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The Middle Ground Project

Presidential Academy in American History and Civics Education University of Northern Colorado

Summer 2007 Schedule

Sunday, June 17 - 23, 2007

Brown Palace Hotel/ Comfort Inn

Denver, Colorado

 

Sunday, June 17 Comfort Inn/ Brown Palace

Teachers arrive in Denver: Check in by 5:00 PM at Comfort Inn

6:00-9:00 PM:

Dinner and Orientation (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms ) Shanna Futral and Todd Braeger, Educational Outfitters, Logan, UT.

Monday, June 18: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)

8:30 AM-Noon:

Fritz Fischer, University of Northern Colorado

Noon-1:00 PM:

Lunch

1:00-3:00 PM:

Fritz Fischer , University of Northern Colorado

3:00-5:00 PM:

Colorado History Museum, Tribal Paths

Tuesday, June 19: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)

8:30 AM-Noon:

Teaching the US Constitution

Noon-1:00 PM:

Lunch

1:00-5:00 PM:

Martha Ball: Teaching the First Amendment

Wednesday, June 20: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)

8:30 AM-Noon:

Jennifer Newman, University of Northern Colorado: "Bringing 'History Day' to life in the Classroom "

Noon-1:00 PM:

Lunch

1:00-5:00 PM:

Oral History

5:00-6:00 PM:

Brown Palace Historical Tour

Thursday, June 21: NARA

8:30-Noon:

Instruction and Tour of National Archives

Noon-1:00 PM:

Lunch

1:00-4:30 PM:

National Archives and Records Administration, Lakewood, Colorado (Conference Room) Eric Bittner, "Working with Primary Sources in American and Navajo History and Civics."

Friday, June 22:US Court of Appeals (10th Circuit )

8:30 AM-Noon:

Sovereignty Pannel: Justice Greg Hobbs, Troy Eid, Jennifer Denetdale, Carlos Lucero, Robert Yazzie

 

Noon-1:00 PM:

Lunch

1:00-4:00 PM:

Kathryn Winograd, Arapahoe Community College, Denver, Katie Gilbert, Navajo Nation Tribal Water Rights Commissioner, Poet Luci Tapahonso, and Justice Gregory Hobbs, Colorado State Supreme Court: "Teaching the History, Culture, and Civics of the Peoples of the Colorado River Basin through the Poetry of Rivers."

6:30-8:30 PM:

Banquet at the Brown Palace

Saturday, June 23: Comfort Inn (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms)

9:00 AM-11:30:

Closeout (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms )

Reading Assignments

Presidential Academy 2007 Reading Assignments (Word)

 

April 13, 2007