A More Perfect UnionA More Perfect UnionTeaching American HistoryTeaching American History

March 5, 2011March 5, 2011

Grant PARTNERSGrant PARTNERSDakota Wesleyan UniversityDakota Wesleyan University

Organization of American HistoriansOrganization of American Historians

Ashbrook Institute at Ashland Ashbrook Institute at Ashland University, OhioUniversity, Ohio

Stony the Road We Trod Stony the Road We Trod – The – The Alabama Civil Rights MovementAlabama Civil Rights Movement

Additional ResourcesAdditional ResourcesThe KINDLE - Books, books, & booksThe KINDLE - Books, books, & books

OAH Magazine of History OAH Magazine of History

DBQ Project materialsDBQ Project materials

Grant website – www.mpu-tah.org Grant website – www.mpu-tah.org

And more as time goes on…….And more as time goes on…….

YEAR ONE Historical ContentYEAR ONE Historical Content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.

Todd Estes Todd Estes OAH Distinguished Lecturer 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.

Summer semesterSummer semesterMemorial Day – Laptop InstituteMemorial Day – Laptop Institute• Revolutionary Characters Revolutionary Characters – Gordon – Gordon

Wood (Book and Kindle)Wood (Book and Kindle)• His Excellency: George WashingtonHis Excellency: George Washington – –

Joseph EllisJoseph Ellis• Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander

Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation- Nobel Anderson

YEAR ONE Historical ContentYEAR ONE Historical Content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

Summer SessionSummer Session

Cynthia StoutCynthia StoutOAH Distinguished Lecturer OAH 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

July 28July 28thth-29-29thth

2 day 2 day A More Perfect UnionA More Perfect Union Institute Institute MTIMTI

• Thursday− Sen. George McGovern− Woody Holton

Sen. George McGovernSen. 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

Woody HoltonWoody HoltonOAH Distinguished Lecturer OAH 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).

• 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

Ashbrook UniversityAshbrook University

• www.teachingamericanhistory.org/• Document Library• Audio Lectures• Summer Institutes• Lesson Plans

Each teacher can apply for Each teacher can apply for ONEONE seminar over the course of the grantseminar over the course of the grant

YEAR TWO Historical ContentYEAR 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.

YEAR TWO Historical ContentYEAR 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.

Seneca Falls, NYSeneca Falls, NY

Boston, MABoston, MAFreedom Trail

Mount Auburn CemeteryThe Longfellow

HouseOld North Church

USS ConstitutionBunker Hill

Boston CommonFaneuil Hall

Lowell MillsLexington and Concord

Quincy, MA

Philadelphia, PAPhiladelphia, PA

Valley Forge, PAValley Forge, PA

Gettysburg, PAGettysburg, PA

Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.

YEAR Three Historical ContentYEAR 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.

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.

YEAR Three Historical ContentYEAR Three Historical Content

June 12 – 26, 2013 June 12 – 26, 2013 (Dates are approximate)

Vicksburg, MSVicksburg, MS

Birmingham, ALBirmingham, ALwww.bcri.orgwww.bcri.orgStony the Road We TrodStony the Road We Trod

Atlanta, GAAtlanta, GA

YEAR FOUR Historical ContentYEAR 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.

YEAR FOUR Historical ContentYEAR 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.

June 12 – 22, 2014 June 12 – 22, 2014 (Dates are approximate)

Chicago, ILChicago, IL

June 12 – 22, 2014 June 12 – 22, 2014 (Dates are approximate)

Detroit, MIDetroit, MI

Springfield, ILSpringfield, IL

YEAR Five Historical ContentYEAR 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.

YEAR Five Historical ContentYEAR 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.

• Laptop Institute - Mitchell• A More Perfect Union Institute

To Be Determined

• 1st Semester– September 24th – November 5th

• 2nd Semester– February 4th – April 21st

On Line ResourcesOn Line Resources

History Matters- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/digblack/

Digital History – www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

US History Standards:McREL: http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/SubjectTopics.asp?SubjectID=5