tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe/102 2008-11-18T17:48:42Z The Project for Historical Education is a collaboration between the UNC School of Education and History Department. A flourishing program in UNC’s History Department during the 1990s, PHE's activities ceased after 2002 due to funding problems. In the fall of 2006, the PHE was revived with the help of new financial support and a new collaborative plan that includes both the School of Education and the History Department. The PHE is now once again organizing programs for public school teachers on new approaches to historical research and pedagogy, stressing the importance of dialogue and conversation among UNC faculty, public school teachers, and future teachers. The goal is to strengthen and support historical education in North Carolina. Movable Type 3.31 tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3953 2008-11-18T17:35:56Z 2008-11-18T17:48:42Z

Do you ever think of your surroundings as historical sources? Do you see a mural at a post office or even the exterior of your schools and ask how they came to be created? Do you ever wonder about the...

Catherine Conner Dr. James Leloudis will lead us through this workshop. He is an associate professor of History, Associate Dean for Honors, and is the Director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. He specializes in the Modern South with an emphasis on education, race, and labor.  This next workshop will be on Saturday, December 6th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the UNC campus. It will be held in the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial, Kresge Foundation Common Room GM-RM 039. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. This workshop is free to the public. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Attendees can receive 0.5 CEUs. Parking will be available in two lots on the UNC campus; more information will be provided closer to the date of the event. To register for this workshop, please respond by December 1st to phe@unc.edu. Please let your colleagues know about it; download our flyer and email it to them. Due to the nature of this program, attendance is restricted to 50 people. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3926 2008-09-05T16:58:22Z 2008-09-05T17:08:35Z

PHE's next workshop be on American Presidential Politics and the Modern Political Party System on Saturday, September 27th. It will be led by Dr. William E. Leuchtenburg. Dr. Leuchtenburg is a professor of History, emeritus, at the University of North...

Catherine Conner http://www.unc.edu/ccee/directions/ Don't forget about our travel grants! The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation graciously provides a small stipend to interested teachers who live more than 100 miles from Chapel Hill to attend workshops. This stipend will be paid at the end of the academic year 2007-08. We encourage you to let your friends and colleagues know about this workshop. Please spread the word. To register please send an email to phe@unc.edu by Monday September 22th. We hope to see you there!]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3892 2008-05-20T17:13:13Z 2008-06-21T15:00:23Z

Thanks to everyone who attended April's workshop, "Using Film to Teach Modern World History." Our workshop leader Don Reid wanted me to post some useful links and documents for you to use. Documents: List of Films Workshop Outline Syllabus for...

Catherine Conner List of Films Workshop Outline Syllabus for World Since 1945 Links to view some movies on-line: Salt of the Earth clip (nearly 10 minutes) Salt of the Earth (entire film) Battle of Algiers trailer (2:15) Battle of Algiers - 1 of 13 (parts 2 to 13 are listed under related videos) Dr. Strageglove trailer (3:26) Deer Hunter - Russian Roulette (7:51) Night and Fog part 2 of 5 (parts 3 to 5 also available; part 1 is title sequence) ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3879 2008-04-02T20:18:07Z 2008-04-02T20:32:05Z

The UNC History Department is co-sponsoring an exciting conference intended for students, educators and all people interested in any aspect of African American History. New Perspectives on African American History and Culture Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, 2008...

Catherine Conner New Perspectives on African American History and Culture Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, 2008 Second Annual Conference of the African American History Working Group, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The conference will have presentations on Charlie Scott and the desegregation of UNC basketball, Civil Rights activism in Charlotte and Chapel Hill, films on the historic UNC food workers strike and the Tillery resettlement community, and much more. You can view the program online to see the different panels, activities, and speakers. The Keynote address will be by Gerald Horne of the University of Houston on Friday April 11th at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Horne specializes in African American history in the 20th Century. The Luncheon address will be by Heather Ann Thompson of the University of North Carolina - Charlotte on Saturday April 12th at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Thompson is writing a book on African Americans and the prison system. Lunch will be provided free to those who RSVP by April 7th to Hilary Green at hngreen@email.unc.edu. This event is free and open to the public. All sessions to take place at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on UNC's campus, on the corner of Raleigh Street and South Road in Chapel Hill. Friday April 11, 12:45-6pm, FPG Student Union Room 3206 A & B Saturday April 12, 9:30am-4:30pm, FPG Student Union Room 3413]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3872 2008-03-26T21:45:08Z 2008-03-26T21:57:56Z

I am excited to announce our upcoming workshop "Using Film to Teach Modern World History: From Colonialism and the Cold War to Today." Dr. Donald Reid, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, will guide...

Catherine Conner Donald Reid, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, will guide us. He will help us understand why film is a valuable pedagogical tool and what questions we and our students should ask of the medium to understand modern world history. We'll also watch film clips so we can learn as a group how to evaluate film and teach these skills to our students. The free workshop will be on Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will be on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in the Peabody/School of Education Building. Participants will receive .5 continuing education unit hours, and this workshop meets standard course of study goals in World History, AP World History, AP European History, and American History. A continental breakfast and full lunch will be provided. To register for this workshop, please RSVP to phe@unc.edu by Monday, April 7th. Please provide me with your name, school/district, and subject you teach, if you need CEUs, and your meal preference (turkey, chicken, or vegetarian option). Please pass our flyer announcing our program to your colleagues and friends. Thanks so much for letting me share this news with you, and I hope to see you in April!]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3854 2008-02-11T14:11:55Z 2008-02-11T14:20:39Z

What's School Got to Do with It? At a time when unequal educational outcomes get attributed to deficiencies in black culture, James D. Anderson enlists history to call these claims into question. On February 21, 2008, he will deliver the...

Catherine Conner flyer with color and here for the flyer without color. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3848 2008-02-06T03:38:43Z 2008-02-07T17:20:56Z

As requested, here are the documents and lecture presentations from our workshop "Sports as American History: Urban Development and Race Relations". Some of the files are large, so I divided them up into separate documents. Please be aware of a...

Catherine Conner Urban Development Sessions I and II Lecture Outline For workshop documents on urban development, I have divided it into multiple parts. Click here for part 1 that covers ancient sports to outdoor sports. Click here for part 2 that covers indoors sports to children at play. Click here for part 3 that covers women at play to city maps. Race Relations Session III PowerPoint and Session IV PowerPoint (divided) part 1 and part 2 For workshop documents from the Race Relations sessions, click here. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2008:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3835 2008-01-10T18:48:42Z 2008-01-11T19:22:49Z

PHE's next workshop, "Sports as American History: Urban Development and Race Relations," is just in time for the Super Bowl. While you may talk with your colleagues around the water cooler about "last night's game," you can also use the...

Catherine Conner Dr. Roger Lotchin of UNC's History Department will show us how urban rivalry, urban development, and urban decline can be shown by the development of professional sports teams. He'll also talk about how the role of sports brings together different groups of society. Greg Kaliss, a Ph.D. candidate in UNC's History Department, will talk about how those different groups, particularly racial groups, clashed over playing sports. He will link the integration of collegiate sports and the American public's reaction to them to the end of segregation in American society in the 1960s. Register now for PHE's next workshop. It will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 10am to 3pm at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union located on UNC's campus. Continental breakfast, a full lunch, and free on-campus parking will be provided. Directions and a campus map will be sent to you closer to the workshop. And don't forget about our travel grants! The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation graciously provides a small stipend to interested teachers who live more than 100 miles from Chapel Hill to attend workshops. This stipend will be paid at the end of the academic year 2007-08. We encourage you to let your friends and colleagues know about this workshop. Please direct them to our weblog or download our flyerto email them. To register please send an email to phe@unc.edu by Tuesday November 27th. We'll see you there! ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3821 2007-12-11T17:53:11Z 2007-12-11T17:56:13Z

As requested, I have created a .pdf of the documents from the "How to Teach Religion in the History Classroom" workshop. Click here to download the file. And remember, our next workshop is February 2, 2008 on sports and American...

Catherine Conner here to download the file. And remember, our next workshop is February 2, 2008 on sports and American history. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3805 2007-11-08T12:20:21Z 2007-11-08T12:30:20Z

PHE's next workshop will tackle "How to Teach Religion in the History Classroom" on Saturday, December 1st. It will be led by Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp. Dr. Maffly-Kipp will talk about analytical frameworks and categorizations as teaching strategies, and she will...

Catherine Conner Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp. Dr. Maffly-Kipp will talk about analytical frameworks and categorizations as teaching strategies, and she will use those strategies on two case studies. She is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently teaches courses on the African American and Mormon religious experiences in modern America. The workshop will be held at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence in Chapel Hill and will begin at 10 am and end at 3 pm. Continental breakfast and a full lunch will be provided. Each participant will earn .5 Continuing Education Units. There is no cost for this program. The Carolina Center for Educational Excellence is located at 9201 Seawell School Road in Chapel Hill. There is ample free parking. Directions to the workshop site can be found at: http://www.unc.edu/ccee/directions/ Don't forget about our travel grants! The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation graciously provides a small stipend to interested teachers who live more than 100 miles from Chapel Hill to attend workshops. This stipend will be paid at the end of the academic year 2007-08. We encourage you to let your friends and colleagues know about this workshop. Please direct them to our weblog or download our flyer to email them. To register please send an email to phe@unc.edu by Tuesday November 27th. We hope to see you there! ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3771 2007-10-10T23:13:52Z 2007-10-10T23:53:19Z

As requested, I have created a .pdf document of Dr. Chasteen's workshop materials. Click here to download the file. Here are the images: Presidente Chavez Carabobo Simon Bolivar Statue El Banco de la Republica> Mestiza Morisca Mulata Coyote Lobo Guadalupe...

Catherine Conner Click here to download the file. Here are the images: Presidente Chavez Carabobo Simon Bolivar Statue El Banco de la Republica> Mestiza Morisca Mulata Coyote Lobo Guadalupe Joao Juana Azurduy Manuela Caste System The Martyr Thanks so much for making our first workshop of 2007-2008 a great success!]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3757 2007-09-24T20:21:27Z 2007-09-24T23:31:14Z

Our presenter John Chasteen has pointed me toward an excellent article on the history of Latin America. It provides a lot of background information that will prove useful for Saturday's workshop. I recommend that you read the article by visiting...

Catherine Conner excellent article on the history of Latin America. It provides a lot of background information that will prove useful for Saturday's workshop. I recommend that you read the article by visiting it online or by downloading it here. What we learn on Saturday will be the richer for doing so. Dr. Chasteen has also given PHE brief descriptions of the morning and afternoon workshops. The morning session will be divided into two, as will the afternoon one. Below is his organization and conceptualization of the sessions: MORNING SESSION - How and why did América move toward independence in 1808-1812? While not without its tensions, colonial society in América was notably stable and hierarchical (even structured by a caste system), with no large scale movements for political transformation around 1800. The European presence was tiny, ruling through “hegemony” rather than force. The 1807-08 Napoleonic Invasion of Spain and Portugal suddenly and thoroughly destabilized the colonial system, however. Spain’s throne was usurped by Napoleon; Portugal’s was transported to Rio de Janeiro. Americano subjects rallied to the support of their monarchs in 1808-10, while, at the same time, affirming their autonomy from Spain and Portugal. They spoke of crowns “with two pillars,” equal and parallel, one in Europe and one in América. AFTERNOON SESSION - What were the consequences? Initial defeat of independence movements, 1811-1815. True revolutionaries took control of these movements, but most people, even their followers, did not share their republicanism. After recovering from the Napoleonic invasion, Spanish forces reconquered almost all of América. Eventual triumph of movements without strong social or ideological basis, 1816-1824. Spain’s military solution proved counter-productive, strengthening a sense of Americano distinctness. Fernando VII discredited himself. Independence comes as a consensus, with little reformist content, except for a firm commitment to popular sovereignty. Troublesome unfinished business, 1825-1875: There were large obstacles to making popular sovereignty a reality. This became an important cause of ensuing conflict throughout the region. Thanks to all of you who have registered for our first workshop "Race and Revolution in Latin America: Independence and Its Consequences, 1808-1824." Remember that it is this Saturday September 29th from 10am to 3pm in Room C105-106 at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence. Registration begins at 9:30am. For directions, please click here. Please contact phe@unc.edu if your plans change. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3751 2007-09-17T15:58:57Z 2007-09-17T16:10:01Z

In order to encourage participation from teachers across the state of North Carolina, PHE now offers travel stipends to participants who travel more than 100 miles to attend workshops. PHE will award a twenty-five (25) dollar stipend for each workshop...

Catherine Conner Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. ]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3732 2007-09-05T18:31:39Z 2007-09-06T16:28:54Z

PHE's next workshop will acknowledge the two-hundredth anniversary of revolutions in Latin America. "Race and Revolution in Latin America: Independence and Its Consequences, 1808-1824," will take place on Saturday, September 29th, and will be taught by Dr. John Chasteen. Dr....

Catherine Conner Americanos: Latin American's Struggles for Independence, that will be published by Oxford University Press in 2008. The workshop will be held at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence in Chapel Hill and will begin at 10 am and end at 3 pm. Continental breakfast and a full lunch will be provided. Each participant will earn .5 Continuing Education Units. There is no cost for this program. To register please send an email to phe@unc.edu by Monday September 24th. We encourage you to let your friends and colleagues know about this workshop. Please direct them to our website or download our flyer and pass it on. The Carolina Center for Educational Excellence is located at 9201 Seawell School Road in Chapel Hill. There is ample free parking. Directions to the workshop site can be found at: http://www.unc.edu/ccee/directions/ We hope to see you there!]]> tag:community.learnnc.org,2007:/weblogs/partners/phe//102.3722 2007-08-27T18:19:41Z 2007-08-27T18:28:29Z

Our first workshop for the academic year 2007-2008 will be on Saturday, September 29, 2007, at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence. Our presenter is Dr. John Chasteen of the University of North Carolina History Department who will speak on...

Catherine Conner Carolina Center for Educational Excellence. Our presenter is Dr. John Chasteen of the University of North Carolina History Department who will speak on Latin America. I will keep you posted as more information comes in. We hope to see everyone there!]]>