American History Teachers' Collaborative
Summer Institute

World War II and the Holocaust

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July 23rd, 2007

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 Welcome and breakfast
8:45 - 10:45 Dr. Williamson Murray, World War II: The European Front
(Click here for Dr. Murray's bibliography)
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:45 First Session (discussion with Dr. Murray or World War II websites in the computer lab)
11:45 - 1:30 Lunch on your own
1:30 - 2:30 Second Session (switch rooms)
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15 Introduction of Primary Document CDs
3:15 – 4:15 Chuck Koplinski, Soldiers' Lives in Film
4:15 – 4:30 Closing remarks and evaluations

      

July 24, 2007
Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 Welcome and breakfast
8:30 - 10:30 Dr. Mark Leff, World War II: The European Front
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 First Session (discussion with Dr. Leff or a political cartoons activity with Barb Thoma)
11:30 - 12:15 Lunch on your own
12:15 - 1:15 Second Session (switch rooms)
1:00 - 1:30 Discussion of lesson plan and reflective paper requirement
1:30 - 2:00 Don Barbour, Resources from the Illinois State Archives
2:00 - 3:00 Third Session (Don Barbour & Tiffany Clark with local World War II primary sources or a book talk with Carol Inskeep from the Urbana Free Library)
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Fourth Session (switch rooms)
4:15 – 4:30 Closing remarks and evaluations

 

July 25, 2007
Agenda

8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and breakfast
8:15 - 9:30 Brian Kahn, Rebecca Lawson, & Bob Lehmann, Introduction to Teaching About the Holocaust
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 - 10:45 First Session (Bob Lehmann, History of the Camps & Holocaust Pedagogy or Rebecca Lawson, Holocaust Literature & How to Use it in the Classroom)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Second Session (switch rooms)
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 Third Session (Brian Kahn, Holocaust Activity Centers or Bob Lehmann & Rebecca Lawson, Examination of Several Key Websites)
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 - 2:45 Fourth Session (switch rooms)
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:00 Testimony by Holocaust survivor Mrs. Doris Fogel, My Story as it Relates to the Holocaust: The Shanghai Experience
4:00 – 4:30 Raffle, closing remarks and evaluations

 

July 26, 2007
Agenda

8:00 - 8:15 Arrive at Urbana Middle School and load buses
8:45 - 11:00 Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, Illinois
11:00 - 11:30 Return to Urbana Middle School
11:30 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 2:15 Dr. James Barrett, Peoples' War? The Domestic Impact of World War II
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:15 Kimberlie Kranich of WILL, Local Resources for Teaching World War II & a Sneak Peek at Ken Burns' New Documentary
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:15 Alexis Jones, Tuskegee Airmen Resources
4:15 – 4:30 Closing remarks and evaluations

 

July 27, 2007
Agenda

8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and breakfast
8:15 - 9:30 Carol Inskeep, World War II Images
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 - 11:00 Chuck Koplinski, Axis Propaganda
11:00 - 11:30 Lunch
11:30 - 12:30 Chuck Koplinski, Allied Propaganda
12:30 - 4:15 Work time in the computer lab
4:15 – 4:30 Closing remarks and evaluations


Reflective Papers written by:

Bruce Rummenie
Urbana Middle School

Matthew Murrey
Urbana High School

Gregory Chew
Urbana High School

Kim Anderson
Jefferson Middle School

Kyle Sondgeroth
Bottenfield Elementary School

Beth Koplinski
Booker T. Washington Elementary School

Brian Cordes
Unity West Elementary School

Christopher Luffman
Urbana High School

Melissa Luffman
Stratton Elementary School

Patricia Lee
Stratton Elementary School

Izona Burgess
Stratton Elementary School

              

 

 

 

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