4th Annual Lincoln Institute for
Teachers
"The Elusive Lincoln: Teaching and Learning about Abraham Lincoln through
Documents and Images"
June 14-15, 2007
Agenda
| Thursday, June 14 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Overview of Institute (USI-Carter Hall) |
| 9:15 a.m. | Creating Images of Lincoln during his Lifetime--Harold Holzer |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Reading between the Lines: Locating and Interpreting Lincoln Evidence--Matthew Pinsker |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. | Telling the Lincoln Story with Images from the Lincoln Collections at the Indiana Historical Society--Matthew McMichael |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Telling the Lincoln Story to a 21st Century Audience--Thomas Schwartz |
| 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion: How Stories are Created and Changed |
| 4:15 p.m. | Break |
| 5:30 p.m. | Reception |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Lincoln at the Cooper Union (open to the public)--Harold Holzer |
| Friday, June 15 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:15 a.m. | Overview of plans for the day (USI--Education Center) |
| 8:30 a.m. | Reflections on Thursday's program--Holzer, Pinsker, Schwartz, and McMichael |
| 9:00 a.m. | Resources for Teachers and Students at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum--Thomas Schwartz |
| 9:35 a.m. | Lincoln Materials at the National Archives--Glen Longacre |
| 10:10 a.m. | Online Resources: Primary Sources and Teaching Materials--Martha Beckort |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break-out session: Elementary: Lee Bilderback (Cedar Crest Intermediate School) and Robert Boostrom (USI Teacher Education Department) Secondary: Bill Bartelt (HSI Education Committee) and Jon Carl (Reitz High School) Middle School Teachers can select either session |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch and Adjournment |
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