United States & CanadaPrimary Source's United States programs are guided by the idea that helping students to achieve a strong understanding of U.S. history and culture is vital for their full democratic and civic participation, for their self-understanding, and for their identity as American citizens within a wider world. Our Canada programs seek to introduce or develop teachers' understanding of the diversity of Canadian peoples and the richness of their history. Our programs for teachers strive to support teaching about the U.S. and Canada by synthesizing new scholarship in history, literature and the humanities, and by incorporating perspectives that have been marginalized in standard texts. Our programs make available plentiful resources and ideas for teaching and explore optimal ways of introducing primary and secondary sources into the classroom. Seminars 2011-2012Civil Rights/Black Power: New Perspectives on the Movement that Transformed American Democracy Three-Day Seminar Series This course introduces new historical interpretations of the African American struggle for freedom in the twentieth century. The movement will be analyzed from multiple perspectives – grassroots and youth involvement, women's roles, interracial organizing, and the connections between foreign policy and civil rights. Participants will examine freedom movements in the North and West as well as the South, and explore in depth the campaign for racial equality in Boston. Other social change movements inspired by black freedom including the women's movement, Latino movement, and gay and lesbian liberation, will also be considered. New documentary films will be featured. Especially for educators in grades 8-12. The Great Depression: A National and Global Phenomenon Three-Day Seminar Series Although the Great Depression is often seen as a watershed event in American history, the economic crisis was a global phenomenon that illustrated the interconnections among various nations. This course uses recent scholarship to place the Great Depression in its true global context. We will examine causes from within and outside U.S. borders, compare how people in different countries coped with its challenges, examine cultural shifts that occurred throughout the world during this time, and analyze the long-term effects of the Depression such as the growth of militarism in the 1930s and post-World War II economic reforms. Canada and Its Diversity One-Day Workshop This program will introduce Canada's diversity of peoples and geography by comparing and contrasting Canadian First Nations with U.S. Native Americans and Quebecois with French Creole peoples in the United States. Throughout the day participants will be introduced to children's literature about Canada by Canadian authors and discuss how to evaluate and use various types of literature about Canada to reveal the tremendous diversity of its peoples, cultures, and land. Especially for educators in grades K-7. Selected Presenters: Betsy Arntzen, University of Maine Canadian-American Center Native Voices: Five New England Communities Today One-Day Workshop In New England, Native American culture is far more than the traditional tales of the "people who met the Pilgrims." This program will introduce teachers to contemporary communities of Native Americans through scholar presentations and an opportunity to explore the Boston Children's Museum's new exhibit that includes hands-on activities, immersive environments, and evocative artifacts both old and new. The exhibit introduces members of the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot of Maine, the Narragansett of Rhode Island, and the Aquinnah Wampanoag and Mashpee Wampanoag of Massachusetts through a series of environments and activities in each of the four New England seasons. This program will introduce five thriving New England communities as they work to balance cultural traditions with life in a modern world. Especially for educators in grades K-7. Bread and Roses: Using Art and Literature to Teach About Labor History in the Elementary Classroom One-Day Workshop In January 1912, thousands of textile mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, went on strike when their wages were cut. In the "Bread and Roses" strike, these workers – primarily immigrant women – forced mill owners to accept their demands and brought national attention to the plight of industrial workers. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the famous strike, this one-day program draws upon art and literature as a way to make this significant event in labor history come to life for young students. Participants will explore the strike through novels, plays, poems, songs, and paintings that can be used in the elementary classroom. Especially for educators in grades 3-5. Thinking Like a Historian: Immigration History Through Primary Sources Four-Week Online Course Through online resources about immigration history, educators will learn how to incorporate and use primary sources in the elementary and middle school classroom. Teachers will explore materials from the Library of Congress collection and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, deepen their understanding of primary sources, and consider how K-8 students can benefit from observing and analyzing them. Especially for educators in grades K-8. The registration deadline was Wednesday, September 28, 2011. 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Educating for Global Understanding
