The American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the Nation

Description

No details provided.

Contact name
Linsner, Jean
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Phone number
312-922-3432
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Contact Title
Project Director
Duration
Six days
End Date

The American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the Nation

Description

No details provided.

Contact name
Linsner, Jean
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Phone number
312-922-3432
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Contact Title
Project Director
Duration
One week
End Date

Teacher Research Night

Description

The Historical Society of Cheshire County's Director of Education, Tom Haynes, will be available to work with any educator between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. who is seeking to use local history in their classroom.

Contact name
Haynes, Tom
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Historical Society of Cheshire County
Phone number
603-352-1895
Target Audience
preK-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Contact Title
Director of Education
Duration
Four hours

The History Summit III

Description

This is the third of a three-part conference designed to advocate for increased and improved history instruction, K–12. It will include lectures or presentations; analysis of a real or hypothetical teaching situation; review of student work; group discussion or group work; in-depth reading on a specific topic; preparation of a paper, report, or research project; and leadership development

Sponsoring Organization
California History-Social Science Project
Contact email
Location
San Jose, CA
Contact name
McTygue, Nancy
Contact Title
Executive Director
Phone number
530-752-0572
Start Date
End Date

Saturday Seminar #6: Slavery and Narrative

Description

This final session in the series features a talk from University of California, Davis historian Clarence Walker and lessons presented by three teachers.

Contact name
Garcia, Nichole
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
California History-Social Science Project
Phone number
530-752-4383
Target Audience
5, 8, 11
Start Date
Duration
Three and a half hours

Rome's Lasting Legacy

Description

Roman traditions appear in the history standards for several grades. Teacher-created lessons will provide participants with new angles on teaching Rome and the "classical liberal tradition" referenced by the U.S. history standards. Teachers will demonstrate lessons; University of California, Davis historian Ellen Haritgan O'Connor will speak.

Contact name
Garcia, Nichole
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
California History-Social Science Project
Phone number
530-752-4383
Target Audience
6, 7, 8, 10
Start Date
Duration
Three and a half hours

We Are California Workshop

Description

A new interactive online exhibit from the California Council for the Humanities (CCH)—"We Are California"—will explore the history and stories of those who have immigrated or migrated to California. A new partnership between the Council and the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) will help to bring this exciting resource to the classroom. The topic of these workshops will be "The Era of Great Internal Migrations to California" between World War I and World War II. It will discuss, contrast, and analyze the experiences of Dust Bowl migrants to California, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans.

Contact name
Renteria, Rosemary
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
California History-Social Science Project
Phone number
530-752-0572
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Duration
Three hours
End Date