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From: Lorraine McConaghy [mailto:Lorraine@seattlehistory.org]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: Museum News - Nearby History for Teachers
Seattle Pacific University's Spiral guide is in the mail as I write
this,
offering Nearby History for Teachers. This class is specifically
designed
to help teachers learn the skills of doing history from scratch, so that
they can work with their students on local history projects and/or use
local
history as a focusing lens for larger issues in U.S. history. Some of
you
took this class last year, and I sincerely hope that you might pass my
message along to a colleague or two.
I pasted the syllabus below. Don't hesitate to email or phone with any
questions.
Lorraine McConaghy
SYLLABUS
Course Title: Nearby History - Just for Teachers
Seattle Pacific University
Dates: Saturdays, January 6 - February 10, 2001, 10am - 4pm
Location: Museum of History and Industry
Credits: 3 credits or 35 clock hours
Fees: class fee $100; credit $114 additional or clock hours $52
additional
Course Description
Nearby History - Just for Teachers will provide an introduction to the
methods of doing history from scratch with students, including framing a
historical research project, developing a research strategy and
bibliography, finding local and Web resources, doing effective oral
history,
identifying and interpreting the evidence of photographs, buildings, and
artifacts, and many other topics. Nearby History offers teachers of
Washington State history or Pacific Northwest history the opportunity to
focus on their specialty; the class offers teachers of United States
history
the opportunity to develop local case studies that explore national
issues.
This program will emphasize working towards standards-based social
studies
outcomes, in the context of the Washington State Essential Academic
Learning
Requirements. The research and interpretation involved in doing history
from scratch encourage and refine critical thinking, communication
skills,
cooperative problem solving, and the synthesis of information into a
creative product.
Course Objectives
Educators will leave this class with a lesson plan ready for classroom
implementation. From the first meeting, students in this class will
learn
each new skill - from using search engines on the Web to recording oral
history interview - by means of a case study which teachers may
undertake
collaboratively. That case study, whether the history of a
neighborhood,
school building, or another topic in Pacific Northwest history, will be
the
basis of the lesson plan. The lesson plan will be tied directly to the
appropriate EALRs, and teachers will be able to model the skills of good
history because of their own case study experience.
Student Expectations
Students are expected to attend classes, to read assigned readings, to
participate in discussions, to attend at least two field trips, and to
meet
with the instructor once during the course. Missed classes must be
cleared
with the instructor, and an agreement reached concerning make-up work.
Also, students are expected to present their lesson plans verbally to
the
class on the final day of the course (February 10), and to submit those
plans to the instructor, postmarked no later than February 19.
Special Features
Nearby History - Just for Teachers will be held in the galleries of the
Museum of History & Industry, and participants will have the opportunity
to
use the museum's galleries and archives as learning laboratories.
Our field trips will visit the University of Washington Libraries, the
National Archives and Records Administration, the Washington State
Archives
at Bellevue Community College and other sites as students request. For
instance, we might visit the Seattle School District Archives or the
Seattle
Public Library, if a sufficient number of students would profit from
such a
visit.
Instructor Description
Nearby History - Just for Teachers will be taught by Dr. Lorraine
McConaghy,
who is the Deputy Director for Programs and Education at Seattle's
Museum of
History & Industry. She holds her doctorate in United States urban
history,
and has published extensively on Washington State history. McConaghy
has
long had an interest in continuing education for teachers, working in
the
state's Making History Real program and teaching for the last three
years in
the Teach the Teachers summer program.
She can be reached by phone at 206/324-1685 x 23.
Methods of Instruction
Our sessions will always include an illustrated lecture, and a period of
discussion or student presentation. We will schedule field trips at
other
times than during class, at students' convenience. Students will
receive
instruction on the use of the World Wide Web, and we may make a field
trip
to a computer lab, if enough students wish. Students will also receive
extensive handouts, and there is one required anthology of readings and
one
recommended text.
Outline
January 6, 10-4 pm "Getting Started with History in Your Classroom"
"Doing Community History"
This class will explore the instructional opportunities offered by a
historical research project in nearby history, with specific reference
to
the Washington State EALRs for social studies, language arts, and
communication. We'll note some successful local classroom projects, and
then discuss how to frame a historical research project and develop
research
strategies.
There are unique resources available in Washington State for
researching structures, and for researching community. This class will
explore those resources, as well as suggest research strategies that can
bring a community to life through demographic study. Also, we'll
explore
regional architecture styles - and what they mean -- through a slide
show
of private and public structures that relate to Washington state
history.
January 13, 10-4 pm "Local Historical Resources"
This class will explore the development of a bibliography of
secondary and primary resources, using the catalogs of the University of
Washington Libraries, and of municipal and county libraries. We'll
discuss
how to evaluate bibliographic sources, how to find distant sources for a
local history project (for instance, a Yokohama newspaper on microfilm),
how
to use inter-library loan and how to use local archival sources for
public
records (for instance, a 1937 King County property file or the 1900
census).
We will visit the archives and library of the Museum of History &
Industry.
This class will be linked to field trips to the University of
Washington Library, the Seattle Public Library, and/or the National
Archives
and Records Administration.
January 20, 10-4 pm "Historical Resources on the World Wide Web"
This class will explore the opportunities offered by the Internet.
We'll look at the research opportunities presented by the on-line
collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of History &
Industry,
the Seattle Municipal Archives, HistoryLink, and many more regional and
national sources. Also, we'll review on-line bibliographic searching in
distant library and archival catalogs, worldwide. Finally, we'll
consider
the opportunities to publish student projects - of many sorts - as Web
products.
This class may be linked to a field trip to a computer lab.
January 27, 10-4 "Oral History Interviewing"
Oral history interviews offer researchers one of the best sources
for evidence about experiences and perspectives within the memory of
living
men and women. This class will explore the practice of oral history
interviewing, and explore ways that it has been used in classroom
projects.
>From technology to archiving, this class offers a complete introduction to
oral history.
We'll also review three films for classroom use that rely on oral
history and explore topics in Pacific Northwest history. These will
include
"Come Forth Laughing," "Visible Target," and "The Seattle Rainiers."
February 3, 10-4 pm "Doing Family History"
Nearby History Projects - Development
Family history research offers the classroom teacher many
opportunities to frame interesting projects - this class will explore
ways
of doing family history in the classroom. We are mindful that family
history is very difficult - sometimes threatening - for students, and we
will discuss those risks and suggestions for dealing successfully with
them.
We'll also set aside two hours for project development, which will
include small group work, instructor conferences and large group
discussion.
February 10, 10-4 pm "Collections: Artifacts and Photographs"
Nearby History Projects - Presentations
Everyone collects, especially children. How can we use our
students' collection of snapshots, birthday cards, Pokemon and Beanie
Baby
paraphernalia to help them learn about curatorial methods? This class
will
explore that, as well as more sophisticated approaches to "reading" an
artifact or photograph for its evidence, evaluating that evidence, and
weaving it with other sources of historical evidence. The basics of
artifact and photograph conservation will be covered.
Teachers will make oral presentations of their case study projects.
We'll
consider the many products which can emerge from these projects -
History
Day papers, classroom exhibits, posters, Web publications, and many
more.
Final projects must be postmarked by February 19.
Field Trips
Field trips will be one hour in length, and will be set at student
convenience. Students must participate in two of the five scheduled
field
trips to receive credit. Field trips will likely visit the University
of
Washington Libraries, the Museum of History and Industry Library and
Archives, the Seattle Public Library, and the National Archives and
Records
Administration. A fifth field trip will be scheduled based on teacher
interest to the Fiske Library, the Seattle Municipal Archives, the
Seattle
School District Archives, the Washington State Archives at BCC, or the
King
County Archives
Instructor Meeting
Students will each meet once with the instructor at a time mutually
convenient, or during class on February 3.
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on the basis of their meeting expectations,
as
outlined above. The instructor will distribute her scoring rubric for
the
final presentation and for the lesson plan. Students will receive
feedback
during their meeting with the instructor. Students will earn credit for
Nearby History - Just for Teachers on a credit/no credit basis.
Due Dates
The final oral presentation of the case study and proposed lesson plan
is on
February 10; the written lesson plan is to be mailed by February 19 for
review.
Text
The required text is an anthology of chapters and articles from recent
publications dealing with social studies teaching, social history, and
research methods in history. It will be made available to teachers at
the
first class meeting, and will cost approximately $12.
The recommended text is:
Carlos Schwantes, The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History
(Lincoln,
NB: University of Nebraska Press, 1996). Isbn 0-8032-9228-7
The instructor will also distribute handouts at each class, including
the
Washington State EALRs. Also, I'll provide a resource table tailored
for
each class, with books, pamphlets, cd-roms, and videos, available for
student review.
Plans for Transferring Skills into the Work Setting
Our course will include action research, discussion/problem-solving
groups,
practice skills in workshop, and readings. Additionally, our class will
provide teachers a practicum in the academic discipline of history, and
our
case study and lesson plan will specifically tie instructional
strategies
and outcomes to the Washington State educational standards.
Lorraine C. McConaghy, Ph.D.
Historian
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
2700 - 24th Avenue, E
Seattle, WA 98112
direct 206/324-1685 x23
fax 206/324-1346
email lorraine@seattlehistory.org
web www.seattlehistory.org
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