Year Three Professional Development sessions (*see schedule) include updated training on the Cicero: History Beyond the Textbook online application as well as content and instructional strategies presentations from the Spanish-American War to the War on Terror and the “Great Recession”. The resources used for the presentations are posted below in the order listed on the agenda for each session.
BLaST IU 17 TAH Grant Professional Development Schedule, Year 3 (2012-13)
Orientation and Training, September 21, 2012
BLAST IU 17 Colloquium Agenda, September 21, 2012
1 Cicero Training and Update, Dr. Kevin Brady
CICERO Registration Instructions
2 Lesson/Unit Planning Process, Dr. Kevin Brady
Lesson/Unit Plan Rubric, Sept. 2012
Fall Colloquium (November 15-16, 2012)
BLaST IU 17 Fall Colloquium Agenda, Nov. 15-16, 2012
1Â Twentieth Century Progressives and Eugenics: Historical Contradictions, Dr. Kevin Brady
Madison Grant “the good” Â Â Â Madison Grant “the bad”
Darwin – Racism, Evolution   Darwinism and Anti-Italian Sentiment
2 Synthesizing Historical Significance, Responding to Text: The Spanish American War, Dr. Fran Macko
NY Times: The Sinking of the Maine
3 Woodrow Wilson’s America, Dr. Kevin Brady
4 Causes of World War I and America’s Entrance into the War, Dr. Kevin Brady
5 Conflict Resolution and U.S. History: War, Wilson, and Women, Mr. David Trevaskis
Winter Colloquium (February 6-7, 2013)
BLaST IU 17 Winter Colloquium Agenda, Feb 6-7, 2013
1 Woody Guthrie’s Ballads, Dr. Tom Connors
This Land is Your Land (copy of original hand-written document)
2 “Dear Mrs. Roosevelt”: The Children Speak, Ms. Lucinda Evans
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Lesson Plan
3 The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Left, Dr. Tom Connors
4 Radicals of the 1920’s, Dr. Kevin Brady
Constitution of the Communist Labor Party of America, 1919
IWW: The Mission of the Working Class, 1919
The Wall Street Explosion, Eugene V. Debs
5 The Dust Bowl and the Government, Ms. Lucinda Evans
Dust Bowl Graphic Organizer: Government Relief Initiatives
Journal Readings for the Dust Bowl
Relief and Loan Services Documents
6 The Great Depression – 1929, Dr. Kevin Brady
Spring Colloquium (April 25-26, 2013)
BLaST IU 17 Spring Colloquium Agenda (April 25-26 2013)
1 The U. S. Role in World War II, Dr. Chuck Bolton
2 Silent Debate: Truman and Foreign Policy in 1946, Ms. Nancy Taylor
Silent Debate, Presidential Advisor Role Description
3 World War II: The American Homefront, Dr. Chuck Bolton
WWII Homefront Advertisement: The Patriotic Mrs. Jones
4 The Early Cold War, 1945-1959, Dr. Chuck Bolton
Early Cold War Primary Source Documents
HoChiMin Letter to Truman, 1946
5 Dr. Seuss and the Cold War, Ms. Lucinda Evans
The Political Dr. Seuss, Springfield Library and Museums Association
Theodor Seuss Geisel: World War IIÂ Cartoons Slide Show (with Book/Cartoon Analysis Suggestions)
Political Cartoon Analysis Discussion Guide
6 America and the Cold War: 1960s -1970s, Dr. Chuck Bolton
Summer Institute (June 17-20, 2013)
BLaST IU 17 Summer Institute Agenda, June 17-20, 2013
June 17-18, 2013
1 The Long Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean
2 Using A.R.T.I.S.T to Teach about “The Great Society”, Dr. Kevin Brady
Commencement Address at the University of Michigan, Lyndon B. Johnson, May 22, 1964
3 TheMovement for Civil Rights, Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean
4 Long Term Civil Rights Champions and Opponents, Dr. Kevin Brady
5 The Tragedy of LBJ, Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean
6 The War on Poverty: Johnson’s Winnable War, Mr. David Trevaskis
7 Victory in Viet-Nam and Betrayal, Dr. Kevin Brady
June 19-20, 2013
8 Teaching “Terrorism:†Historical Perspectives and Pedagogical Problems, Dr. Eric Davis
9 From Beirut to Benghazi to Boston: A Conversation with Mr. Ed Turzanski
10 The New Economy, Dr. Kevin Brady
11 The War on Terror: Fighting Multiple Terrorist Fronts and Organizations, Dr. Eric Davis
12 Open Discussion with Mr. Ed Turzanski