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Earn 12 PDPs and $100 Stipend
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4 Sessions:
December 12, 2013 January 23, 2014 March 27, 2014 May 8,
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4:30 to 7:00pm Northampton, MA
Forward registration to:Emerging America, Attn. Jill Robinson
Collaborative for Educational Services 97 Hawley Street,
Northampton, MA 01060413.586.2878 Fax |
[email protected]
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2013-2014 HISTORY INSTITUTE:Contemporary Events and Historical
Perspectives
Four Sessions: 12.12.13 | 1.23.14 | 3.27.14 | 5.8.14 4:30-7:00
pm, includes light supper | Free tuition Collaborative for
Educational Services, Northampton, MA
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2013-2014 HISTORY INSTITUTEContemporary Events and Historical
Perspectives
Audience: K-12 teachers
Location: Collaborative for Educational Services, 97 Hawley
Street, Northampton, MA (all four sessions)
Free Tuition: Free of charge for K-12 educators
PDPs: 12 PDPs available for participants who attend all four
sessions and complete a written assignment
Stipend: $100 available on successful completion
Sessions: 4:30 to 7:00pm
For more information, contact:Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse,
Assistant Director Collaborative for Educational Services |
Emerging America [email protected] . 413-586-4900
x162
DETAILS Limit: 25 participants
This year’s four-session institute, offered in partnership with
the UMass Amherst Department of History, welcomes expert scholars
to discuss the historical origins of contemporary events. By
looking closely at Central Asia, the Middle East, the idea of
American exceptionalism and the modern environmental movement, we
will gain essential perspective on stories in the news today.
Following each talk, teachers will work with primary sources
relating to the topic and explore ways to introduce the topics and
sources into the classroom, connecting to content taught and the
Common Core.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES:
loc.gov/teachersHistory Department
March 27, 2014 4:30 to 7:00pm
Who We Are: The Vietnam War and the End of American
Exceptionalism“American exceptionalism” was a core tenet of
national identity since the 17th century. Promoters of the creed
have insisted that the U.S. was unrivaled not only in its
resources, wealth, and military might, but in its values and
institutions, its rights and opportunities. And unlike other
powerful nations, the U.S. was said to act always as a force for
good in the world. This talk explores how the Vietnam War posed
fundamental challenges to the faith in American exceptionalism. We
will also examine post-Vietnam efforts to revive it.
Presenter: Professor Chris Appy, UMass Amherst
May 8, 2014 . 4:30 to 7:00pmLearning from American Environmental
HistoryStudying environmental history offers middle and high school
students insights into the ways that past generations of Americans
imagined and shaped the land, as well as helps students to
understand the roots of the current environmental crises that they
are inheriting. The workshop will explore various topics in
American Environmental History as represented by documents, prints
and photographs, and motion pictures available on-line through the
Library of Congress and other repositories.
Presenter: Professor David Glassberg, UMass Amherst
December 12, 2013 4:30 to 7:00pm
Syria: The Middle of the Middle EastThis session explores the
region we call the “Middle East” and the conceptual changes that
have defined what this region may include. Since the term was first
used in Britain and the United States, we will then consider what
those who named the region had in mind and how definitions have
changed over time. This will take us into the realms of global
strategy, geography, religions, and peoples of the area. In
whatever way the Middle East may be defined geographically, Syria
lies at its center. Therefore we will then shift our gaze to Syria
and how the above categories—global strategy, geography, religions
and peoples—have played out in the civil war since 2011.
Presenter: Professor Mary Wilson, UMass Amherst
January 23, 2014 . 4:30 to 7:00pmEnergy and Human Rights in the
Caspian BasinThe oil and gas-producing states around the Caspian
Sea—Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran—have poor
human rights records but the US and EU need their energy resources.
For the US, as frequent champion of human rights and democratic
rule, this dichotomy presents a philosophical and political
dilemma. This presentation will examine energy and human rights in
the region and view up close a few cases illustrating Western
preference for energy security over human rights.
Presenter: Professor Audrey Altstadt, UMass Amherst
Images courtesy of Library of Congress
Presented in partnership with the University of Massachusetts
Department of History, with support from a U.S. Department of
Education Teaching American History grant and the Collaborative’s
Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant from the Libary of
Congress. As a TPS Consortium member, the Collaborative for
Educational Services provides professional development throughout
Massachusetts in the use of the Library’s vast online
resources.
