Winning World War I With Food
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces food rationing during World War I, a measure taken to help support the troops.
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Resistance to American Imperialism in the Philippine Islands
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Philippine soldiers' beginning to fight against the U.S. soldiers who occupied the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War, tipping off a debate in the United States about whether America should be imperialist.
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Civil Rights Setbacks in the Late 19th Century
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the early-20th-century setbacks in civil rights, as racial segregation was common on rail cars, in schools, and in the workplace.
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The New Women for the New Century
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, at the turn of the 20th century, more women enrolled in colleges like Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Radcliffe, which allowed them to pursue higher education and prepare themselves for professional life.
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Wilson's Domestic Party and "New Freedom"
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Professor Christopher Capozzola of MIT discusses the productive first years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, when Congress was able to pass a series of reform measures whose effects are still felt today.
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The Radical Middle Class in American History: John Brown, Martin Luther King and . . . Harry Lane
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Professor Robert D. Johnston explores the issue of class in the United States, focusing particularly on the middle class. He argues for the middle class as a respectable, valuable social class, capable of radical social action; he uses the figures Martin Luther King, Jr., John Brown, and politician and physician Harry Lane (1855-1917) as examples.
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Civil Rights in North Carolina
Description
From the North Carolina Museum of History website:
"Explore the history of civil rights in the state from 1830 to the present. An interactive time line, a Web quest, and tips on teaching with primary sources enhance the in-depth text and historic images."
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Museum of History
Phone number
919-807-7971
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$40; $35 for North Carolina Museum of History Associates
Course Credit
"Earn continuing education credits (up to forty contact hours), including reading and technology CEUs"
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Teaching Churchill
Description
This three-day workshop examines the life of Winston Churchill. Participants will develop strategies for applying historical content in the classroom and across the curriculum.
Contact name
Crump, Mandy
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Winston Churchill Memorial and Library
Phone number
5735926242
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Cost
$150; $125 for museum members
Course Credit
Offers one hour of continuing education credit through the University of Missouri, Kansas City for an additional fee of $75.
Duration
Three days
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Journeys of Nonviolence: Gandhi and King
Description
Ahimsa Center's 2009 Summer Institute for K12 teachers—the third one in a series on Education about Nonviolence—will focus on Mohandas K. Gandhi (18691948) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (192968), the pioneers of nonviolent action for social transformation. Participants will work with expert faculty and scholars to learn, reflect, and critically assess the significance of Gandhi and King in their own times and their continuing relevance in our times as leaders of nonviolent mass movements, and also as thought-leaders who seem to have anticipated so many of today's critical issues and vexing problems. Themes and topics covered in the institute will provide a solid foundation for curricular innovations that will help students gain critical insights into the relevance of Gandhi, King, and their respective journeys of nonviolence.
Contact name
Sethia, Tara
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Ahimsa Center
Phone number
909-869-3868 x3808
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Institute training will qualify the participants for eight units of graduate course credits. These credits may be used toward a Master's degree and/or salary advancement.
Contact Title
Director
Duration
Two weeks
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Federal Trials and Great Debates in United States History
Description
Designed especially for secondary school teachers of U.S. history, law, and civics/government, the institute will deepen participants' knowledge of the federal judiciary and of the role the federal courts have played in key public controversies that have defined constitutional and other legal rights. Participants will work closely throughout the institute with leading historians, federal judges, and curriculum consultants. Confirmed faculty include Michael Klarman, Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Harvard Law School and Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, George Washington University.
To explore the theme of "Seeking Social Change Through the Courts," the institute will focus on these three landmark federal trials: Woman suffrage and the trial of Susan B. Anthony, Chinese Exclusions Acts and Chew Heong v. United States, and the desegregation of New Orleans schools and Bush v. Orleans Parish School Board.
Contact name
Kaplan, Howard
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
American Bar Association Division for Public Education; Federal Judicial Center
Phone number
312-988-5738
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
Free
Duration
Six days
End Date