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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)

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)

 

November 21, 2006