|
|
 |
History and Social/Science
(Also see institutes #3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 48, 49)
Elementary
14
New Bedford Public Schools
Partners: Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, UMass, Dartmouth
Dates: July 1, July 22-26, August 22, 2002
Location: Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, South Dartmouth
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Tricia Sheppard, 508-990-0505
email: learn@thelloydcenter.org
|
People of the Coast
This institute focuses on America up to 1900, tying together history, social science, and environmental science. Field studies, classroom experiences, and instructional sessions combine to enable teachers to develop knowledge and understanding of the historical and ecological changes that took place in North America from the early 17th century to the early 20th century. An emphasis on measurable, observable, assessment strategies provides participants with practical knowledge for judging student performance and growth in the classroom.
1 pre-institute day, 5 days plus 1 follow-up day
Graduate credit available from UMass, Dartmouth
|
Elementary
15
Frontier Regional/Union 38 Schools
Partner: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Dates: Saturday, May 18, July 15-19, July 25-27, 2002
Location: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield and Hatfield Elementary School
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Marilyn McArthur, 413-774-7476, x 28
email: marilynmca@aol.com
|
American History to 1800
This institute focuses on using primary sources to stimulate student interest in U.S. history, including the attack on Deerfield in 1704, the founders' classical inspiration for democratic government in ancient Greece and Rome, and the influence of Shays' Rebellion on the creation of the U.S. Constitution. Memorial Hall Museum educators will discuss landscape, architecture, artifacts, and documents of the Connecticut River Valley. Local teachers will help participants use the American Centuries website to link school and community resources.
1 Saturday pre-institute session, 8 days
Graduate credit available from Westfield State College
|
Elementary, 3-5
16
Lowell Public Schools
Partner: Tsongas Industrial History Center
Dates: May 8 (administrator orientation), May 22 and June 5 (4-7 p.m.), June 24-26, July 9-11, 2002, April 2003 TBA
Location: Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Peter O'Connell, 978-970-5080
email: peter_oconnell@uml.edu
|
The Creation of a Nation 1750-1850: Two American Revolutions
This institute, which focuses on the "doubly revolutionary" period of 1750-1850, will help teachers gain historical knowledge and acquire engaging curriculum materials that they can adapt and use with elementary-aged students. With the staff of the Center, participants will visit Massachusetts historic sites as they learn about the ideas, people, issues, and events of the Revolutionary War era; the issues, principles, and compromises in the U.S. Constitution; and the development of an industrial-commercial economy in Massachusetts. Institute resources include primary sources, learning kits, and historical fiction titles.
3 pre-institute sessions, 6 days plus follow-up session
Graduate credit available from UMass, Lowell
|
Upper Elementary
17
Cambridge Public Schools / Burlington Public Schools
Partner: Primary Source
Dates: Saturday, May 18; June 25-28 and July 1-2; August 27, 2002
Location: Fitzgerald School, Cambridge and Primary Source, Watertown
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Tova Thorpe, 617-923-9933, x 0
email: Tova@primarysource.org
|
Civilizations of the Ancient World: China, Egypt and Nubia, Mesopotamia
In this institute, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians will lecture on ancient China, Egypt and Nubia, and Mesopotamia, focusing on six characteristics of civilization: food supply, population density, record keeping, social stratification, labor specialization, and monumental works. Teachers will provide guidance on interdisciplinary lesson planning and hands-on activities that support the institute's key concepts and state learning standards. Each participant will receive a hardcover text (First Cities by Anthony Andrews), several trade books, and the 200-page Primary Source Resource Notebook with information and lesson ideas for each early civilization.
1 Saturday pre-institute session, 6 days plus 1 follow-up session
Graduate credit available from Fitchburg State College
|
Middle
18
Fitchburg Public Schools
Partner: Fitchburg State College
Dates: June 24 - June 28; August 29, 2002
Location: Fitchburg State College
Registration: 35 spaces available
Contact: Kay Paulsen, 978-345-3220
email: paulsenk@fitchburg.k12.ma.us
|
American Civil War and Reconstruction
This institute will take a fresh look at the people and events of the Civil War, enabling participants to evaluate the leadership contributions of key historical figures. Teachers will hear presentations from experts, explore primary resources, engage in reading, research, and discussion, participate in field trips and learn to incorporate new materials and teaching strategies in their classrooms. Participants will be required to develop an integrated unit of study.
5 days plus one follow-up day
Graduate credit available from Fitchburg State College
|
Middle, High
19
Plymouth Public Schools
Partner: Massachusetts Council on Economic Education
Dates: May 23 (3:30-7 p.m.), July 9-11, July 16-18; August 6, 2002
Locations: Bridgewater State College and Plymouth Public Schools
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Robert Wedge, 978-314-0592
email: rob@economiced.org
Website: www.economiced.org/ci02intro.htm
|
Micro and Macro Economics for Teachers: Understanding and Applications for the Classroom
This institute will help teachers answer fundamental economic questions for themselves and their students. Why do actors and athletes make so much money? Why does a restaurant charge $7 for a hamburger? Why do governments have to charge people taxes for goods and services? Why should young people start planning for retirement today? Why did we have a national debt when there was a surplus? Participants will investigate broad economic concepts and themes in large-group sessions during half of each day, and develop and present lesson plans and simulations in smaller middle and high school groups during the other half of each day.
1 pre-institute session 6 days plus 1 follow-up day
Graduate credit available from Bridgewater State College
|
Middle, High
20
Worcester Public Schools
Partner: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
Dates: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20 (4-7 p.m.), June 24-28 (12:45-4 p.m.), July 1 (1-4 p.m.), Saturdays, August 10, 17, 2002 (12:30-4:30 p.m.)
Location: College of the Holy Cross
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: David Schaefer, 508-793-2252
email: dschaefe@holycross.edu
|
The Drama of Liberty and Equality: American Political Thought from the Founding to the New Deal
This institute will provide participants an opportunity to study writings by leading American statesmen, including the Antifederalists, the authors of The Federalist, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, and the authors of the Seneca Falls Declaration of women's rights. During each session, participants will hear a lecture on the day's assigned reading and then enter a group discussion of the material and issues for that day. Teachers will develop, revise, and present to the other participants a lesson plan that makes use of institute materials in the classroom.
11 afternoons, plus 2 Saturday afternoon follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Salem State College
|
Middle, High
21
The Education Cooperative (TEC)
Partner: Harvard University
Dates: Saturday, July 13; July 29-August 2; August 21
Location: TEC Professional Development Center, Wellesley
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Betsy Baglio, 781-237-3028 (registration); Barbara Petzen, 617-495-4078 (content information)
email: bbaglio@tec-coop.org (Betsy Baglio); bpetzen@fas.harvard.edu (Barbara Petzen)
|
Islamic History
This institute will provide an opportunity for teachers to deepen their understanding of Islamic history, culture, and traditions. The institute content is closely aligned with the current draft of the History and Social Science framework and provides content as well as methods of presentation that will allow the participants to successfully complete a comprehensive Islamic history unit of studies for their students.
1 pre-institute day, plus 5 days and 1 follow-up day
Graduate credit available from Framingham State College
|
|
Framingham Public Schools
Partner: Framingham State College, Center for Global Education
Dates: June 27 (5-8 p.m.), July 9-11, July 16-18, Saturday, August 10, 2002 (5-8 p.m.)
Locations: Center for Global Education, Framingham State College, Labor Resource Center, UMass, Boston
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Meghan Maxfield, 508-626-4037
email: mmaxfield@frc.mass.edu
|
Work, Workers, Industry, and Technology:
Massachusetts, the Nation, and the World, 1800-2000
This institute focuses on teaching about work, workers, industry, and technology in Massachusetts and the United States. The institute will allow participants to explore connections among local, state, national, and global influences from 1800-2000, addressing multiple topics in the History and Social Science framework. A key institute objective is to understand how the economy and society changed from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Field trips to key historic sites in Massachusetts and an institute web site will be featured.
1 pre-institute session, 6 days plus 1 Saturday evening follow-up session
Graduate credit available from Framingham State College
|
|
Milton Public Schools and Burlington Public Schools
Partner: Primary Source
Dates: Saturday, June 8, July 8-12, August 27, 2002
Locations: Suffolk University, Boston and Smith School, Beacon Hill
Registration: 35 spaces available
Contact: Anna Roelofs, 617-923-9933, x 21
email: anna@primarysource.org
|
Making Freedom II: African Americans in United States History
This institute focuses on the ways African Americans have contributed to American traditions of freedom and democracy in the period between 1865 and 1965. Participants will explore how to connect an investigation of primary source material to the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks. Mornings will be devoted to presentations and discussion with scholars; afternoons will find participants and master teachers working with specific materials and planning how to translate scholarly study into classroom practice.
1 pre-institute day, 5 days plus 1 follow-up day
Graduate credit available from Fitchburg State College
|
Previous | Next
Table of Contents
last updated: January 1, 2002
|
|
