Teaching labor History

guided Professional Development Opportunity for Classroom Teachers

Turn your conference experience into a guided professional development opportunity. Earn graduate credit or graduate audit credit (University of WisconsinEau Claire) or a Certificate of Completion. Graduate credit option includes preconference readings and postconference lesson-development project. For more information, visit: http://www.uwec.edu/CE/programs/education/index.htm.

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Getting the Most out of the oAh conference
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Wisconsin 2011: A teaching challenge (Roundtable)
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Ron briley, Sandia Prep School, New Mexico Jason knoll, Verona High School kathy kean, Nicolet High School Nikki Mandell, university of WisconsinWhitewater carl Weinberg, OAH Magazine of History this session will launch the conferences teaching Labor History thread. A panel of high school and university instructors will discuss the role of professional historical conferences and how classroom teachers can take best advantage of this type of venue. Details of this professional development thread will be available. Please join us for a welcoming reception immediately following the panel presentation.

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three labor history-focused sessions
choose from a list of recommended labor historyfocused plenary sessions, workshops, panels, and roundtables. See pages 36-37 for a list of labor and working-class history sessions.

Melinda Dorris, Wisconsin Education Association council bobbie Malone, Wisconsin Historical Society, retired Jonathan Pollack, Madison Area technical college Jodi Vandenberg-Daves, university of Wisconsin La crosse this roundtable session will consider the teachable moments, issues, and themes connected to the past years labor and social justice struggles in Wisconsin. Roundtable discussants and the audience will explore the origins and role of public sector unions, the role of unions in the winter protests and summer recall elections, history and social studies connections to the Wisconsin events, and ways a historical lens can diffuse partisan concerns about teaching these current events.

incorporating Labor history into Your curriculum (Workshop)

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oAh presidential Address and Reception

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Join the OAH in thanking President Alice kessler-Harris for her service to the organization this year. Enjoy drinks and hors doeuvres before the live taping of BackStory with the American History Guys at 7:00 pm. Sponsored by D i v is i o n of A r t s a n d S ci e n ce s a t c o l u m b i a u n i ve r s i t y Histor y Depar tment at columbia university Ox ford univer sity Press

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teaching Labor history Educators Breakfast
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Jacqueline Jones, university of texas, Austin Workshop registration includes this breakfast and keynote address, sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman institute of American History.

Nikki Mandell, university of WisconsinWhitewater Andrew kersten, university of WisconsinGreen bay Randi Storch, State university of New York college at cortland Rosemary Feurer, Northern illinois university Workshop participants will explore ways to infuse labor history into the uS history curriculum. Session leaders will highlight ways labor and labor organizations were connected to key events and themes that are already part of classroom curriculum and social studies standards. the workshop will offer strategies for taking ideas and information from labor-related OAH conference sessions into the classroom and for fulfilling the Wisconsin state standard for teaching the history of labor unions. the workshop will also introduce additional primary and secondary sources that teachers and students can use to go beyond traditional textbook interpretations, to develop student history projects, and to support collaborative teaching. this is a capstone workshop to the conferences teaching Labor History thread, but is an open to all attendees.

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