This workshop will examine the questions "What did it mean to be enslaved in the United States?," "How did the enslaved respond to bondage?," "How did labor shape their daily lives?," "In what ways did the enslaved resist bondage?," and "How did the enslaved maintain their identities?"

The Center's online resource workshops give high school teachers of U.S. history and American literature a deeper understanding of their subject matter. They introduce teachers to fresh texts and critical perspectives and help teachers integrate them into their lessons. Led by distinguished scholars and running 60 to 90 minutes, they are conducted through lecture and discussion using conferencing software. A resource workshop identifies central themes within a topic and explores ways to teach them through the close analysis of primary texts, including works of art, and the use of discussion questions. Texts are drawn from anthologies in the Center's Toolbox Library. To participate, all that is needed is a computer with an internet connection, a speaker, and a microphone.

This workshop examines the questions "How was African-American community constructed during this period?," "Under what circumstances was it created?," and 'How did evolving concepts of community affect and reflect notions of African-American identity?"

The Center's online resource workshops give high school teachers of U.S. history and American literature a deeper understanding of their subject matter. They introduce teachers to fresh texts and critical perspectives and help teachers integrate them into their lessons. Led by distinguished scholars and running 60 to 90 minutes, they are conducted through lecture and discussion using conferencing software. A resource workshop identifies central themes within a topic and explores ways to teach them through the close analysis of primary texts, including works of art, and the use of discussion questions. Texts are drawn from anthologies in the Center's Toolbox Library. To participate, all that is needed is a computer with an internet connection, a speaker, and a microphone.

Using ESSEX History examines local history at its best in this seminar lookubg at Salem and the China Trade with Salem State's Dr. Dane Morrison. Dr. Morrison will lead attendees through a discussion of the economic and maritime history of Salem during the China Trade and the ways in which this vast trading network affected the economy and culture of Essex County. This seminar will take place at the House of the Seven Gables—a stone's throw from historic Derby Wharf, the center of the China Trade. In the afternoon, teachers will be introduced to some of the Peabody Essex Museum's vast collections of China Trade artifacts.

This learning opportunity will focus on Marzano's research on the nine instructional strategies that have demonstrated increases in student achievement and will be an opportunity to add new instructional "tools" to educators' teaching "toolboxes." Additional topics will include the use and communication of essential learning targets to students, assessment for learning, determining and describing proficiency, goal setting, and success criteria for learning in the classroom, and other topics as determined by the needs of the group.

This learning opportunity will focus on Marzano's research on the nine instructional strategies that have demonstrated increases in student achievement and will be an opportunity to add new instructional "tools" to educators' teaching "toolboxes." Additional topics will include the use and communication of essential learning targets to students, assessment for learning, determining and describing proficiency, goal setting, and success criteria for learning in the classroom, and other topics as determined by the needs of the group.

This learning opportunity will focus on Marzano's research on the nine instructional strategies that have demonstrated increases in student achievement and will be an opportunity to add new instructional "tools" to educators' teaching "toolboxes." Additional topics will include the use and communication of essential learning targets to students, assessment for learning, determining and describing proficiency, goal setting, and success criteria for learning in the classroom, and other topics as determined by the needs of the group.