The 5th Annual Lincoln Institute for Teachers
"A House Dividing: Lincoln and the Emergence of Modern Politics"
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
June 19-20, 2008
Join Historic Southern Indiana as we present the 5th Annual Lincoln
Institute for Teachers, June 19 and 20, 2008 on the University of Southern
Indiana campus. This is the fifth in a series of annual programs focusing on
Lincoln as the bicentennial of his birth approaches in 2009. This year’s
institute will focus on important events during 1858 as the country moved closer
to the Civil War. Teachers from all grade levels and disciplines are invited to
attend.
Nicole Etcheson, the Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History at Ball
State University, will discuss national events in 1858 such as the aftermath of
the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the rise of the Republican Party. She also will
conduct as session on doing history at the county level. David Zarefsky,
the Owen L. Coon Professor of Argumentation and Debate, and Professor of
Communication Studies, at Northwestern University, has studied the
Lincoln-Douglas debates and he will discuss them and their place in the history
of public debate. Since this is a presidential election year, a panel of
University of Southern Indiana professors including Linda Bennett,
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Stephen Bennett,
professor of political science, and Brian Posler, Assistant Vice
President for Academic Affairs, will consider the impact of the events of the
late 1850s and discuss their impact on modern politics. George Buss and
Tim Connors, Lincoln and Douglass re-enactors, will offer a free public
program on the evening of June 19.
Agenda
| Thursday, June 19 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:15 a.m. | The Gathering Storm: America in 1858--Nicole Etcheson, Ball State University |
| 10:45 a.m. | The Lincoln-Douglas Debates--David Zarefsky, Northwestern University |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. | The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Their Place in the History of Public Discourse--David Zarefsky |
| 2:00 p.m. | Learning about the Past: Doing History at the County Level--Nichole Etcheson |
| 3:00 p.m. | Panel: Reflections on the Day |
| 5:30 p.m. | Social hour and dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Public Presentation: Lincoln and Douglas Reenactors--George Buss and Tim Connors, Freeport, Illinois |
| Friday, June 20 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Plans for the day |
| 8:30 a.m. | Panel: How the Events of the Late 1850s Shape Us: Reflections on Modern American Politics--Linda Bennett, Stephen Bennett, Brian Posler, University of Southern Indiana |
| 9:45 a.m. | Breakout Sessions: Elementary and Secondary Teachers |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Adjournment |
Speaker Biographies
Linda Bennett is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the
University of Southern Indiana where she oversees five colleges, the Rice
Library, Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research, University Division, Extended
Services, Center for Teaching and Learning excellence, and Institutional
Research and Assessment. In addition to her administrative duties Bennett is a
tenured professor of political science at USI and previously taught at
Appalachian State University, Northern Kentucky University, and Wittenberg
University. She has written for several major scholarly publications and serves
as a consultant evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the North
Central Association. Bennett is active in the community and serves on the
Evansville Mayor’s Education Roundtable, the Southwest Indiana Network for
Education, and the City of Evansville Diversity Lecture Series Board of
Directors.
Stephen Bennett is a professor of political science at the University of
Southern Indiana. Bennett is also professor emeritus of political science at the
University of Cincinnati, where he was on the faculty from 1969 to 2001. He is
the associate editor of Critical Review, a journal that deals with economic,
social, and political issues, and he writes a column, “From the Heartland,” for
the online magazine, PublicOpinionPros.com. His fields of concentration are
American public opinion, electoral behavior, and political communication.
Bennett has authored, co-authored, or co-edited half-a-dozen books, and roughly
100 articles, book chapters, and essays. He has presented papers at over 100
international, national, and regional conferences. Several of his publications
focus on young people and politics.
Timothy Connors and George Buss are life long residents of
Freeport, Illinois, and serve the students of Freeport High School. Tim is the
Director of Speech and Theatre and George is the District Director of AVID. They
will bring to life the program “A Discussion with President Lincoln and Judge
Douglas” written by Freeport native and 45 year veteran Stephen Douglas
interpreter, the late Richard F. Sokup. Both men will participate in the
Debate Reunion Tour ’08 when Illinois and the nation celebrate the Lincoln
Douglas Debates Sesquicentennial statewide in Springfield, Chicago, and Bement
and all 7 original debate communities.
Nicole Etcheson spoke at the 3rd annual Lincoln Institute for Teachers.
Etcheson's most recent book on pre-Civil War history entitled,
Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era (University Press of
Kansas, 2004), was a History Book Club selection. She is also the author of
The Emerging Midwest: Upland Southerners and the Political Culture of the Old
Northwest, 1787-1861 (Indiana University Press, 1996). Etcheson received a
National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend in 2004 to begin research
on her new book project, The Union Home Front: Putnam County Indiana, in the
Civil War Era. In addition to her books, Etcheson is also the author of
numerous articles in professional journals as well as a frequent presenter at
historical conferences. Etcheson comes to Ball State University with twelve
years organizing for National History Day at the local and state level, as well
as fourteen years of experience in teaching.
Brian Posler currently serves as the Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs at the University of Southern Indiana. As AVPAA, he works with
undergraduate education and general administration, where he oversees the
University Core Curriculum; the Honors Program; University Division and Academic
Skills. Posler also works with Student Affairs on issues related to student
academic concerns, programming, advising, recruitment, and assessment. Prior to
coming to USI, he served as Chair of the Political Science Department at
Millikin University, in Decatur, Illinois. Posler writes in the areas of
Congressional Parties, Progressive Ambition, and veto politics, and his works
have appeared in Legislative Studies Quarterly, PS, and the Illinois
Political Science Review. He has also developed two editions of teaching
simulations for W.W. Norton and Co. entitled American Government: Simulations
David Zarefsky is the Owen L. Coon Professor of Argumentation and Debate,
and Professor of Communication Studies, at Northwestern University, where he
served as Dean of the School of Speech from 1988 through June 2000. Zarefsky’s
research and teaching are in the areas of rhetorical history and criticism,
argumentation and debate, and forensics. He is the author, co-author, or editor
of eight books and the author of over 70 articles in professional journals. Two
of his books have won the Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in
Rhetoric and Public Address, an award of the National Communication Association:
President Johnson’s War on Poverty: Rhetoric and History (University of
Alabama Press, 1986) and Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of
Public Debate (University of Chicago Press, 1990). He is one of only three
individuals to have won this award twice. At Northwestern, Zarefsky has taught
courses in the study of American public discourse, with a special focus on the
pre-Civil War years and on the 1960’s.
Institute Information:
Graduate Credit
Workshop participants may receive one hour of graduate credit by attending
the Lincoln Institute and completing additional coursework. Participants would
pay the regular registration fee and the appropriate graduate tuition and fees
for summer 2008. For more information, call Leslie Townsend at 812-465-7013.
Overnight Accommodations
University Housing is available for workshop participants needing overnight
accommodations. Double and single occupancy rooms are available for one night
(June 19) or two nights (June 18 and 19). University Housing units are composed
of two bedrooms with two beds and a common entry hall area between. Single
occupancy means that one person will be in each bedroom and share the common
suite area (2 people per unit). Double occupancy means that two people will
share each bedroom and the common living area (4 people per unit). To see a
floor plan, visit
www.usi.edu/virtualtour/hallsmore.asp. Linen service consisting of sheets,
pillowcase, and towels is included with the room. Registrants will need to bring
their own pillow, blanket, and toiletries (including soap).
The registration deadline is May 30, 2008.
REGISTRATION
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This program is an endorsed project of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
This program has been made possible through a matching grant from the Indiana Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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