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Week 2: Into the 20th Century

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Week 2:

Monday, June 7 (All day UH)

Activities and Resources:

  • Morning
    • 9:00am Reflections
    • 9:30 – 11:30am eXploration: Turn of the 20th Century
      Steve Mintz
      John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History, UH

  • Afternoon
    • 12:30 – 3:00pm Engagement: Interactive, inquiry process
      Cameron White and Debra Williams
    • 3:00 – 5:00pm Mapping Yourself
      Victoria Burke and Neil Liss

Tuesday, June 8 (All day UH)

Activities and Resources:

  • Morning
    • 9:00am Reflections
    • 9:30 – 11:30am eXploration: Turn of the 20th Century
      Steve Mintz, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History, UH

  • Afternoon
    • 12:30 – 3:00pm Movies and Music
      Steve Mintz
    • 3:00 – 5:00pm Engagement: Interactive, inquiry process
      Cameron White, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, UH
      Debra Williams, Social Studies Education Specialist, Region 4 ESC

Wednesday, June 9 (all day MFAH)

Activities and Resources:

  • Morning:
    • 9:00 – 10:00am Art and Photography as Windows Into U.S. History
      Introduction by Steve Mintz; Victoria Burke and Neil Liss
    • 10:00 – 12:00pm Documenting Houston’s History: Mapping the Light Rail
      Victoria Burke and Neil Liss
  • Afternoon:
    • 1:00 – 3:00pm eXploration: Depression and World War II
      Steve Mintz
    • 3:00 – 5:00pm Screening America at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
      Mapping the Light Rail
      George Ramirez, Student and Family Programs Manager, MFAH
      Victoria Burke and Neil Liss

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Thursday, June 10 (Morning UH; Field Trip in afternoon)

Activities and Resources:

  • Morning:
    • 9:00 – 11:30am Engagement: Interactive, inquiry process
      Cameron White and Debra Williams
  • Afternoon:
    • 12:30 – 3:00pm eXploration: Post-War
      Steve Mintz
    • 3:00 – 4:00pm Reflections on PATH eXplorations
      Traci Jensen, Doctoral Student, UH
      Cameron White and Debra Williams
    • 4:00 – 5:00pm Expectations for PATH in the coming year
      Cameron White and Debra Williams

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Friday, June 11 (Morning UH; Field Trip to Galveston in afternoon)

Activities and Resources:

  • Morning:
    • 9:00 – 10:30am Mapping Yourself (Don’t forget your t-shirt!)
      Victoria Burke and Neil Liss
    • 11:00 – 12:00pm Travel to Galveston
  • Afternoon:
    • 1:00 – 4:00pm Integrating U.S. and Local History
      • Tour the great ship Elissa and view the film on the Galveston Hurricane
    • 4:00 – 5:00pm Travel to UH

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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