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The Middle Ground Project
Presidential Academy in American History and Civics Education University of Northern Colorado
Summer 2006 Schedule
Sunday, July 9 - 15, 2006
Brown Palace Hotel/ Comfort Inn
Denver, Colorado
Sunday, July 9 Comfort Inn/ Brown Palace
Teachers arrive in Denver: Check in by 5:00 PM at Comfort Inn
6:30-9:30 PM: |
Dinner and Orientation (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms ) Shanna Futral and Todd Braeger, Educational Outfitters, Logan, UT. |
Monday, July 10: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)
8:00 AM-Noon: |
Fritz Fischer, University of Northern Colorado:
"Key Moments in American History." |
Noon-1:00 PM: |
Lunch |
1:00-5:00 PM: |
Jennifer Denetdale, University of New Mexico: "American
Stories/Dine' Traditions." |
6:30-7:15 PM: |
Dinner: Brown Palace |
7:30-9:30 PM: |
Elliott West, University of Arkansas: "National
and Native Memories." (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms ) |
Tuesday, July 11: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)
8:00 AM-Noon: |
Stan Luger and Christine Olivo,
University of Northern Colorado: "Teaching Government and Civics." |
Noon-1:00 PM: |
Lunch |
1:00-5:00 PM: |
Stan Luger and Christine Olivo, University of Northern Colorado:
"Teaching Government and Civics" (Continued). |
6:00-7:00 PM: |
Dinner: Brown Palace |
7:30-9:30 PM: |
Discussion of Teaching Strategies and Units (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms ) |
Wednesday, July 12: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)
8:00 AM-Noon: |
Dora Marroquin, New Mexico Center for Democracy
and Civic Education: "Project Citizen/ Project Democracy." |
Noon-1:00 PM: |
Lunch |
1:00-3:00 PM: |
Martha Ball, First Amendment Center, Salt Lake
City, Utah: "Religion and Civil Liberties." |
3:00-5:00 PM: |
Beth Kovacs, Colorado History Day: "Crafting
History Day in Your Building." |
5:00-6:00 PM: |
Brown Palace Historical Tour |
6:00-7:00 PM: |
Dinner: On Own |
Thursday, July 13: Brown Palace (Tabor/Stratton Rooms)
8:00-Noon: |
Judith Jackman, Salt Lake City, Utah: "Understanding
by Design in the Classroom." |
Noon-1:00 PM: |
Lunch |
1:00-5:00 PM: |
National Archives and Records Administration, Lakewood, Colorado (Conference Room) Eric Bittner, "Working with Primary Sources in American and Navajo History
and Civics." |
6:00-7:00 PM: |
Dinner: On Own |
Friday, July 14: Colorado History Museum (Conference Room)
8:00 AM-Noon: |
Noralee Frankel, American Historical Association
Educational Director: "Using Website Sources in History and Civics." |
Noon-1:00 PM: |
Lunch |
1:00-4:00 PM: |
Kathryn Winograd, Arapahoe Community College, Denver,
Katie Gilbert, Navajo Nation Tribal Water Rights Commissioner, 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." |
4:00-5:00 PM: |
Tour of Ancient Voices Exhibit
- (Colorado History Museum)
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6:30-8:30 PM: |
Banquet at the Brown Palace |
Saturday, July 15: Comfort Inn (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms)
10:00 AM-Noon: |
Closeout (Tabor/ Stratton Rooms ) |
Reading Assignments
Presidential Academy 2006 Reading Assignments (Word)
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June 25, 2008page: Jennifer Newman | Last updated:
November 21, 2006