Historic Southern Indiana

The Lincoln Bicentennial: Planning For and Teaching About
Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday in 2009
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
June 13, 2001

AGENDA

8:00-9:00	Registration, refreshments Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall
8:45	Welcome and review of day Abraham Lincoln Hall Dusty Shultz, Superintendent Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
9:00	Lincoln: What We Know, What We Try to Know, and Why Abraham Lincoln Hall Phillip Paludan, Professor of History University of Kansas
9:45	Lincoln in Southern Indiana William Bartelt, Harrison High School, Evansville
10:10	Questions/Comments--Audience
10:20	Break
10:30	Planning for the Lincoln Bicentennial Abraham Lincoln Hall Panel: Darrel Bigham, Professor History, USI/ Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Joan Flinspach, President, Lincoln Museum/ Lincoln Bicentennial Commission James Madison, Professor of History, Indiana University Mary Fortney, Social Studies Coordinator Indiana Department of Education Pamela Bennett, Director, Indiana Historical Bureau William Bartelt Phillip Paludan
12:00	Lunch Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall
1:00	Teaching with Historic Places and Introduction to the Tour Auditorium Suzanne Stanis, Education Coordinator Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
1:30	Guided Tour of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Tour includes: Visitor Center, Nancy Hanks Lincoln Gravesite, Cabin Site, Living Historic Farm, and Trail of 12 Stones
3:30	Debriefing Nancy Hanks Lincoln Hall Classroom/Curriculum Connections Where Can You Go for Help?
4:45	Adjournment

This symposium is sponsored by Historic Southern Indiana, an outreach program of the University of Southern Indiana, in cooperation with Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and with financial support from the Indiana Humanities Council.

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