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History InstituteThe History Institute is the outreach arm of the UMass Amherst History Department. The Institute arranges in-service training for K-12 teachers in Western Massachusetts through its weekday Conversations Series, day-long workshops, and summer seminars. The History Institute is directed by Professor Heather Richardson. The graduate coordinator TBA. Please contact the History Department (413-545-1330; e-mail to history@history.umass.edu for more information about its activities.
A series of FREE lectures and discussions with history scholars. Join K-12 educators to investigate exploration and settlement in American History and set the scene for the Teaching American History 2009 Summer Program. For more information, click here. TEACHING THE MASSACHUSETTS WORLD HISTORY RUBRICS UMass History Institute 2006-2007
The History Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to announce that Conversations in History, our monthly seminar for teachers, will be returning for the 2006-2007 academic year. This year's program, Teaching the Massachusetts World History Rubrics Part II , expands upon last year's foray into global history, exploring new geographical regions and intensifying the focus on applying the new material in the classroom. Over eight weekday sessions, we will strive to provide a basic framework for approaching the teaching of non-U.S. topics such as the Middle East, China , Africa, and Latin America . Seminars will be conducted by faculty members from the Five Colleges. Each month's speaker will present the latest scholarship on the topic in question, disseminate information on resources that can be used in planning a lesson, and lead a discussion of classroom-appropriate strategies for presenting the topic. Seminars meet from 3:30 to 6:00 PM in Herter Hall, room 601 on the following dates:
October 30 “Understanding Latin America Through the Mexican Revolution” November 13 “Teaching a ‘World Historical Event': The African Slave Trade and Its Place in American History December 11 “Islam and Africa ” January 22 “The Game's Afoot: Learning and Playing the Great Game in Central Asia Today” February 12 “The Medieval Islamic World” March 12 “Windows Into Ancient China ” April 2 “Bringing the Middle East Into the Classroom” May 7 “Teaching the Roman Empire in a 21 st Century Classroom” Participants may enroll for UMass course credit (two graduate credit hours) or PDP's. Those enrolled for course credit are expected to attend every session, while PDP participants are required to attend a minimum of four. All participants must submit a curriculum unit/lesson plan at the end of the academic year; draft curricula will be due February 12. PDP participants who attend all sessions will be awarded 20 PDPs at the end of the academic year. Registration fee for PDP's is $60, for University credit, $680. Credit will be arranged through the University Division of Continuing & Professional Education. Payment for PDP participants will be due prior to or at the first session. Due to Continuing Education requirements, course credit participants may not formally register with the University until spring semester and thus, payment will be due in the spring. For more information on series content, enrollment options and fees, please contact Coordinator or 413-545-9695 or Heather Cox Richardson, Director (hrichardson@history.umass.edu). For directions to UMASS, click here. African Slave Trade Middle East
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Holocaust and Memory (March 1997) |
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Questions
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Shays' Rebellion
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