Arizona Tales Teacher Workshop: Using Literature to Teach Arizona History and Geography, K-8

Description

This workshop will go over 15 lesson plans covering the desert environment, Native American culture, Mexican culture, ranch life, World War II, and more. Supplementary literature books are included in the registration fee.

Contact name
Spargo-Guerrero, Emily
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Arizona Historical Society
Phone number
1 520-617-1153
Target Audience
K-8
Start Date
Cost
$60 ($50 for Arizona Historical Society members)
Course Credit
Provides Continuing Education Credits.
Duration
Four hours

National Council on Public History Annual Meeting

Description

The theme of this meeting is "Toward Broader Horizons."

Sponsoring Organization
National Council on Public History
Contact email
Location
Providence, RI
Phone number
317-274-2716
Start Date
End Date
Registration Deadline
Fax number
317-278-5230

American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Description

The theme of this meeting is "Back Down to the Crossroads: Integrative American Studies in Theory and Practice." Sessions will include "Visions and Revisions: How to Build a High School American Studies Program," "Teaching Memoirs and Oral History in the K–12 Classroom: Identities at the Crossroads," "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Immigration," "Teaching Politics and the Politics of Teaching: Three Scholars Share Pedagogical Strategies," "The Future of American and Ethnic Studies," "Framing Visual Evidence: The Position of Visual and Popular Culture in American Studies," and "Getting Great Advising: A Workshop for Graduate Students."

Sponsoring Organization
American Studies Association
Contact email
Location
Albuquerque, NM
Phone number
1 202-467-4783
Start Date
End Date
Fax number
1 202-467-4786

Spring Regional Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History Workshop

Description

Participants in this workshop will cover content and instructional-based themes introduced during the previous summer institute. Other teachers from the regions will be invited to attend this workshop and learn about content, resource, and instructional themes covered during the year. Core participants will also share their lesson plans, work products, and best practice strategies with the other teachers.

Contact name
Derr, Mike (email, phone #)
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History
Phone number
920-236-0875
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Duration
Six hours

Spring Regional Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History Workshop

Description

Participants in this workshop will cover content and instructional-based themes introduced during the previous summer institute. Other teachers from the regions will be invited to attend this workshop and learn about content, resource, and instructional themes covered during the year. Core participants will also share their lesson plans, work products, and best practice strategies with the other teachers.

Contact name
Derr, Mike (email, phone #)
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History
Phone number
920-236-0875
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Duration
Six hours

Fall Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History Workshop

Description

This workshop will consist of three morning breakout sessions, an early afternoon plenary session by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh history professor Michelle Kuhl, and time for teachers to break into smaller groups to share and exchange ideas. The morning breakout sessions will include Menasha Middle School teacher Troy Wittmann facilitating discussions on additional history teaching strategies; Wisconsin Historical Society's Michael Edmonds discussing how "Turning Points" and other online historical collections can be used for history instruction; and a history content presentation (to be determined).

Contact name
Derr, Mike (email, phone #)
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Wisconsin Academy for the Study of American History
Phone number
1 920-236-0875
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Duration
Six and a half hours

University of Wisconsin System Conference on History Education

Description

This conference's theme is "Historians and Educators: Building and Assessing Partnerships." The goal of the conference is to foster a conversation among historians and education faculty about teaching history to undergraduates. This second conference will extend that conversation to the teaching of history at all levels by including sessions on building historian and K–12 educator collaboration, assessing existing partnerships, preparing students for careers outside the K—12 classroom, and options for creating a history educators' consortium for professional development.

Sponsoring Organization
University of Wisconsin
Contact email
Location
Eau Claire, WI
Contact name
Chamberlain, Oscar (email, phone #)
Contact Title
Planning Committee Co-chair
Phone number
1 715-836-5275
Start Date

National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference

Description

The National Preservation Conference is the premier preservation conference in the United States for professionals in preservation and allied fields, dedicated volunteers, and serious supporters. It is the single best source for information, ideas, inspiration, and contacts.

Sponsoring Organization
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Contact email
Location
Tulsa, OK
Phone number
1 866-988-1188
Start Date
End Date
Registration Deadline

Southern Historical Association Conference

Description

This conference will address topics including "Black Women in the Academy: Achievements and Challenges," "Ethnicity, Race, and Linguistic and Cultural Practices in Colonial Louisiana," "Landscapes of Early National Slavery: Space and Mobility in the Multiracial South," "Enforcing Racial/Gender Norms in the Civil War South," "Doctoring the Race: Black Physicians and Racial Politics in Professional Medicine," and more.

Sponsoring Organization
Southern Historical Association
Contact email
Location
New Orleans, LA
Contact name
Inscoe, John C. (email, phone #)
Contact Title
Secretary-treasurer
Phone number
1 706-542-8848
Start Date
End Date