2004 Summer Seminar
Struggles for Justice: Civil Rights in
United States History
Our teachers with the Reverend
Jesse Jackson at a one-on-one talk at
Chautauqua Institution.
The
2004 Summer Seminar was titled "Struggles for Justice in the
United States." The 2003 seminar served 50 participants
and the 2004 seminar welcomed an additional 25 teachers.
The seminar
was composed of three subject areas:
a). Summary sessions for new
teachers entering the program covering the historic content from
the 2003 seminar.
b).
Then for all teachers a survey of civil rights in relation to
African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Women in United States History.
c). A banquet of professional development sessions
covering technology, professional development, the New York
State Standards and implementation techniques.
The seminar ran from July 6 to
July 16, 2004.
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2004 TAH
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Technology and Professional
Development Sessions July 14-16
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Equipment
Training:
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Digital Cameras
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Digital Video
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Safari Media Systems
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Scanners
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Video Projectors
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2004
Cadre:
Library
of Congress Video Conference
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Elementary
Vivian
Bernstein:
History for Struggling Students
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Middle
Grades
Grade
Level Specific Content
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High
School
Grade
Level Specific Content
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Tech
Training:
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BOCES
Media Center
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iMovies
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Power Point
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Web Site Development
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WNED Video Streaming and Site
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Grade
Level Specific Content
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Vivian
Bernstein:
History for Struggling Students
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TAH
Website
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Grade
Level Specific Content |
Vivian
Bernstein:
History for Struggling Students
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Lunch |
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Tech
Training:
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BOCES
Media Center
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iMovies
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Power Point
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Web Site Development
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WNED Video Streaming and Site |
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Chautauqua Institution
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Larry Robinson:
Implementing Change
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The seminar included a host of
publications, meals and two weeks of day passes to Chautauqua
Institution for the theme weeks on
Week 4
Breaking Barriers: Women Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow
(July 19-23) and
Week 9
Major Trends of the 20th Century: A First Report
(August 23-27).
Day
1:
Historiography Historiography is
the study of the multiple ways in which history is written.
Lee Formwalt, Executive Director of the Organization of
American Historians conducted the lecture. See Lee's "Seven
Rules for Effective History Teaching or Bringing Life to the
History Class".
Rick Walters, TAH grant initiator,
Assistant Superintendent for Special Projects, AP History
education, JCC History instructor, and the grant's Webmaster reviewed and summarized the 2003 history content from the
Constitution to the Civil War.
JCC 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 2:
Dr. Philip Payne,
History Professor from St.
Bonaventure
University will completed the 2003 review by summarizing the high
points of American history from the Civil War to the present day.
JCC
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 3:
Dr. Chuck McDew,
history professor at
Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis,
was a
founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) and organization chair from 1961-1964. He lectured on the Civil Rights Movement addressing slavery, the
Constitution, Jim Crow Laws and the dissolution of segregation
through the present day.
Dr. McDew was a technical consultant to the film Freedom Song.
JCC
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 4:
Suffrage and Women's Rights
Dr. Allida M. Black
lectured on Women's issues. She received her Ph.D.
in U.S. history from The George Washington University in
1993. Dr. Black is Project Director and Editor of the
Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights Project, the first
phase of
The
Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, an annotated collection of
Eleanor Roosevelt’s writings as well as audio and video
discussions of human rights and democratic politics.
After lunch
Peter Thomas of
Shenendehowa Central Schools just outside of Albany presented
National History Day. National History day is a
rich and vibrant competition that invigorates students
form local districts to the national level.
The afternoon was capped by a talk from reenactor
Susan B. Anthony.
JCC
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 5:
Native American Issues
covered both the
academic and Iroquois points of view. Dr. Mike
Oberg of SUNY Geneseo, scholar in Native American studies
and United States History covered:
Civil
rights issues relevant to Native Americans, Law, Tribal
Governments, States, and the American Political System
Indian Individual Rights and U.S. Citizenship,
Land Claims,
Gambling,
Taxation,
and the Right of Indians to Return to their Homelands.
Rick
Jemison, indigenous cultural scholar of the Seneca Nation
and Jare Cardinal, Executive Director of the
Seneca Iroquois
National Museum addressed a number of
historic issues of New York's Native Americans. They
brought an unique inside look at education, enculturation,
taxes, citizenship and much more. They will be
accompanied by dancers, drummers and singers to present
modern day performance. Lunch was a special
treat as it included flat bread,
venison and bear meat along with corn soup.
Jamestown Ice Arena
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 6:
Hispanic
Civil Rights and Local History. Dr.
Douglas Monroy covered
the history of Civil Rights for Hispanics and Latinos.
He is professor
of history at the Colorado College. He is the author of
Thrown
among Strangers: The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier
California (1990), winner of the OAH James Rawley Prize, and
Rebirth: Mexican Los Angeles from the Great Migration to the
Great Depression (1999). He is currently finishing a book of
essays on a variety of topics including the missions of
California, the novel Ramona, American liberalism and
Mexico, and NAFTA and immigration.
The second portion of
the day was dedicated to local history with Chautauqua County
Historian
Michelle Henry and local dignitaries. Michelle covered a range of material from immigration to the county, local
discrimination policies, Civil Rights issues and Klan. We
also had the honor of a presentation by George Lawn local
author of "Race Religion and Urban Renewal: Jamestown in the
Sixties".
JCC
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Day 7:
Technology and Professional
Development Sessions
Days 7 thru 9:
Specialized Technology Training for
History Teachers. Rick Walters and Carol Shick, JPS District Representative to
E2CC BOCES, School Library Media Specialist and technology
integrator, hosted a wide range of sessions covering internet research,
research materials, data bases, video streaming, imovies, a
Library of Congress video conference. Technology training
took
place in the Distance Learning Room at Jamestown High
School and adjoining rooms with state of the art multi-media
systems. 
Day 9 PM:
Rev. Jesse Jackson
On the afternoon of Day 9 teachers traveled to Chautauqua
Institution to see Rev. Jessie Jackson deliver the 2:00 lecture at he Hall of
Philosophy and had a one hour one-on-one session afterwards in the
Hall of Missions.
Day 10 PM Implementing Change
On the afternoon
of day 10 we worked with Larry Robinson of Partners and
Robins
on, one of Western New York's finest trainers in
leadership development, team building and implementation
strategists. Larry brought seminar to a close with
methods for retention of the vast amount of material participants
covered. He conducted exercises in adapting new
strategies to put the new material into practice. Addressing
the natural resistance to change, Larry discussed the many ways
of becoming better teachers and creating better
students.
JCC
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
