2021 Online Conference
Place and Time
April 8-11, 2021
Connection Sessions
Teaching Inquiry and Writing During the Pandemic: What We Have Learned Chip Brady, The DBQ Project Sponsored by The DBQ Project |
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Remembering the Past, Changing the Future: Lessons from the Tulsa Race Massacre Shanedra Nowell, Oklahoma State University |
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Preparing Young People to Govern our Constitutional Democracy: A Historian’s Perspective Jane Kamensky, Harvard University Sponsored by Educating for American Democracy |
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Conference Workshops
Unladylike2020 Presents: The Stories of Women History Makers Charlotte Mangin, Creator/Executive Producer/Director, Sandy Rattley, Executive Producer/Director, and Sandy Goldberg, Director of Education |
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Space, Place, & the Pursuit of Mappiness: Using WebGIS to Enhance the History Classroom Chris Bunin and Christine Esposito, The Virginia Geographic Alliance |
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Keynote Sessions
Retelling Indigenous Histories in Time and Place Philip Deloria, Harvard University |
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Recovering a Forgotten Moment in an Overlooked Place: Women Suffrage in the Rocky Mountain West Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard University |
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Placing the Holocaust Anne Kelly Knowles, University of Maine |
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Making Race Through Science Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University |
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The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez, University of California, Davis |
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Breakout Sessions
Thursday 4:30 PM
The Historiscope: What a Nineteenth Century Toy Can Teach Us About Place, Time and Historical Memory Stacia Smith, American Revolution Institute and Rikki Davenport, Moultrie Middle School |
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Teaching About the Japanese American Incarceration and Redress Movement: Case Studies for Civil Liberties and Justice Rylan Sekiguchi, SPICE, Stanford University, Amy Watanabe and Debra Nakatomi, Mineta Legacy Project |
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Chosen Places Eva Johnston and Genevieve Podleski, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
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Using Place as a Primary Source Anne Hester, East Lee County High School |
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It’s Elementary, My Dear: Teaching with Primary Sources in the Elementary Classroom Tammara Purdin and Kacie Nadeau, Florida Council for History Education |
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100+ Years of Women’s History and Other News Stories That Shaped America Lisa Fink, National Council of Teachers of English, Victoria Pasquantonio, PBS NewsHour EXTRA, and Liz Ramos, Alta Loma High School |
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Bring a “Mathematics Lens” to Your Historical Primary Source Analysis! Mike Apfeldorf and Peter DeCraene, Library of Congress Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office |
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The OER Project: Usable History for Today’s World Kathy Hays, OER Project |
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Friday 4:30 PM
Lessons Learned from WWII Mass Imprisonment and Application to Today’s Problems Sam Mihara, UCLA |
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Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies Mimi Stephens, The Choices Program |
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Accounts of the Mongol Empire Across Place and Time Jeffery D. Nokes, Brigham Young University |
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Disrupting Their Thinking: An Inquiry into the Impact of Redlining on Politics and Race Over Time Molly Schneider and Amy Myers, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and Elizabeth Walsh-Moorman, Lake Erie College |
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Designing Critical Inquiries to Teach Ancient Civilizations in the Elementary Classroom Vicki Hobson, John Hobson, Marian McCullough, and Elizabeth Bunin, Albemarle County Public Schools and Rachel Caldwell, Charlottesville City Public Schools |
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Civic Education and Action through Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Lia Atanat, Maryland Humanities, Karla Thompson, Maryland Public Television, Leigh Hallisey, FableVision, Elizabeth R. Osborn, Indiana University Center on Representative Government, and Julie Schaul, Citizen U, Barat Education Foundation |
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The Continuing Significance of the Long Struggle for Civil Rights Daniella Ann Cook and Kara Gavigan, University of South Carolina, Tom Destino and Bridget Morton, Mars Hill University, and Kira Duke, Middle Tennessee State University |
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Can Historical Thinking Be Assessed on a Statewide Summative Assessment? Bruce Lesh and Leah Renzi, Maryland State Department of Education |
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Saturday 10:45 AM
George Washington: Turning Points Alissa Oginsky and Sadie Troy, George Washington’s Mount Vernon |
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One Renaissance or Many? Paul Horton, University of Chicago Lab School |
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The Commerce Clause in American Legal History Tiffany Middleton, American Bar Association |
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Buffalo Soldiers – Military Presence in the West During Post Slavery America Deborah Carter, Joseph H Brensinger School, Jersey City and Jennifer Bartley, Shaw Elementary School |
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Song of Myself: Exploring the Language of Protest with OER Andy Mink, National Humanities Center |
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Primary Sources Jessica Ellison, Minnesota Historical Society, Chris Peterson, Richfield High School, and Kate Van Haren, Pittsville Elementary School |
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Evaluating Primary Sources: Is Seeing Believing? Cheryl Lederle and Danna Bell, Library of Congress Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office |
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Saturday 2:30 PM
Mapping History with the National Archives and DocsTeach Andrea Reidell, Stephanie Greenhut, Christopher Zarr, and Kathleen Munn, National Archives and Records Administration |
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Exploring U.S. Environmental History – Hands-On Activities and Digital Tools Carol Bliese, Population Education and Lauren Lansdowne-Johnson, Granite School District |
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World War I Explains the Middle East: Engaging Lesson Plans for High School/Community College Students Alex Schweig, University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Virtual Reality? Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Civil War, and Stereographs Kenneth V. Anthony, Mississippi State University and Emma O’Connor, Dunwoody Elementary School |
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Women and Activism, 1948-1977 Leslie Hayes, New-York Historical Society |
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Explore, Engage, Create: Using Primary Sources with Students and Teachers in Alaska Karen Beranek and Laura Huggins, Bering Strait School District, Marie Acemah, See Stories, and Emily Lucy, Alaska Humanities Forum |
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Fostering Visual Inquiry and Geohistorical Thinking in Students from Elementary through Middle School Ilene Berson and Michael J. Berson, University of South Florida, Bert Snow, Snow & Co., and Brad Fogo, San Francisco State University |
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Saturday 4:00 PM
“A Wholesome Verdict:”Using Historical Empathy Strategies to Analyze Elizabeth Jennings v. The Third Avenue Railway Company of 1855 Katherine Perrotta, Mercer University |
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Escape from the Ordinary with Digital Escape Rooms Amanda M. Cowgill, Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center |
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Teaching with the Latino Americans Documentary Series Eric Lupfer, Humanities Texas, John J. Valadez, Michigan State University, and Carlos Blanton, Texas A&M University |
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Mapping Skills in the Online Learning Environment for Middle Grades Educators Elizabeth Woodward, Georgia Connections Academy and Doug Oetter, Georgia College and State University |
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Unemployment Insurance: A Tried and True Safety Net Jeannette Bennett, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis—Memphis Branch |
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Introducing History’s Mysteries: Historical Inquiry in Elementary Classrooms Laurie Risler, Westfield State University and Kelley Brown, Easthampton Public Schools |
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Supporting Culture Change: Developing and Assessing Primary Source-Based Writing Curricula Emily Mattingly, Alexis Apfelbaum and Michele Kishita, The University of the Arts, and Trey Smith and Diane Waff, Philadelphia Writing Project |
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Sunday 10:45 AM
Recipes: Primary Source Smorgasbords Cynthia W. Resor, Teaching With Themes |
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REACH for the Sky: Free IDM Resources on the Social History of the Skyscraper Michael Geselowitz and Kelly McKenna, IEEE History Center |
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Boston 1737: A Local News Network Case Study Kayla Hopper, American Antiquarian Society |
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Jim Crow America and the Black Travelers’ Experience Joshua Kenna and Dylan Edmonson, University of Tennessee |
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Great Empires Through a Document-Based Approach: Case Study the Aztecs Beth Montgomery and Chip Brady, The DBQ Project |
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Teaching Complex Histories with Visual and Textual Primary Sources: European Antisemitism and the U.S.-Soviet Relations During the Cold War Andrew Askuvich, Institute for Curriculum Services, Adnan Dzumhur and Curtis Richardson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Teaching the Diversity of Native American Cultures with Primary Sources from the Library of Congress Cynthia Szwajkowski and Sherry Levitt, TPS Virginia Partnership, Kathleen Barker and Debra Fowler, History UnErased |
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Sunday 1:30 PM
Using Primary Sources and Inquiry Learning to Engage Students: Examining the American Revolution Through Multiple Perspectives Cathy G. Powell, Bulloch County Schools |
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The Historiographic Perspective: The Battlefield of Waterloo Reinterpreted Over Time in RAFT Assignments Joan Brodsky Schur, Consultant and Writer |
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Long Primary Sources for Understanding the Long Civil Rights Movement: Examining the 1919 Race Riots and Chicago Commission Report Anne Aydinian-Perry, University of Houston, Dean P. Vesperman, University of Wisconsin River Falls, Whitney G. Blankenship, Meridian World School and Matt Missias, National Council for History Education |
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Opportunities & Obstacles: Women of the American West Michelle Reidel, Georgia Southern University |
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Existence as Resistance: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People Linda Doornbos, Oakland University |
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Ten Strategies for Driving Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom Lynne O’Hara, National History Day, and Scott Waring, University of Central Florida |
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TPS Teachers Network: Peer-to-Peer Support Across Place and Time Mary Johnson, TPS Teachers Network |
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Sunday 3:00 PM
The Demise of Print Media and the Right to be Forgotten: Teaching Digital Literacy in a 21st Century History Class Liam Concannon, Notre Dame Academy |
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Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Primary Sources Andrew Askuvich, Institute for Curriculum Services |
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Exploring History Through Maps Samantha Matalone Cook, Educator and Author |
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Digging in the Backyard – Immersion in Intensive Study of Local History Taps Students’ Natural Curiosity Douglas Hopkins, Buffalo Seminary |
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Is Voting a Privilege That Can Be Taken Away?: How One Middle Grades Social Studies Methods Class Investigated the History of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Elizabeth C. Barrow, Georgia Southern University |
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Using Digital Primary Sources to Teach Data Literacy Elizabeth James, Marshall University |
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Using Visual Literacy and Writing-Based Teaching Strategies to Explore and Make Primary Sources Accessible Roland Schendel, Kile Clabaugh, and Keith Patterson, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Celia Bland, Bard College Institute for Writing & Thinking |
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Evening Events
History Matters (… And So Do Cocktails!) Joanne Freeman, Yale University |
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Cooking Historically: Influential Chefs Kate Csepegi, International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute |
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Virtual Field Trips
National Center for Civil and Human Rights | Session Video |
National Hispanic Cultural Center | Session Video |
National Museum of African American History and Culture |
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National WWI Museum and Memorial |
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9/11 Memorial & Museum |
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Ford’s Theatre |
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George Washington’s Mount Vernon |
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum |
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Exhibitor Sessions
Civics Matters: Building a Better Curriculum Ellen Iwamoto, Civics Renewal Network, Meg Heubeck, Youth Leadership Initiative, Lynne O’Hara, National History Day, Stephen Masyada, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, Anthony Pennay, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, Elizabeth Osborn, Indiana University Center on Representative Government, Frank Valadez, ABA Division of Public Education, Rebecca Fanning, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Rachel Davison Humphries, Bill of Rights Institute, Kerry Sautner, National Constitution Center, Sarah Yezzi, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, and Hannah Song, ABOTA Foundation |
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Gamifying History for the Classroom Alan Fishel and Robin Hayutin, LearningPlunge |
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A Brief History of Antisemitism Adam Blue, StandWithUs |
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Bringing the White House to Your Classroom Ken O’Regan and Sam Hunter-Gibbs, White House Historical Association |
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Explore U.S. History with HistoryMaker VR Dwayne Waite Jr., Schell Games |
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Pandemics and Quacks: Connecting the Past to the Present with Primary Sources Cynthia W. Resor, Teaching with Themes and Eastern Kentucky University |
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Westward Expansion: A New History: A Curriculum from the Choices Program Mimi Stephens, The Choices Program |
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Saturday Civics School Elizabeth R. Osborn, Indiana University Center on Representative Government |
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Teaching with Multicultural Perspectives: Canadian History Examples Betsy Arntzen, Canadian-American Center, University of Maine and Amy Sotherden, Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Quebec Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh |
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Money as Primary Historical Documents Rod Gillis, American Numismatic Association |
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