2023 Conference
Freedom From, Freedom To
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 23-25, 2023
Connection Session
History Matters (…and so does Coffee!) Joanne Freeman, Yale University |
Session Video |
Breakout Sessions
Friday 8:30 AM
Freedom to Choose – Student Created Podcasts Jennifer Baniewicz, Amos Alonzo Stagg High Shcool |
Handouts |
What’s New from the Library of Congress? Cheryl Lederle, Library of Congress Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office |
Handouts |
Better Citizen, Better Democracy Kathleen Munn, National Archives, Joy Murphy, Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, Kathleen Pate, Clinton Presidential Library and Musuem |
Handouts |
Friday 10:00 AM
Teaching Tough History: If Not Now, When? Kacie Nadeau and Tammara Purdin, Florida Council for History Education |
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Untold Stories: Revealing the Underrepresented Voices of 9/11 Jennifer Lagasse and Megan Jones, 9/11 Memorial & Museum |
Handouts |
Friday 2:00 PM
Explore Narratives on Resistance to Slavery with iCivics DBQuest Amanda Setters, iCivics |
Handouts |
Friday 3:30 PM
Archival Collections will set you Free: Teaching with Primary Sources about African American Industrial Heritage Collections Harrison Wick, Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
Handouts |
Freedom from the Textbook and Freedom to Inquire: Teaching Resources for Student Inquiry Jeffery D. Nokes and Maggie Allen, Brigham Young University |
Handouts |
Playful Learning is the Future of History Education Annie Evans, New American History, Adrienne Whaley, Museum of the American Revolution |
Handouts |
The So-called Critical Period (1783-1789): Freedom from Anachy and Chaos; Freedom to Federalism and Order Adam Levinson, StatutesandStories.com, Sergio Villavicencio, The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society |
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“No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition!” Using Monty Python for Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom to Improve Engagement Hannah Rude, Arizona Department of Education |
Slidedeck Web Version Padlet |
Saturday 8:30 AM
20th-Century American Feminism – Reflections and Bringing it to the Classroom Leslie Hayes, New-York Historical Society, Jamilah Whiteside, Mascoutah High School, Nicole Rounce, Sunnyside High School |
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Dismantling Dominant Narratives Using Primary Sources: How Multiple Perspectives Have Helped Shape Three Learning Interactives Lia Atanat, Maryland Humanities, Karla Thompson, Maryland Public Television, Sarah Ditkoff, FableVision Studios |
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Saturday 10:00 AM
Give Students the Freedom to Ask Their Own Questions and the Freedom to Find Their Own Answers Katy Connolly and Imaan Yousuf, Right Question Institute, Ann Canning, TPS Eastern Region at Waynesburg University, Sara Evers, Virgina Tech |
Slides Learning Module Primary Sources Lesson Plan #1 Lesson Plan #2 Primary Sources Primary Sources QFT in Action |
Teaching Japanese Incarceration through Topaz Lisa Barr, Utah Division of State History, Scott Bassett, Topaz Museum, Jeff Nokes, Brigham Young University |
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Saturday 2:00 PM
How to Utilize a Historical Debate to Maximize Student Engagement Jessica Hughes and Matthew Pelc, Osceola NCHE LEAD Grant Program |
Nearpod Resource Colonial Williamsburg Resource Declaration of Independence Activity |
Saturday 3:10 PM
Perspectives on World War II: Lessons from the Intrepid Museum Collection Gerrie Bay Hall, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |
Slides |
Grappling with How to Teach Enslavement and the Founding Fathers Timothy E Hicks, The Learning Collaborative at Dent Middle School, Deb Masker, Kirn Middle School |
Slides |
Poster Sessions
DBQ for All Student Derek Porter, St. Christopher’s School |
Poster |
Observe, Reflect, Question: A Deeper Look at the Components of the Primary Source Analysis Tool Lisa Fink, National Council of Teachers of English |
Poster |
Stepping into Their Shoes: Using Report Cards to Analyze Historical Points-of-View Katelyn White, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Presentation |
Exploring Freedom in Picture Books Jennifer Tafuto and Stephanie Guerra, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism |
Handouts Presentation |