American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life

Picturing AmericaMay 28th, 2011

Welcome!• Participant

Expectations• Materials• Webinars• Lesson Plan Assignment• Assorted

Participant Expectations• Attendance at all in-person seminars and webinars• Participation in in-person and online discussions• Completion of all evaluation materials including pre-

and post-test and satisfaction surveys• Completion of a lesson plan that utilizes the American

Transitions content and Picturing America collection

Materials• Notebook– Reading

Assignments, Agendas, Readings, CD

• Books

• CD– Additional links and

tutorials– Digital scans of

primary sources from OHS collections

These will be helpful in designing your lesson plan!

Webinars• You need a computer and an internet connection• You will receive an email with a link• Please test this link when you receive it to be sure

your Adobe is set up properly (it will do the work for you)

• As the speaker is presents comment and ask questions in the chat box. We will keep track and answer as we go.

• PowerPoints, webinar recordings, and handouts will be added to the American Transitions website after the webinar.

Lesson Plan Assignment• Your final lesson plan should:– Use the Picturing America collection– Use primary source materials related to

the collection– Be something you will actually use!

• Lesson Plans will be due September 16th 2011 as a PDF or Word.doc

To get you thinking…

Assorted• Stipend and CEUs– Stipend = $300; CEUs = 22 hours– You will receive both of these at the end of the

program after the final lesson plan is submitted.• What if I have to miss a session?– Contact Molly before the session and we will work

out a way to make up the missed work.Other questions?