Historic Southern Indiana

2nd Annual Lincoln Institute for Teachers
A workshop for K-12 Teachers
Evansville, Indiana
June 16-17, 2005

AGENDA

Thursday-June 16, 2005
8:00 am-9:00 am	Housing check-in
8:30 am-9:15 am	Registration
9:15 am-9:30 am	Welcome and Introductions
9:30 am-10:00 am	Overview of Population Patterns, Labor Systems, and “Black Codes” in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio (Darrel Bigham, USI)
10:00 am-11:00 am	Learning about race in the 1850s Ohio Valley (Richard Blackett, Vanderbilt University)
11:00 am-11:15 am	Break
11:15 am-12:15 pm	Teaching about race in the 1850s (James Percoco, W. Springfield HS)
12:15 pm-1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm-2:00 pm	Introduction to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (Barbara Tagger, National Park Service)
2:00 pm-2:10 pm	Break
2:10 pm-3:10 pm	Myths, legends and facts about the Underground Railroad: How we learn about the Liberty Line (Keith Griffler, University of Cincinnati)
3:10 pm-3:20 pm	Overview: Significant pre-1865 African American Sites in Vanderburgh County, (Darrel Bigham, USI)
3:20 pm-6:30 pm	Bus tour of key sites in Evansville
6:30 pm-7:30 pm	Dinner, USI
7:30 pm-9:00 pm	Keynote Address: Lincoln and Race (Richard Blackett, Vanderbilt University)
Friday-June 17, 2005
7:00 am-8:00 am	Housing Check-out
8:00 am-8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am-9:00 am	Introduction of plans for the day; review of session Thursday afternoon
9:00 am-10:30 am	Review of online and print teaching resources (Martha Beckort, Lanesville Schools)
10:30 am-12:00 pm	Breakout sessions by grade level: elementary/middle; middle/high school (Bill Bartelt, Lee Bilderback, Jon Carl, Barbara Morrow, Tom Pickering)
12:00 pm-1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm-2:30 pm	Plenary—Reports from break-out session groups/Plans for next year
2:30 pm	Adjourn