American Promises

Westfield Teaching American History Program

Seminar

The Reforming Impulse in the Progressive Era

with Professor Laura Lovett, University of Massachusetts

July 11, 2006

8:30 AM-3:30 PM

8:30-9:00                 Registration & Coffee, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

9:00-9:15                 Welcome & Announcements, Scanlon Hall Living Room

9:15-10:15               Morning Lecture with Professor Lovett, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:15-10:30                        Question & Answer with Professor Lovett, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:30-11:00                        Break

11:00-12:00                        Breakout Session 1

                                    Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Professor

                               Lovett, Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Counting the Past, Room A

Grade 5-7 teachers, Child Labor, Room B

Grade K-4 teachers, “Progressive Politics & the Hull House, Our

                             Chicago Cousin”, Room C

12:00-1:00               Lunch, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

1:00-2:00                 Breakout Session 2

                                    Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Professor

                               Lovett, Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Counting the Past, Room A

                             Grade 5-7 teachers, “Progressive Politics & the Hull House, Our

                             Chicago Cousin”, Room C

Grade K-4 teachers, Child Labor, Room B

2:15-3:15                 Grade K-7 teachers,

Professor Lovett, Living Room

                                      OR

            Counting the Past, Room A

                             Grade 8-12 teachers

                                                “Progressive Politics & the Hull House, Our Chicago Cousin”,

                                          Room C

                                      OR

          Child Labor, Room B

3:15- 3:30                Wrap up, evaluations, Scanlon Hall Living Room

American Promises

Westfield Teaching American History Program

Seminar

Building America:  Immigration, Architecture and Urbanism

with Professor Max Page, University of Massachusetts

July 12, 2006

8:30 AM-3:30 PM

8:30-9:00                 Registration & Coffee, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

9:00-9:15                 Welcome & Announcements, Scanlon Hall Living Room

9:15-10:15               Morning Lecture with Professor Page, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:15-10:30                        Question & Answer with Professor Page, Scanlon Hall Living

                               Room

10:30-11:00                        Break

                                  Barnes and Noble will be hosting a Book Fair July 12 and 13 from 10:30-

                               1:30 in the Scanlon Hall Banquet Room D

11:00-12:00                        Breakout Session 1

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Professor Page,

Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), City Parks &

Open Spaces, Room A

Grade 5-7 teachers, Homefront Insecurity, Room B

Grade K-4 teachers, How the Other Half Lived:  Tenement Houses, Room C

12:00-1:00               Lunch, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

1:00-2:00                 Breakout Session 2

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Professor Page,

Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), City Parks &

Open Spaces, Room A

Grade 5-7 teachers, How the Other Half Lived:  Tenement Houses, Room C

Grade K-4 teachers,  Homefront Insecurity, Room B

2:15-3:15                 Grade K-7 teachers, Professor Page, Living Room

OR

                                                City Parks & Open Spaces, Room A                    

Grade 8-12 teachers,

How the Other Half Lived:  Tenement Houses, Room C

OR

          Homefront Insecurity, Room C

3:15- 3:30                Wrap up, evaluations, Scanlon Hall Living Room

American Promises

Westfield Teaching American History Program

Seminar

World War II:  Manufacturing on the Homefront

with Professor Michael Konig, Westfield State College

July 13, 2006

8:30 AM-3:30 PM

8:30-9:00                 Registration & Coffee, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

9:00-9:15                 Welcome & Announcements, Scanlon Hall Living Room

9:15-10:15               Morning Lecture with Professor Konig, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:15-10:30            Question & Answer with Professor Konig, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:30-11:00                        Break

                                  Barnes and Noble will be hosting a Book Fair July 12 and 13 from 10:30-

                               1:30 in the Scanlon Hall Banquet Room D

11:00-12:00                        Breakout Session 1

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Professor Konig,

Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Air Raid, Pearl Harbor:  This is no Drill, Room A

Grade 5-7 teachers, Speaking with Your Past:  WWII & Oral Histories, Room B

Grade K-4 teachers, Interned for the Duration, Room C

12:00-1:00               Lunch, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

1:00-2:00                 Breakout Session 2

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Professor Konig,

Scanlon Hall Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Air Raid, Pearl Harbor:  This is no Drill, Room A

Grade 5-7 teachers, Interned for the Duration, Room C

Grade K-4 teachers, Speaking with Your Past:  WWII & Oral Histories, Room B

2:15-3:15                 Grade K-7 teachers,

Professor Konig, Scanlon Hall Living Room

                             OR

                             Air Raid, Pearl Harbor:  This is no Drill, Room A

Grade 8-12 teachers,

Interned for the Duration, Room C

                             OR

Speaking with Your Past:  WWII & Oral Histories, Room B

3:15- 3:30                Wrap up, evaluations, Scanlon Hall Living Room

American Promises

Westfield Teaching American History Program

Seminar

The Civil Rights Movement and the Meaning of Freedom

with Professor Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College

July 14, 2006

8:30 AM-3:30 PM

Schedule for large numbers

8:30-9:00                 Registration & Coffee, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

9:00-9:15                 Welcome & Announcements, Scanlon Hall Living Room

9:15-10:15               Morning Lecture with Professor Nelson, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:15-10:30                        Question & Answer with Professor Nelson, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:30-11:00                        Break

11:00-12:00                        Breakout Session 1

                             Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Professor

                             Nelson, Living Room

                             OR

                             The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room?

                             Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Hate Groups

                             Today, Room?

                             OR

                             The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room?

                                    Grade 5-7 teachers, Oral History in the Classroom, Room?

Grade K-4 teachers, Oral History in the Classroom, Room?

12:00-1:00               Lunch, Scanlon Banquet Room

1:00-2:00                 Breakout Session 2

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with N-Z), Oral History in the Classroom, Room?

Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M), Oral History in the Classroom, Room?

Grade 5-7 teachers, Hate Groups Today, Room?

OR

Professor Nelson, Living Room

Grade K-4 teachers, The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room?

OR

Professor Nelson, Living Room

2:15-3:15                 Grade 8-12 teachers (names beginning with A-M)

                                    Professor Nelson, Living Room

Grade 8-12 teachers, (names beginning with N-Z),

                             Professor Nelson, Living Room

                             OR

                             Hate Groups Today, Room?

Grade 5-7 teachers, The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room?

                             Grade K-4 teachers, Children in the Civil Rights Movement, Room?

3:15- 3:30                Wrap up, evaluations, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

American Promises

Westfield Teaching American History Program

Seminar

The Civil Rights Movement and the Meaning of Freedom

with Professor Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College

July 14, 2006

8:30 AM-3:30 PM

8:30-9:00                 Registration & Coffee, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room

9:00-9:15                 Welcome & Announcements, Scanlon Hall Living Room

9:15-10:15               Morning Lecture with Professor Nelson, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:15-10:30                        Question & Answer with Professor Nelson, Scanlon Hall Living Room

10:30-11:00                        Break

11:00-12:00                        Breakout Session 1

Grade 8-12 teachers, The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room A

Grade K-7 teachers, Oral History in the Classroom, Room B

12:00-1:00               Lunch, Scanlon Banquet Room

1:00-2:00                 Breakout Session 2

Grade 8-12 teachers,  Oral History in the Classroom, Room B

Grade 5-7 teachers, Hate Groups Today, Room C

OR

Professor Nelson, Living Room

Grade K-4 teachers, Professor Nelson, Living Room

2:15-3:15                 Grade 8-12 teachers

                             Professor Nelson, Living Room

                             OR

Hate Groups Today, Room C

Grade K-7 teachers, The Power of Song in the Civil Rights Movement, Room A

3:15- 3:30                Wrap up, evaluations, Scanlon Hall Banquet Room