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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
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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)
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June 25, 2008page: Jennifer Newman | Last updated:
April 18, 2006