Summer Institute 2009 Archive

 

Summer Institute 2009 Nation at the Crossroads: Rediscovering the Federal Writer’s Project
July 28-30 at the UNC Lowry Center – Denver

Participants at the TPS Summer Institute 2009 discovered local, regional and national treasures through the stories of ordinary people from Depression era America and investigated how today's paths meet at the crossroads of life 75 years ago. 

 

Agenda and Resources Day 1  8:00-9:20
 Classroom

 Welcome, Introductions
 Kim Paxton, Professional Development Coordinator, TPS
 Course Overview and expectations
 Anne Bell, Director, TPS

 9:20-9:30  Regrouping/Break  9:30-10:30
 Classroom  Inquiring activity - examining primary sources [Download Materials]
 Kathy Ferrel, Assistant Director, TPS   10:30-10:40  Break   10:40-11:40 

 Understanding the New Deal and the Cultural Context of the 1930s
 Dr. Susan Schulten,
 Associate Professor of US History, University of Denver. 

 11:40-12:00  Inquiry: Reflection & Dialog [Download Materials]  12:00-12:45
 Classroom

 Lunch
 Book Connections: Elementary Focus

 Erin Hunt, Instructional Designer, TPS
 (after the book talk feel free to go outside, make calls, check e-mail)
 [Primary Source Sets for: Out of the Dust, Potato, Kit series]

 12:45-1:45
 Classroom  The Federal Writers Project and the American Guides
 Susan Schulten  1:45-1:55  Q & A   1:55-2:05  Break   2:05-3:00
 Computer Lab 

 Overview of Library of Congress Collections: Materials produced by
 New Deal Programs
 Erin Hunt
 [Link to Collections]
 [Oral History Examples

 3:00-3:45
 Computer Lab

 Searching on your own -
 Begin to build a Personal Primary Source Set
 [Creating a Personal Primary Source Set]
 [Personal Primary Source Set Worksheet]
 [Strategies that support inquiry

 3:45-4:00  Closing: Prizes and announcements   4:00-5:00   Optional extended lab time       Evening  See suggested locations for dinner
 7:00 pm - "Movie Night" - optional but all welcome!
 Dustbowl documentaries running in
 Hospitality Room at Doubletree - snacks provided     Black Blizzard - The Plow that Broke the Plains - Surviving the Dust Bowl 

 

 

Day 2  8:00-9:00
 Computer Lab  Computer lab time – 
 Individual searching; collaborating with peers
 Building Personal Primary Source Set  9:00-9:50
 Computer Lab

 Oral History Investigation:
 Former slave interview in Colorado - read and make connections

 [Download Activity]
 [Sample Lesson]

 9:50-10:00  Regrouping/Break  10:00-10:30
 Classroom  A visit from FDR  10:30-11:00  Questions for FDR  11:00-11:30  Questions for FDR re-enactor - 
 Richard Marold - (out of character)  11:30-12:15
 Classroom  Lunch
 Book Connections: Middle School Focus
 Kathy Ferrel, Assistant Director, TPS  12:15-1:15
 Classroom

 Photo Detectives: FSA in Colorado
 Mary Ann McNair
 [Download Activity]
 [Resources]

 1:15-2:15
 Computer Lab  Discovering Juan Menchaca's Legacy
 through Oral History, Paintings & Dioramas

 Mary Ann McNair
 [Download Legacy Activity]
 [Download Interview]
 [Download Setting the Scene]  2:15-2:25  Break  2:25-2:45
 Computer Lab  Inquiry: Reflection & Dialog
 Investigate/Construct
 [Download Materials]  2:45-3:45
 Computer Lab  Searching on your own -
 Building Personal Primary Source Set
 [Clarifying Lesson Plan assignment]
 [Editable Lesson Plan Template]
 [Thinking Toward Lesson Plan]  3:45-4:00  Closing: Prizes and announcements  4:00-5:00  Optional Extended Lab Time  Evening  See suggested locations for dinner

 

 

 Day 3    Breakfast on your own  8:50  Meet at Colorado History Museum for 9:00 group entry 
[map and parking details]  9:00-11:00  Getting to know New Deal arts-related resources  11:00-11:30  Return to UNC Center at Lowry  11:30-12:15
 Classroom  Lunch
 Book Connections: High School Focus
 Anne Bell, Director, TPS  12:15-12:45  Inquiry: Synthesizing, Reflection, & Dialog
 [Download Materials]  12:45-1:15
 Classroom  A Turn of Phrase: What's in your community?
 Mary Ann McNair
 [Download Activity]
 [Resources]  1:15-1:40  Your students as today's "Federal Writers:"
 American Guides Project - http://www.americanguides.org/
 Kevin Obenchain  1:40-2:40  Two Groups    Group 1: Computer lab time:
 Completing primary source sets;  working on Lesson Plans

 Group 2: More ideas for  community engagement (classroom)

  • Artifact Exchange
  • Collecting Oral Histories Unit
  • Veteran's History Project 
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Activity: Adapting Federal Writers' Guidelines to Today
 2:30-2:40  Break/Groups switch  2:40-3:40

 Group 1: More ideas for  community engagement (classroom)

  • Artifact Exchange
  • Collecting Oral Histories Unit
  • Veteran's History Project 
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Activity: Adapting Federal Writers' Guidelines to Today
 Group 2: Computer lab time:
 Completing primary source sets;  working on Lesson Plans  3:40-4:00  Closing: Prizes; certificates