June 18-21, 2012

TAH NC participants will travel to Washington, D.C. on June 18 for the Summer Institute. More information will be available soon...

Image: WWI propaganda poster made and distributed in the United States. The poster reads: "Little Amercans Do your bit. Eat Oatmean-Corn meal mush-Hominy-other corn cereals-and Rice with milk. Save the wheat for our soldiers. Leave nothing on your plate." Poster by Cushman Parker, 1917 on behalf of the United States Food Administration.

Use propaganda posters in your classroom to teach about WWI, American advertising, and American culture.

Image from LearnNC Multimedia at http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/ ww1posters/5041.

More Print and Visual Resources for WWI will be available soon...

Photos and Podcasts Available

TAH NC hosted the lecture "Woodrow Wilson: Politics & Heritage" by Dr. John Milton Cooper on Friday, April 20. For more information see Woodrow Wilson Lecture Page.

Dr. Cooper is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cooper's most recent book, Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist.

Podcasts

Part I

For the other three parts of the lecture visit the "Woodrow Wilson " page.

Available Now: Photos, Podcasts, and Workshop Materials

TAH NC hosted the workshop "1898" on Saturday, April 21.

Dr. Thomas, Professor of Philosophy at UNCW, Dr. Earl Sheridan Professor of Public & International Affairs at UNCW, and Dr. Elizabeth Hines, Professor of Geography at UNCW, spoke at the "1898 Riot" panel.

Podcasts

Part I

For the other two parts of the lecture visit the "1898 Riot " page.

Podcasts Available

TAH NC hosted the seminar "Scopes Monkey Trial" on March 19 at 5 p.m. Dr. Walter Conser, Professor of American History and Religion at UNCW, led the seminar.

Workshop Resources

• Visit the "Scopes Trial" page for more information...
• Also see: Print and Visual Resources for the Scopes Trial

Podcasts

Part I

For the other two parts of the lecture visit the "Scopes Trial" page.

Photos and Podcasts Available

On Saturday, February 11 Dr. Elizabeth Hines presented " Jim Crow Laws." She covered information from the books: The Strange Career of Jim Crow and Ballots and Fence Rails.

The pedagogy session was presented by the 2010-2011 NC State Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Facciolini. And, be sure to check ou the worshop padcasts below!

Workshop Resources

• Workshop Page
• Dr. Elizabeth Hines' Jim Crow Powerpoint for the Workshop
• Dr. Elizabeth Hines' Jim Crow Bibliography
• "Jim Crow Laws" print and visual resources.

Podcasts

Part I

For the other three parts of the lecture visit the Jim Crow Workshop Page.

NEW: Images Available

Check out the images from the June 2011 Summer Institute!

View Images Here...

Participants traveled to Charleston, SC and toured The Charleston Museum, Fort Sumter, Downtown Charleston, Drayton Hall, and more...

Podcasts

Check out the podcast of Dr. Chris Fonvielle's lecture, "The Civil War," from the 2011 Summer Institute. The first part of the lecture is available below.

Part I

For the other two parts of Dr. Chris Fonvielle's Lecture 1 and Lecture 2 visit the 2011 Summer Institute Workshop Page. Enjoy!

NEW: Jim Crow Era Resources Posted

TAH NC has now posted online resources for topics about the Jim Crow Era. View the Jim Crow Era Trunk!

View Other Trunks Online...

Coming soon:  The American Revolution, American South, Expansion/Reform, Civil War and Reconstruction Trunks.

New Trunks Available!

Don’t forget about our new trunks. Please let Cara Ward know if you would like to check one out.

Here is a list of the Traveling Trunks that are available for you to check out:

American Indian Trunk
Colonial Trunk
Revolution Trunk
Founding Era Trunk
Westward Expansion and Reform Trunk
Civil War and Reconstruction Trunk

New Trunks
African American History Trunk
Women's History Trunk
Immigration Trunk
Turn of the Century Trunk
World War I Trunk
1920s and 1930s Trunk
World War II Trunk
Civil Rights Trunk
Cold War Trunk

Reminder

Just a friendly reminder that everyone should be attending a PLC meeting once a month as these hours count toward your total professional development hours for the year. If your group is meeting at a time or place that is inconvenient for you, please let me know and I will help you find another group.

PLC Leaders – Please remember to post your January meeting notes once you meet. A discussion heading for the January notes has been created in the usual spot on Blackboard (still under Dr. Berg’s course). Also, please post any missing November or December notes.

Check-in and Check-out iPads February 11

For those of you who have an iPad checked out, it is due back at the workshop on February 11th. If you would like to check one out following the workshop, please email Cara Ward.

Podcast Available

Check out the podcast of Dr. Herbert Berg's lecture "The Moorish Science Temple and the Ahmadiyya Missionaries," from November 5, 2011.

Visit the "The Moorish Science Temple & Ahmadiyya Missionaries" workshop page for more infromation, and print and visual resources.

The Moorish Science Temple and Ahmadiyya Missionary Images

Top Image: "Members of the Moorish Science Temple of America posing before meeting place during annual gathering, October 1928. Prophet Noble Drew Ali Founder [is in the] first row, standing, fifth from left [in white]." From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Bottom Image: The Ahmadiyya missionary Muhammad Sadiq. From The Moslem Sunrise (January 1923), 155. From the MoslemSunrise.com.

Podcast Available

Check out the podcast of Dr. Herbert Berg's lecture "Muslim Slaves, Immigration, & American Islamicism" from the September workshop.

The lecture is in four parts, and the first part is available below. For all four parts of the lecture visit the Islam in America Workshop Page.

Primary Resources Related to this Workshop

For a list of resources related to this workshop, and to read more about Omar ibn Said, other Muslim slaves, and Islam in America click here...

Image of Omar ibn Said

The above image is an ambrotype of Omar ibn Said from from the North Carolina Collection, Photographic Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Documenting the American South.

Podcast Available

TAH NC, UNCW's Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Pender County Schools presented "The Emergence of the Sky Scraper," a lecture by Mike Wallace Friday, September 9.

The lecture is in four parts, and the first part is available below. For all four parts of the lecture visit the Archived Lecture Page.

Podcast Available

Check out the podcast of Dr. Kathleen Berkeley's lecture "The Women’s Liberation Movement." The lecture is in three parts, and the first part is available below. For all three parts of the lecture visit the 2011-2012 Kick-Off Event Page.

Part I

New TAH NC Homepage Link

Please note the new link "Reviewed by TeachingHistory.org" to TeachingHistory.org on the left side of our homepage (under the Facebook, Blog, and Podcast links).

TeachingHistory.org provides Teaching Materials, History Content, and Best Practices for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.

Read the 2010 article, "Project Spotlight: Teaching American History in North Carolina" by TeachingHistory.org.

The Development of Modern America 1865-1925

Year 3 of Teaching American History in North Carolina will cover objectives from the North Carolina Social Studies Standard Course of Study for Eighth grade Social Studies and U.S. History.

The focus for 2011-2012 will be The Development of Modern America, 1865-1925.  Workshops include both content seminars and pedagogy instruction. Topics with include:

* The Women’s Liberation Movement in America
* Gotham City:  A History of New York City
* African Roots and Black America in the Gilded Age
* Muslim Slaves, Immigration, and American Islamicism
* The Moorish Science Temple and Ahmadiyya Missionaries
* The Scopes Monkey Trial
* The Failures of Reconstruction: Jim Crow Laws
* Woodrow Wilson: Politics and Heritage
* 1898 and the Wilmington 10
* World War I

Download the 2011-2012 Master Syllabus!

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