Year Two 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 Early 1800’s to the Gilded Age and Industrial Revolution in America. 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 2 (2011-12)
Orientation: Cicero Training and Lesson/Unit Planning Process, September 20, 2011
BLAST IU 17 Colloquium Agenda, September 20, 2011
1 Introduction to Cicero, Dr. Fran Macko
2 Lesson-Unit Planning Process, Dr. Fran Macko
Fall Colloquium, November 17-18, 2011
BLAST Fellowship Fall Colloquium Agenda Nov 17-18 2011
1 Reading the American Cemetery, Part I, Dr. Tom Connors
2 Reading the American Cemetery, Part II, Dr. Tom Connors
Reading the American Cemetery, Slide Descriptions
Possible Cemetery Projects for Students
3 Walking the Trail of Tears, Lucinda Evans
Documenting “The Trail of Tears”: William Clark Letters 1-5
4 Concept-Based Teaching, Robby Brown
5 Reform Movements of the 1800’s: A Concept-Based Approach, Robby Brown
6″Philosophical Chairs”: Slave vs. Free Debate Using Primary Sources, Lucinda Evans
American Slavery As It Is, Theodore Weld
The Blessings of Slavery, George Fitzhugh   Cannibals All, George Fitzhugh
Pro-Slavery Argument in the 1830’s   Passage from The LiberatorÂ
The Gathering Storm, Hinton Rowan Helper
7 The Rise of Common Man: Jacksonian Democracy, Robby Brown
Winter Colloquium, February 8-9, 2012
BLAST IU 17 Winter Colloquium Agenda, Feb. 8-9, 2012
1 TheFugitive Slave Experience, Dr. Judith Geisberg
Runaway Slaves Advertisements, 1734-1783
2 White Out: Improving Historical Literacy through Primary Sources, Anthony Fitzpatrick
3 Re-thinking Causes of the Civil War, Dr. Judith Geisberg
Causes of the Civil War; A Historiography, Dr, Judith Geisberg
The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause”, James W. Loewen
Getting the Civil War Right (article from Teaching Tolerance), James W. Loewen
4 Qestioning the Text: Slave Narratives, Dr. Fran Macko
Question-Answer relationships Chart
Question-answer Relationships Graphic Organizer
A Slave’s Experience: Narrative of Mary Reynolds
5 Dred Scott Re-visited: Teaching about Slavery and Gender, Dr. Judith Geisberg
Spring Colloquium, April 26-27, 2012
BLaST IU 17 Spring Colloquium Agenda, April 26-27 2012
1 The Mexican War, Dr. Matthew Pinsker
Robert E. Lee and the Mexican War
A House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Gettysburg College
2 Picturing History: The Mecican War, Dr. Fran Macko
Painting Analysis Worksheet   Small Group Discussion Questions.
Painting: Scott in Mexico City   Drawing of Mexican Man
3 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Dr. Matthew Pinsker
Behind the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
4 Web Projects: A House Divided, Decade of Crisis, Dr. Matthew Pinsker
5 Teaching the Election of 1860, Dr. William Ross
Summer Institute, June 19-22, 2012
BLAST IU 17 Summer Institute Agenda, June 19-22 2012
June 19-20, 2012
1 Overview: North vs. South, Dr. John Sacher
2 Creating Reader’s Theater: Voices of the Civil War, Nancy Taylor
Reader’s Theater Document Packet
3 Why the North Won, Dr. John Sacher
4 Civil War Music, Nancy Taylor
5 Presidential Reconstruction (1863-1867), Dr. John Sacher
6 Radical Reconstruction (1867-1876), Dr. John Sacher
7 Writing Strategies for Social Studies, Martha Fenstermacher
June 21-22, 2012
8 The 8 “Ates” of Immigration, Dr. Kevin Brady
9 The American West, Dr. Paul Rosier
Westward Expansion Primary Sources, Set 1
Westward Expansion Primary Sources, Set 2
10 The Industrial Revolution: A Godsend, Dr. Kevin Brady
11 Gender in Post-Civil War America, Dr. Paul Rosier
Primary Source Documents:
Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for Girls. Edward H. Clarke, M.D., 1875
The Women’s Centannial Agenda, 1876
12 The Gilded Age : The Triumph of Capitalism, Dr. Kevin Brady
Primary Source Documents:  Cheered, Mary E. Lease     What’s the Matter with Kansas?
13 Southern and Urban Economies and the Development of Jim Crow Laws, Dr. Paul Rosier
Southern and Urban Economies and Jim Crow Outline Notes
Urban Economy Primary Source DocumentsÂ
Jim Crow Primary Source DocumentsÂ
“The South and Her Problems”, Henry W. Grady, 1887
14 Teaching Immigration, Industrialization and the Gilded Age:
Strategies for Differentiation and Critical Analysis, Margaret Tran
Immigration and Inductrialization, Margaret Tran
Cartoon Analysis Sheet     Cartoons
Immigration Images     Immigration Web AssignmentÂ
Teaching with Documents – Ellis Island     Teaching with Documents – Immigration
Readers Theater – Emma Lazarus