The Wilsonian Moment: Woodrow Wilsons Post-World War I Diplomacy on the World Stage March 27, 2012

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U.S. History in Global Context Key Question

How is our understanding of American history enriched by drawing connections to broader themes of world history?

Todays Agenda
8:00 8:15 Arrival, Breakfast, & Check-in Room 413, Distance Learning Lab Introductions, Overview, Standards Connections, & Warm-Up Activity

8:15 8:55

9:00 11:30 The Wilsonian Moment: Woodrow Wilsons Post-World War I Diplomacy With break on the World Stage

Professor Erez Manela, Harvard University

11:3012:10 Lunch

Todays Agenda
12:15 2:15~

Strategies for Seminar Discussion in the History Classroom Lynne Laffie Classroom Connections Discussion & Closing

~2:15 2:30

Extra! Extra! Using Historic Newspapers for Primary Source Analysis and Writing Prompts

Accessing Historical Newspapers Online

Chronicling America, Library of Congress: 1860 1922, 24 States http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Boston Public Library Electronic Databases: Boston Globe,1872 1979 http://www.bpl.org/electronic/newspaper.asp

Seminar Discussion Observations

Round Robin Process

Classroom Connections Discussion

A) What are the power standards from todays content and activities? In other words, what key understandings and practices do you want to bring back to your students? Why? AND/OR B) What will that content/practice look like in the classroom? What strategies will you use/adapt? How are your ideas in-line with a Common Core Standard / Historical Thinking Standard?

Coming Up Next.
April 6th: Follow-Up Discussion Post Due on History Connected Wiki April 2nd: Book Group, RMHS April 4th: Book Group, LHS April 30th: "Bringing the Foundation of Freedom:" Political Culture and U.S. Foreign Policy during the Cold War, 1945 1963, JFK Library & Museum, Boston, MA