American History Teachers' Collaborative
Focus Workshop
Camelot: Kennedy at Home and Abroad
Saturday,
September 29th, 2007
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Welcome and breakfast
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| 8:30 – 10:00 | Mark Leff, New Domestic and Foreign Frontiers? JFK and the Can-Do Presidency |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | First session (small group discussion with Dr. Leff or time in the computer lab to look at websites on the Kennedy adminstration) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break
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| 11:15 - 12:00 | Second session (switch rooms) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | James Barrett, Camelot for the Rest of Us - Society and Economy, 1950-70 |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 - 2:45 | Activity using primary sources |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:15 | Chuck Koplinski with film and documentary clips |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Closing remarks and evaluations |