Historian John Michael Vlach briefly reflects on how slaves constructed communities for themselves independent of their masters' lives at estates such as Hampton National Historic Site.
Historian John Michael Vlach briefly considers how the different living quarters at Hampton National Historic Site reflect the status hierarchy of their occupants, from the main estate mansion to the overseer's house to the slave quarters.
Historian John Michael Vlach speculates very briefly on what slave quarters removed from the main estate at Hampton National Historic site may have looked like.
Historian John Michael Vlach compares the grounds of the main estate at Hampton National Historic Site and the slave quarters and working areas of the same estate. He points out what the differences in organization and aesthetic emphasis indicate about the division of society on the estate.
This year sees the publication of a wealth of important new literature on America in the 19th century. This abundance of excellent new contributions to the scholarship on these important years is an exciting opportunity to revisit what we all think we know about America in the 19th century, and to rethink what our students need to know. This event will focus on teaching topics with the Civil War as the chronological fulcrum.
Topics include The Technological Revolution, Teaching about Abraham Lincoln, Women in the Civil War, Teaching Military History, and Postwar Reconstruction.
Applications are welcome from social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty. Free room and board and selected stipends are offered.
Wachman Center of the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Phone number
1 215-732-3774
Start Date
Cost
Free room and board; travel reimbursement up to $250 for participants outside conference center
Course Credit
Certificate of Participation for 12 hours of instruction. College credit available for a fee through cooperating institution, School of Professional Studies, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Contact Title
Director, Wachman Center, Foreign Policy Research Institute
"This seminar explores how an economically and politically powerless racial minority wrested dramatic change from a determined and entrenched white majority in the American South. It will examine the changing nature of protest from the 1940s to the 1950s; the roles of Martin Luther King, Jr., local movements, and women; and the relative importance of violence and non-violence. Participants will discuss how they can use the experiences of schoolchildren, teachers, and students in the crises of the 1950s and 1960s to bring home the realities of the civil rights movement in the classroom. Topics include the Little Rock 9 and their teachers in 1957, students and sit-ins, and the use of schoolchildren in the 1963 Birmingham demonstrations."
"Participants who complete the seminar in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate. Teachers may use this certificate to receive in-service credit, subject to the policy of their district. No university credit is offered for the course."
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Participants who complete the seminar in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate. Teachers may use this certificate to receive in-service credit, subject to the policy of their district. No university credit is offered for the course.
"This seminar explores how an economically and politically powerless racial minority wrested dramatic change from a determined and entrenched white majority in the American South. It will examine the changing nature of protest from the 1940s to the 1950s; the roles of Martin Luther King, Jr., local movements, and women; and the relative importance of violence and non-violence. Participants will discuss how they can use the experiences of schoolchildren, teachers, and students in the crises of the 1950s and 1960s to bring home the realities of the civil rights movement in the classroom. Topics include the Little Rock 9 and their teachers in 1957, students and sit-ins, and the use of schoolchildren in the 1963 Birmingham demonstrations."
"Participants who complete the seminar in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate. Teachers may use this certificate to receive in-service credit, subject to the policy of their district. No university credit is offered for the course."