The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson, and America, 1801-1861

Description

This workshop will "dig into the controversies and turbulence of Andrew Jackson, his times, and his reputation," focusing on the topics "Growing Democracy," "Cotton Economy and Slavery," "Indians and Westward Expansion," "Reform and Religion," "Women's Lives in a Changing America," and "Developing a Distinct American Material Culture." The workshop will include visits to historical sites, readings, curriculum planning, pedagogical sessions, lectures, and discussion.

Contact name
Leone, Jan
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 615-898-5580
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Co-director
Duration
Six days
End Date

The View from the Shore

Description

This workshop will "explore Florida's past and her peoples through the lenses of archaeology and history, beginning with an overview of the archaeological record, moving to the historical, and then wrestling with contemporary questions of interpretation, perspective, and ownership of objects. What can the archaeological record reveal about social and economic status and cultural traditions? How do we reconcile different worldviews?"

Contact name
Wakefield, Laura
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 407-563-4925
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Program Coordinator
Duration
One day

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: Florida in the 20th Century

Description

This workshop will discuss issues important in Florida 20th-century history, which may include "The Harlem Renaissance: Critical Issues in Black Literature and Culture," "Spanish Florida," "Democracy in Florida," "World War II: Florida Home Front," African-American communities and experience in Florida, or an overview of the archaeological record and cultural history of Florida. Contact the given number for more information.

Contact name
Smith, Elizabeth
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 941-301-1499
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Social Studies Supervisor
Duration
One day

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: Florida in the 20th Century

Description

This workshop will discuss issues important in Florida 20th-century history, which may include "The Harlem Renaissance: Critical Issues in Black Literature and Culture," "Spanish Florida," "Democracy in Florida," "World War II: Florida Home Front," African-American communities and experience in Florida, or an overview of the archaeological record and cultural history of Florida. Contact the given number for more information.

Contact name
Gory, Shellie
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 754-321-1873
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Curriculum Specialist
Duration
One day

Between Columbus and Jamestown: Spanish St. Augustine

Description

"The role of St. Augustine and Florida is often overlooked in the study of US colonial history, a study that often begins with the founding of Jamestown. Participants in this seminar explore the history and the cultures that created this fascinating colonial city. They examine the role the sea played in the city’s founding and development; the nature of the relationship between Spanish colonists and Native Americans; the role of the military in the founding, development, and everyday life of colonial Spanish St. Augustine; the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in shaping the colonial experience of the Spanish settlement; how women, native peoples, and people of color fit within the colonial social hierarchy. They reflect on the question of who writes history and how it is disseminated and the larger role that Spanish exploration and colonization played in America’s development."

Contact name
Schoenacher, Ann Simas
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 727-873-2009
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Director
Duration
Five days
End Date

Calusa Culture and the Modern History of Old Marco Field Trip

Description

"Using the site of the Old Marco Inn, archaeologist William Marquardt guides a tour of the ancient Calusa ceremonial site."

Contact name
Perdichizzi, Elizabeth
Sponsoring Organization
Marco Island Historical Society
Phone number
1 239-394-6917
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Duration
One hour

Calusa Culture and the Modern History of Old Marco

Description

"Archaeologist William Marquardt discusses the archaeological findings that inform us today about the early peoples who inhabited the Marco Island area."

Contact name
Perdichizzi, Elizabeth
Sponsoring Organization
Marco Island Historical Society
Phone number
1 239-394-6917
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Duration
One hour

Jackdaws

Teaser

Jackdaws is for-profit and produces hands-on primary source materials for upper elementary and middle school students.

Description

<p>Jackdaws is for-profit and produces hands-on primary source materials for upper elementary and middle school students. </p>

<p>These sets include reproductions of primary sources, including maps, photographs, letters, diaries, and posters. Each set of sources is accompanied by full descriptions of the documents, timelines, and broadsheet essays – historians’ detailed narratives of the topics presented in journal-like formats. There is also a study guide/lesson plan with every set that includes worksheets, activities, and assessments.</p>

<p>Units in American history are available in the following categories: New York state history, California state history, American Indian History, Colonial America, Economics, Government and Civics, Immigration, Slavery and the Civil War, Westward Expansion, and Conflicts and Social Issues.</p>

<p>Samples are not available online, though titles may be ordered through the Jackdaws website.</p>

Publisher
Jackdaws Publications

Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site [WY]

Description

Fort Fred Steele was established on June 20, 1868 and occupied until August 7, 1886 by soldiers who were sent by the U.S. Government to guard against attack from Indians. The construction of the Transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad across southern Wyoming 1867–1869, in turn, brought the cattlemen, sheepherders, loggers, tie hacks, miners, and merchants who changed the wasteland into Wyoming Territory. Colonel Richard I. Dodge, who selected this site on the west bank of the North Platte River, named the fort for Major General Frederick Steele, 20th U.S. Infantry, a Civil War hero.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.

Big Mound Battlefield State Historic Site [ND]

Description

A headstone here marks the place where Dr. Josiah S. Weiser was shot on July 24, 1863. This death precipitated the Battle of Big Mound, a skirmish between General Henry H. Sibley's Minnesota Volunteers and a group of Sioux who were believed to have been involved in the Dakota Conflict of 1862.

The site is open to the public.

Website does not specify any interpretive services available at the site.