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What's New
Featured Materials for Teachers
Maryland Historical Society Hosts Teacher Workshops to Prepare for Black History Month
To help teachers provide their students with exciting, informative content for February's Black History Month, the Maryland Historical Society will be offering two teacher workshops this winter, the first in January, the second in February. The workshops will focus on different aspects of the African American experience in Maryland through hands on activities conducted by the staff of the Maryland Historical Society.Traces of the Trade: Join MPT, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture and MdHS for a special teacher workshop on the PBS documentary Traces of the Trade. The workshop will include a lesson demonstration of the triangular trade and the Middle Passage and a viewing of the film’s highlights. Workshop date: Saturday, January 17, 9 am – 12 pm.
Post-Emancipation Maryland: Teachers learn about life in Reconstruction-era Maryland by examining a variety of documents, including the diary of a former plantation owner, letters to Judge Hugh Lennox Bond, and newspapers clippings. Teachers receive lesson plans with documents from the MdHS archive. Workshop will include a special presentation by the Maryland Council on Economic Education. Workshop date: Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 12 pm.
To register for Teacher Workshops, please call 410-685-3750 ext 336 or email Naomi Coquillon at ncoquillon@mdhs.org
The Historical Society will also feature a number of related events through out January and February, including special tours, in class workshops, and a joint Field Trip held with the Frederick Douglas Isaac Myers Maritime Park. For more information, visit the MDHS website at www.mdhs.org.
Dr. Barry Lanman named Postsecondary Teacher of the Year by Oral History Association
On September 15, 2008 the Oral History Association at Dickinson College named Dr. Barry Lanman of UMBC's History Department the recipient of their Postsecondary Teaching Award. This award is given to a distinguished postsecondary educator involved in undergraduate, graduate, continuing, or professional education who has incorporated the practice of oral history in the classroom in exemplary ways.
Besides serving as a Professor of Practice and Part-Time Instructor at UMBC, he is also the director of the Martha Ross Center for Oral History. He has worked as a partner with the UMBC Center for History Education on numerous grants and programs, where his sessions have received rave reviews from attendees.
CHE is Accepting Applications for East Asia Seminar Program: January - April 2009
Teachers are invited to apply to East Asia: Ancient Cultures & Global Economies. This seminar program for middle and high school educators will provide the necessary content and resources for implementing a curriculum on East Asia. Presented by the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) and the Center for History Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), the program will examine the history, culture, geography, economics, art and literature of East Asia, with a focus on China, Japan and Korea. No previous background is assumed. Teams of teachers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Sessions will take place at UMBC over eight Saturday mornings, from January 24th to April 25th, with a session at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Participants will also attend two follow-up workshops in Fall 2009. Program benefits include stipends and instructional materials, as well as eligibility for the NCTA East Asia Study Tour in Summer 2010.
For a complete description of the program and to apply, visit http://www.umbc.edu/che/ncta. The application deadline is December 12, 2008. Space is limited. For more information and questions, contact the UMBC Center for History Education at che@umbc.edu or 410-455-2046.
This national program is funded by the Freeman Foundation, in association withthe Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies of the University of Pittsburgh, and the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA). The Baltimore area NCTA seminar program is presented by the UMBC Department of History and Center for History Education.
UMBC's "U.S. Democrazy" Goes Live
US Democrazy is a humorous, interactive learning tool, created by UMBC's Imaging Research Center and Kevin, "KAL" Kallaugher, UMBC artist in residence. Designed to inform as well as entertain, the site examines each of America's 50 states, providing fun historical facts along with an explanation of the U.S. Electoral College and the process by which Americans elect their President. KAL, the former editorial cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun and a current contributor to The Economist magazine, provides the drawings that help bring the unique culture of each state to life. Designed for middle and high school students, as well as adults, the site's goal is summarized in its latin motto, "Veni, Risi, Percepi," which means, "I came, I laughed, I learned."
Please visit the site at www.usdemocrazy.net and check out what UMBC and KAL have created.
"Making American History Master Teachers in Baltimore County" Program Conducts AIMS Workshop
On Friday, October 10th 2008, the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) held a day-long workshop at McDonogh School to discuss and present ways to teach students about the riots in Baltimore that followed the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. Placing the riots in the broader context of American political, economic, and cultural history, the wokshop included presentations from five members of the CHE's "Making American History Master Teachers in Baltimore County" Program. Jennifer Decker, Cynthia Hoyer, Joshua Kukowski, Jennifer Meltzer, and Nicholas Ricks utilized resources and techniques, devloped through their course work with Prof. Elizabeth Nix and Mr. Bruce Lesh, to provide innovative ways to teach about this significant historical event.
AIMS is a voluntary organization of private, independent elementary and college preparatory schools in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Founded in 1967, the orgnaization now includes 117 shcools that provide services to more than 45,000 students. For more information, please see their webiste at http://www.aimsmd.org/.
Resources about the Baltimore Riots of 1968 are available at Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth, created by the University of Baltimore.
CHE and Anne Arundel County Awarded Teaching American History Grant
UMBC's Center for History Education and the Anne Arundel County Public Schools were awarded a grant from the federal government to create and administer a three year Making Master Teachers Program. Beginning July 1, 2008 the CHE and AACPS will begin to use the nearly $1 million award to fund a three year cohort model for 30 Anne Arundel County school teachers in Elementary, Middle and High schools. These teachers will work with historians, resource teachers, and outside professionals to develop the skills and knowledge to improve the teaching of American history in the classroom.
Based on a similar model to the programs UMBC is currently running with the Howard County Public School System and the Baltimore County Public Schools, participants in the new grant will take three graduate level courses taught by professional historians, with each course empahsizing a different aspect of the historical process. Year One will emphasize reading, Year Two will focus on research, while Year Three will culminate with the writing and dissemination of primary source based materials for use by teachers around the county. This year's grant will involve the Banneker-Douglass Museum, the Maryland State Archives, and Historic London Town and Gardens.
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