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A More Perfect Union

A More Perfect Union. Teaching American History March 5, 2011. Grant PARTNERS. Dakota Wesleyan University Organization of American Historians Ashbrook Institute at Ashland University, Ohio Stony the Road We Trod – The Alabama Civil Rights Movement. Additional Resources.

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A More Perfect Union

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  1. A More Perfect Union Teaching American History March 5, 2011

  2. Grant PARTNERS Dakota Wesleyan University Organization of American Historians Ashbrook Institute at Ashland University, Ohio Stony the Road We Trod – The Alabama Civil Rights Movement

  3. Additional Resources The KINDLE - Books, books, & books OAH Magazine of History DBQ Project materials Grant website – www.mpu-tah.org And more as time goes on…….

  4. YEAR ONE Historical Content Historical Philosophies Underpinning the United States Constitution: 1609-1800 A study of the philosophical background, cultural issues, economic and political realities of the founding era, including the colonists’ motivation for founding the colonies, the introduction of slavery (from the beginning to its inclusion in the Constitution) early representative bodies, the expectation of liberty, ‘British’ civil guarantees, individual vs. virtual representation, the Enlightenment, and the Articles of Confederation.

  5. Todd Estes OAH Distinguished Lecturer • Associate professor of history at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan; • His research concentrates on early U.S. political history and political culture; • The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture (2006); • He is currently researching a book on the ratification debate, tentatively entitled The Campaign for the Constitution: Political Culture and the Ratification Contest.

  6. Summer semester Memorial Day – Laptop Institute • Revolutionary Characters – Gordon Wood (Book and Kindle) • His Excellency: George Washington – Joseph Ellis • Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation- Nobel Anderson

  7. YEAR ONE Historical Content Historical Philosophies Underpinning the United States Constitution: The Founders, 1609-1800 A study of the people at the forefront of Revolution and Founding Era, as well as those behind the scenes, to more fully understand the ideas and actions that founded the American nation and its guiding document, the Constitution

  8. Summer Session YEAR 1 July 25th- 27th 3-day Laptop Institute – MTI (Each Summer) • Monday • AM Keynote – How Students Use Technology • PM National Portrait Gallery • Tuesday • AM National Portrait Gallery • PM ESSDACK TAH • Wednesday • OAH Lecturer Cynthia Stout

  9. Cynthia StoutOAH Distinguished Lecturer • Spent 30 years with the Jeffco Public Schools in Golden, CO, teaching history and social studies at the secondary level; writing curriculum and assessments; and worked in professional development for K-12 • She is involved in a number of TAH grant projects throughout the nation. Lectures • Teaching Students to Think Historically • Best Practices in Teaching History at the Secondary Level • Assessment and Evaluation in the History Classroom

  10. YEAR 1 July 28th-29th 2 day A More Perfect Union Institute MTI • Thursday • Sen. George McGovern • Woody Holton

  11. Sen. George McGovern • 1942 - Army Air Corps in June • 1950 - Ph.D. Northwestern University • 1950-1953- Professor of history/government at DWU • 1957 – Elected to US House (2 terms) • 1961 - Director of the Food for Peace Program • 1962 - Elected to the US Senate (elected to 3 terms) • 1972 - Democratic nominee for President • 1998-2001 - Ambassador to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization • 2000 - Presidential Medal of Freedom • 2001 – UN Global Ambassador on World Hunger • 2008 – World Food Prize Laureate

  12. Woody HoltonOAH Distinguished Lecturer • Associate professor of history at the University of Richmond in Virginia • Author of Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (1999)-the OAH Merle Curti Award;  • Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (2007)-finalist for the National Book Award;  • Abigail Adams (2009)-the Bancroft Prize and a New York Times editors’ choice; and  • Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era: A Brief History With Documents (2009).

  13. YEAR 1 • Friday − Use resources such as: information from the week, OAH magazine, and DBQ Project materials − Create lesson plan and develop the curriculum unit • Sharing opportunities − Book discussions − Intro to Fall semester 2011 – Dr. Sean Flynn

  14. Ashbrook University • www.teachingamericanhistory.org/ • Document Library • Audio Lectures • Summer Institutes • Lesson Plans Each teacher can apply for ONE seminar over the course of the grant

  15. YEAR TWO Historical Content Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic: Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State Sovereignty, 1801-1837: The early republic, the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution, including such specific issues as the early Supreme Court under Jay and Marshall, the beginnings of judicial review, early American nationalism, and the early understanding of and evolution of state vs. national rights.

  16. YEAR TWO Historical Content Slavery and the Constitution, 1838-1861 A study of the historical events of this era of national growth, compromise and wrestling with the meaning of the Constitution, including the various legislative attempts to satisfy both abolitionists and slaveholders under one national government, the growth of the abolition and states’ rights movements, shifting political parties, and the Mexican War.

  17. Seneca Falls, NY

  18. Boston, MA Freedom Trail Mount Auburn Cemetery The Longfellow House Old North Church USS Constitution Bunker Hill Boston Common Faneuil Hall Lowell Mills Lexington and Concord Quincy, MA

  19. Philadelphia, PA

  20. Valley Forge, PA

  21. Gettysburg, PA

  22. Washington, D.C.

  23. YEAR Three Historical Content The Constitution and the Civil War, 1861-1865: A study of the historical events of this era of war mobilization, carnage, and occupation, including the changing war goals, the Emancipation Proclamation, the draft and its social implications, threatened foreign intervention, and the changing nature of states’ rights.

  24. YEAR Three Historical Content Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1865-1876: A study of the historical events of this era of healing, Reconstruction and presidential politics, the reassertion of White supremacist notions the South, and the Civil War Amendments.

  25. June 12 – 26, 2013 (Dates are approximate) Vicksburg, MS

  26. Birmingham, AL www.bcri.org Stony the Road We Trod

  27. Atlanta, GA

  28. YEAR FOUR Historical Content The Industrial State, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and States Rights, 1865-1920: A study of the historical events at this time of the urbanization of America, the consolidation of economic power in corporations, the apex of American industrialization, the struggles of organized labor and the response to the swings of the business cycle.

  29. YEAR FOUR Historical Content The Progressive Age, 1880-1920: The study of the historical events of this time of the application of scientific principles to social issues of the day, the anti-democratic slant of that application, the rise of the woman’s movement especially as it related to suffrage, the response of the political parties to progressives, the battle over Prohibition, and America’s participation in the Great War.

  30. Chicago, IL June 12 – 22, 2014 (Dates are approximate)

  31. Detroit, MI June 12 – 22, 2014 (Dates are approximate)

  32. Springfield, IL

  33. YEAR Five Historical Content Liberal vs. Conservative Constitutionalism in the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920-1945: A study of the historical events of this time of laissez faire, Hoover’s response to the Great Depression, the FDR’s New Deal and the reinvigoration of the American economy resulting from World War II, the violation of some civil liberties during the war, the boost to organized labor from the New Deal, and a new acceptance of internationalism.

  34. YEAR Five Historical Content Constitutionalism, Equality in the Modern Era, Conservative Redux, and Judicial Supremacy, 1946-Present: A study of the post-war years through the present to more fully understand the historical events of the post-war years, the Cold War and its affect on constitutional liberties, the rise or reassertion of conservatism in American politics, and the decisions of a robust judiciary.

  35. Summer SessionYEAR 5 To Be Determined • Laptop Institute - Mitchell • A More Perfect Union Institute

  36. saturday Sessions2011-2012 • 1st Semester • September 24th • November 5th • 2nd Semester • February 4th • April 21st

  37. On Line Resources US History Standards: McREL: http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/SubjectTopics.asp?SubjectID=5 History Matters- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/digblack/ Digital History – www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

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