Teacher Safari: Exploring the Fur Trade

Description

Educators can transition from school to summer with this two-day, traveling workshop. Both days will begin and end at the North West Company Fur Post. Educators will participate in an in-depth site experience at the Fur Post, venture out on the Snake River on a large Montreal-style canoe, and hike along portage trails used by the voyageurs. They will learn from fur trade experts, share ideas about their favorite lessons, and immerse themselves in Minnesota's fur trade history. Educators may sign up for one or both days.

Contact name
Cadwell, Jen
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Minnesota Historical Society
Phone number
651-259-3432
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Cost
$245 members; $260 nonmembers
Course Credit
A partnership with Hamline University in St. Paul allows the Minnesota Historical Society to offer one credit per 12 hours of workshop time.
Duration
Two days
End Date
Website
http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=1963&category=113

Information Technology in World History Summer Institute

Description

The present age is one of globalization characterized in part by rapid developments in technology and information systems. But information and technology have often been powerful forces for historical change. This institute will place the current information and technological revolutions in world-historical perspective through a set of case studies drawn from different cultures and contexts from antiquity to the present day. In examining the effects of information and technology on political, economic, and social development, the institute will explore several major themes, including writing and print/information technology; science and society; technology and warfare; and empire and the diffusion and consolidation of knowledge. Presented by professors from the University of California, Berkeley's History Department, and organized around the Content Standards for California Public Schools, these case studies will provide a number of useful tools and strategies for teaching information and technology in world history.

Contact name
Leary, Donna
Contact email
ucbhssp@berkeley.edu
Sponsoring Organization
California History-Social Science Project
Phone number
510-643-0897
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Cost
$450
Course Credit
Participants may earn up to 40 professional development hours.
Duration
Five days
End Date
Website
https://ois.ucop.edu/ois/institutedetail.php?programID=67741

The Stamp Act

Description

This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Stamp Act, a British tax on all printed material, from marriage licenses to playing cards. It infuriated colonists.

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Columbian Exchange

Description

This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the early encounters between Europeans and Native Americans that brought about a cultural exchange that benefited one group while bringing misery to the other. While Europeans were introduced to new crops, the Indians were plagued with Old World diseases.

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Slavery and Indentured Servitude

Description

Michael Ray narrates a basic introduction to indentured servitude and slavery in the North American colonies. The presentation looks at the transition from indentured servitude as the most common form of forced labor to the use of African slaves and the development of the slave trade. It includes excerpts from the oral history of a former slave.

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The Mining Boom

Description

This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how the discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to an unprecedented migration, as thousands of people traveled west in the hopes of making it big.

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