New Frontiers in History Education
In collaboration with the Illinois Council of History Educators, IMSA is proud to offer a special History program.

The opening Welcome session will be followed by four concurrent sessions from which teachers from 6th grade through high school may choose.

A special Luncheon Presentation will be given by Dr. Ann Durkin Keating, who will bring Chicago history to life as she discusses her latest book “Rising up from Indian Country: The Battle of Fort Dearborn and the Birth of Chicago,” which was released last August.

Flash drives containing digital copies of all available session materials will be given to participants upon completion and submission of their evaluations of the program at the end of the day. The full schedule with presenters, descriptions, and room locations can be found through the following links.

Schedule

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2014
Friday, February 28th
8:25 AM

Session A-1: Resources for Teaching Decision Making: The Economic Way of Thinking Applied

Nancy Harrison, Northern Illinois University

Grade level: 6-12

8:25 AM

Session A-2: Totalitarianism: The Reality versus the Myth

Lee Eysturlid, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade Level: 9-12

8:25 AM - 9:25 AM

Session A-3: A Gary, Indiana in the Soviet Heartland: Incorporating Local History in World History Teaching

Kitty Lam, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 11-12

8:25 AM - 9:25 AM

Session A-4: The Use and Abuse of History: The End of History Thesis and American Foreign Policy

Dean Pinos, New Trier High School

Grade Level: 9-12

8:25 AM - 9:25 AM

9:35 AM

Session B-1: "The Bloody Massacre" -- Whodunnit?

Spiro Bolos, New Trier High School
Anne Twadell, New Trier High School

Grade level: 6-12

9:35 AM - 10:35 AM

Session B-2: Merchants, Monks and Marco Polo: Teaching the Silk Road

Kirsty Montgomery, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 9-12

9:35 AM - 10:35 AM

Session B-4: Research and writing in the 1:1 Social Studies Classroom

Shawn McCusker, Fremd High School

Grade level: 6-12

9:35 AM - 10:35 AM

10:45 AM

Session C-1: Teaching New Salem: Jacksonian America in an Illinois Village

Claiborne A. Skinner Jr., Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 9-10

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Session C-2: The Middle East in Transition: Questions for U.S. Policy

Steven Buenning, William Fremd High School

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Session C-3: From Ink Well to Digital: Innovative Technology in the Classroom

Eugene Tesdahl, UC

Grade level: 6-12

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Session C-4: Moments of Light: Art and Interdisciplinary Instruction in the History Classroom

Rob Kiely, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 9-12

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

11:55 AM

Keynote Address: New Frontiers in History Education

Ann Durkin, North Central College

11:55 AM - 1:10 PM

1:20 PM

Session D-1: Teaching the Indigenous Populations: Prejudice, Stereotyping and Popular Culture

Phyllis M. Henry, Benedictine U; Demetra Makris

Grade level: 9-12

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

Session D-2: Reconstructing the West

Jean Kadel, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 9-10

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

Session D-3: Connecting History, Current Events and 21st Century Skills

Diana Haleas Hines, St Ignatius College Prep

Grade level: 6-12

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM

Session D-4: FDR, the Coming War, and the Common Core

Eric Smith, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grade level: 11-12

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM