Lincoln Institute for
Teachers
A workshop for K-12 Teachers
Evansville, Indiana
July 8-9, 2004
AGENDA
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Thursday, July 8, 2004 |
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| 9:00 am–9:45 am | Registration/Housing Check-In |
| 9:45 am–10:00 am | Welcome and introductions |
| 10:00 am–1:00 am | Keynote address: “How we learn about Lincoln,” Matthew Pinsker, professor of history, Dickinson College |
| 11:00 am–11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am–12:15 pm | “Lincoln in the classroom,” James Percoco, master teacher, West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia |
| 12:15 pm–1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Depart Campus for Field Session Tours in Lincoln City |
| 2:30 pm-3:15 pm | Tour Colonel William Jones House |
| 3:30 pm–5:00 pm | Tour and film at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial |
| 5:00 pm–6:00 pm | Speaker: Bill Bartelt, history teacher at Harrison High School, Evansville, IN |
| 6:00 pm–6:45 pm | Dinner at Lincoln Boyhood catered by the Schnitzelbank Restaurant of Jasper |
| 6:45 pm | Board bus |
| 7:00 pm | Visit Little Pigeon Creek Church and Sarah Lincoln Grigsby’s gravesite at Lincoln State Park |
| 7:30 pm | Young Abe Lincoln |
| Return to campus following performance | |
| Friday, July 9, 2004 | |
| 7:00 am–8:00 am | Housing Check-out |
| 8:00 am–8:30 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am–8:35 am | Welcome and announcements |
| 8:35 am–8:50 am | Review by Matthew Pinsker and James Percoco |
| 8:50 am–10:35 am | Primary and On-line resources, Martha Beckort, media specialist, Lanesville Community School Corporation, Lanesville, IN |
| 10:35 am–10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am–12:15 pm | Hands-on strategy sessions by grades levels Elementary/Middle* school teachers Middle*/ High school teachers |
| 12:15 pm–1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm–3:00 pm | Panel discussion and group reports |
| 3:00 pm | Adjourn |
| * Middle school teachers can select which session to attend | |
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