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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
    
    
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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
    
    
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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