his talk |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 | Documentary clip from Chicago: City of the Century |
| 10:15 - 12:00 | Champaign-Urbana Local History Tours - Virginia Theater with Kim Lareau - Downtown Champaign with T.J. Blakeman - Special Collections at the University of Illinois Library with Chatham Ewing - Downtown Urbana with Dannel McCollum |
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| 12:15 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 4:30 | Teacher work time |