Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Place: Bender Room, Carnegie Hall, Mills College
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
08:30 – 09:00
Welcome and introductions (coffee and pastries provided by grant)
09:00 – 10:15
Focusing on the “cultural lens” in teaching American history
A look back at Mark Peterson’s talk
Where have you used this focus previously? Successes? Challenges?
Where does the cultural lens appear in the content standards?
10:15 – 10:30
Break
10:45 – 11:45
Speaker: Molly Oshatz, San Francisco State University
"Religion and the Debate over Slavery in America, 1830-1861"
11:45 – 12:00
Post talk discussion – classroom applications
12:00 - 12:15
Identify Lesson Study groups
2:15– 1:00
Lunch (provided by grant) with your Lesson Study group
01:00 – 02:00
Lesson Study preparation
Lesson study groups identify a possible topic and provide a rationale for choice.
02:00 – 02:10
Break
02:10 – 03:30
Project Evaluation – Participant Assessment
- Matt Russell, Center for Evaluation and Research
Evaluation for the day and looking ahead to the December meeting
