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to Summer Seminar 2002
"The American Mosaic"
Summer Seminar 2002
for High School Teachers of American History
June 10-28, 2002
Week 1:
Hidden Histories
Monday,
June 10
Morning: "The 20th Century in a Nutshell
Examples of technology resources for the American History classroom
Afternoon: Audrey Crawford, African American and Women’s History Tour
of Houston
Tuesday,
June 11
Morning: Untold Stories video and Bill Howze, “The Story Behind Untold
Stories”
Lunch speaker: Charles Morrissey, Baylor College of Medicine, “Oral
History”
Afternoon: "Caste Society in Late 19th and Early 20th Century America
and
African American Music: From the Delta to the South Side of Chicago"
Wednesday,
June 12
Morning: Martin Melosi, University of Houston, “Urban Development”
The Rise of the Sunbelt
Afternoon: Project Row House and TSU Art Museum
Thursday,
June 13
Morning:
John Lienhard, University of Houston, “Technology and Modernity”
Immigration at the Movies, The Language of Immigration, Comparative
Ethnicity
Lunch speaker: Nestor Rodriguez, University of Houston, “Latino Immigration”
Afternoon: 1:30-5 pm George Ramirez, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
“Americanos” at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Friday,
June 14
Morning: "Ellen Beasley, Architectural Tour of Galveston
Week 2:
Modernizing America
Monday,
June 17
Morning: Work in groups
Afternoon: George Ramirez, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, “Screening
America” at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tuesday,
June 18
Morning: San Jacinto Monument
Afternoon: Jim Lester, University of Houston, Clear Lake, “The Environment
and Environmental History”
Wednesday,
June 19
Morning: The Invention of Tradition: Holidays as History
Afternoon: Miller Outdoor Theater, Juneteenth Celebration
Thursday,
June 20
Morning: 10 am Tour of Bayou Bend (meet there)
Lunch: Beth Schneider, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston
Afternoon: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, American Art from the Permanent
Collection
Friday,
June 21
All day: George Ranch Field Trip
Week 3: Peace, Struggle, and Empowerment
Monday,
June 24
Morning: Making Connections
Afternoon: What Every Teacher Needs to Know about New Instructional
Technologies
Tuesday,
June 25
Morning: Gordon Quan, Houston City Council
Afternoon: Robert Buzzanco, University of Houston, “The United States
and the World”
Wednesday,
June 26
Morning: The Vietnam Experience
Afternoon:1:30-4 pm Using Works of Art in the Classroom/Wrap-up and
discussion at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Thursday,
June 27 - Friday, June 28
Trip to Austin
The Project for the Active Teaching of History
http://www.path.coe.uh.edu/
Funded by a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education, PATH
seeks to enhance the teaching of American history throughout the
Gulf
Coast region. A joint project of Region 4 Education Service Center,
the University of Houston Department of History and College of Education,
and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, PATH will host a series of summer
seminars for teachers and colloquia for the general public.
For additional information: Please contact Debra Williams, Education
Specialist in
Science/Social Studies Services at Region
4
Education Service Center,
713-744-6846 or dwilliams@esc4.net
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