OUSD Teaching American History Grant II

Calendar 2005 - 2006 > Grades 8 & 11 > May 23, 2006

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Place: Mills College, Bender Room in Carnegie Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd. (directions.pdf ) Oakland, CA Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM		Charles Postel - conference debriefing Speaker: Robert D. Johnston "The Radical Middle Class" Dailsy Martin - working with historical evidence, the importance of sourcing and historical significance
8:30 – 8:45	Coffee and pastries
8:45 – 9:00	Announcements
9:00 – 10:00	Conference debrief and follow-up to Eric Foner talk and argument – a focus on historical significance and use of evidence
10:00 -10:15	Break
10:15 – 11:45	Speaker: Robert D. Johnston Department of History University of Illinois at Chicago "The Radical Middle Class in American History: John Brown, Martin Luther King, and . . . Harry Lane." more information ...
11:45 – 12:45	Lunch (provided by project)
12:45 – 1:45	Following up the Robert Johnston presentation – working with evidence, the importance of sourcing, and historical significance.
1:45 – 2:00	Break
2:00 – 2:45	Evaluation update – Matt Russell link
2:45 – 3:00	Looking towards summer – distribution of end of year writing prompt
3:05 – 3:15	Evaluation