2008 Conference Program - Idaho Council for History Education

OUR SENSE OF PLACE
Eighth Annual Idaho Council for History Education
History and Social Sciences Conference
October 2 & 3, 2008
WELCOME
Boise in the fall would not be the same without the Idaho Council for History Education’s annual conference. This year’s theme,
Our Sense of Place, is captured in topics and keynotes, workshops, presentations, and program artwork. This year’s poster was designed
by Idaho artist Morgan Dethman ([email protected]), and features Scot Zimmerman’s photograph of Henry Whiting II’s
Hagerman home. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a studio for Patricia and Archie B. Teater. We think it illustrates
beautifully the success of Wright’s efforts to grow architecture out of its surrounding landscape and conveys perfectly our conference
theme. Idaho artist Ward Hooper graciously provided the Council with images of Boise for this program. Our selection of Boise landmarks
reflects notable and iconic architecture, institutions, and vistas. Please take a moment to read about Ward Hooper, below.
Mayor David Bieter will open the conference and welcome you to Boise. During his tenure in office, Mayor Bieter has dedicated the city’s
administration to preserving, enhancing, and celebrating Boise’s high quality of life - its “livability.” After Thursday’s reception and
Fettuccine Forum, enjoy visiting downtown Boise’s restaurants, shops, and galleries, open late as part of the city’s First Thursday
activities. On Saturday morning, enjoy a stroll on Eighth Street’s Saturday Market, an open air, pedestrian mall offering foods, artwork,
and crafts. You will find a block map of downtown Boise in the center of your program.
The Program includes keynote and featured speakers at the top of most pages. General and concurrent sessions are arranged
chronologically throughout the program. In each band of concurrent sessions, the Program narrative follows the same order of
presentations as displayed, left-to-right, on the At a Glance Sheet. Please be sure to check at the registration desk if you have any
questions or if we might do anything to ensure that your time at the conference is enjoyable.
ICHE Conference Planning Committee
IMAGES
OF
BOISE
Ward Hooper grew up in NorthCentral Idaho and became interested
in art at a very early age. He attended
Boise State University under an art
scholarship where he earned a BFA
in design and fine art. His design
background includes working as a
Senior Art Director and as Creative
Director of his own company – Hooper
Studios, Inc. Ward has produced
illustration and design work for
companies such as Hewlett Packard,
Micron Technology, Albertson’s, Inc.,
Smith Sport Optics, and Nike.
Ward has created public art work for
the City of Boise and McCall. He was
awarded the Mayor’s Excellence in the Arts Award in 2006 and has been voted Boise’s Best Artist by the area’s leading newspaper in a
readers’ poll. Ward has been asked to speak on behalf of the arts in the Boise community on numerous occasions and has volunteered
frequently to mentor children’s arts programs.
In September 2006 Ward partnered with a team of architects and landscape designers and was awarded a prestigious contract to redesign
Julia Davis Park for the next century of use. Ward’s logo design and artwork have been used in numerous auction, charity, and public
service events throughout the community. In the near future, Ward will be opening a gallery in Eagle - his current work can be viewed at
www.WardHooper.com. ICHE is most grateful to Ward for his assistance with this year’s conference.
The Rise of Earmarks: How 1936 Gave Us 2008
Amity Shlaes is a visiting senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a
syndicated columnist at Bloomberg. She has written for The Financial Times and
The Wall Street Journal, where she was an editorial board member, as well as for
The New Yorker, Fortune, National Review, The New Republic, and Foreign Affairs.
Shlaes is the author of The Greedy Hand and The Forgotten Man: A New History of
the Great Depression.
Thursday, October 2
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:15 – 8:00 am
Conference Opening
8:00 – 8:20 am
Opening Remarks by Mayor David Bieter. David H. Bieter was elected to a second four-year term as Boise’s Mayor
in November 2007. A native and lifelong resident of Boise, he graduated in 1978 from Bishop Kelly High School and
earned his Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from the College of St. Thomas and his Juris Doctorate from the
University of Idaho College of Law. Mayor Bieter is a strong supporter of history education and, as mayor, initiated the
office of Boise City Historian and the Department of Arts and History.
Greetings from the National Council for History Education (NCHE). Cynthia Stout is Executive Director of the National
Council for History Education, the nation’s most prestigious organization advocating deep and broad history education.
Under Ms. Stout’s direction, the National Council has promoted the growth of state councils and strengthened
communication between NCHE and its affiliates. Ms. Stout is delighted to have the opportunity to attend the ICHE
Conference and to greet council members. She will offer brief comments on behalf of the National Council.
General Session
8:20 – 9:15 am
Conference Keynote
Amity Shlaes, The Rise of Earmarks: How 1936 Gave Us 2008
Morning Concurrent Sessions
9:20 – 10:20 am
Teaching American History Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, George Washington: The Man of the Age
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
David Adler is Professor of History and Political Science at Idaho State University. It has been fairly observed that the
office of the presidency has changed so dramatically that the Framers of the Constitution would not recognize it.
The Condition of the American Presidency: Then and Now represents a historical overview of the condition of the
presidency, with a survey of the major changes that have occurred in the office of the presidency, from 1787 to the
early days of the 21st Century. Our discussion will include a review of the aims and concerns of those who drafted the
Constitution, an account of the significant episodes and events that reshaped the office, and a consideration of the
condition of the presidency today. Has the nation been well-served by the changes in the duties, responsibilities and
the powers of the President of the United States? If not, what new challenges and problems have occurred as a result
of the changes? How might the office continue to evolve under the next President?
Sex in the City
Christine Stansell is professor of U.S. history at the University of Chicago. She has
long written about women's history, feminism, sexuality, and cities. Her books are
City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860 (1986), the anthology
Powers of Desire: The Politics of Sexuality (1984), and American Moderns:
Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century (2000). Her review essays
about American history and literature appear regularly in The New Republic.
Stacy Gobel is the Youth Government State Director for the Treasure Valley YMCA. Jeanette Jackson is a government
teacher at Caldwell High School. Korrin Rue is a government teacher at Borah High School. An Experience in Handson State Government: Democracy in Action will give teachers resources to provide students with the tools necessary
to understand all three branches of Idaho government. The session is designed to help teachers and their students
tap into a program that has been operating successfully in Idaho for over 70 years. Following this session, teachers
will better be able to help their students discover politics in Idaho and to help them examine current issues and
become actively involved in Idaho’s government. This session repeats at 1:35 pm.
Troy Hamilton is a High School Social Studies Teacher at Wendell High School in Wendell, Idaho. The Atlantik-Brücke
Study Trip to Germany concentrates on giving Idaho teachers first-hand knowledge of modern Germany and an
increasing awareness of how Germany has changed and developed since the end of World War II. Each of the twelve
participating teachers has developed various curricula from their German experience. Some of the topics that will be
addressed include Germany’s emergence as an economic power in the world, US/German trade relations, ePortfolios,
comparisons about Germany, a day in the life of a German high school/middle school student, and Germany since the
end of World War II. Several webquest activities will also be included. A CD with curriculum and suggested lesson
plans will be provided to all attendees.
Karen Grindle is Coordinator of Idaho History Day (sponsored by the Idaho
State Historical Society, in conjunction with the National History Day
Program) History Day 101: It’s Not Just a Day, It’s an Experience
examines National History Day (NHD), a highly regarded academic
organization for elementary and secondary school students. Each year,
more than half a million students, encouraged by thousands of teachers
nationwide, participate in the NHD contest. Students choose historical
topics related to a theme and conduct extensive primary and secondary
research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and
historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and drawing
conclusions about their topics’ significance in history, students present
their work in original papers, exhibits, performances and documentaries.
These products are entered into competitions in the spring at local, state
and national levels where they are evaluated by professional historians
and educators. The program culminates in a national competition each
June held at the University of Maryland at College Park. In addition to
discovering the exciting world of the past, NHD also helps students develop
attributes that are critical for future success.
Amity Shlaes will engage in A Conversation
with History Teachers. This informal gathering
will afford teachers the opportunity to explore
and consider classroom applications of ideas
presented by our keynote speaker in her
morning address.
Katie Moore is Senior Program Director
with the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Cindy Wilson teaches American Government at
Centennial High School. What is deliberation
and what controversies are students in the
United States and newly created democracies
of Eastern Europe and Russia deliberating?
Democracy Education through Civic
Deliberation demonstrates how to utilize
structured academic controversy to teach
about democratic principles by exploring controversial issues such as hate speech, euthanasia, educating
non-citizens, and global climate change. Deliberation questions address controversial issues that impact
democratic values. The content areas include themes in Government, World and US History. Teachers develop skills
in small group practice, student engagement, and assessment strategies. The skills students develop include reading,
writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking. This session is repeated at 10:20 am on Friday October 3.
Shelton Woods is Professor of East Asian History & Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public
Affairs at Boise State University. Some East Asian historians note that geography is the main reason that the Industrial
Revolution occurred in the West rather than in Asia. How Geography Shaped East-West Relations will explore this
thesis and present alternative ideas to this theory.
Scott Erickson is Regional Sales Professional with Nystrom Herff Jones. Today’s educators face a considerable
challenge - how to meet rising achievement standards in tested subjects without compromising social studies.
Leveraging Students’ Sense of Place: The “Where” and “Why” of Geography and History will explore ways to more
efficiently teach social studies, while taking advantage of cross-curricular opportunities in reading and math. Using
a variety of models, maps and globes, this workshop will briefly define how a student’s sense of place forms and
develops throughout the elementary years. Then the group will contemplate how to further leverage sense of place to
increase student interest and comprehension in geography and history. This session is repeated at 10:20 am on
Friday October 3.
Session Break and Exhibit Visits
10:20 – 10:35 am
Please enjoy visiting exhibits.
General Session
10:35 – 11:30 am
Conference Keynote
Christine Stansell, Sex in the City
Lunch and Fettuccine Forum
11:30 am – 12:25 pm
Hot Italian Buffet in Café Bravo
Dan Popkey, Randy Stapilus, and Jim Weatherby
Our Political Pundits Panel on Election 2008
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa will moderate this regular feature of election year conferences, one of our most
popular events. Panelists will comment on the upcoming election and take questions from the audience.
Early Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, Lafayette: The Boy General
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
Michael Zirinsky is Professor of History, Boise State University. Islam in Our Imagination: Orientalist Myths and
Human Realities will explore Islam, understanding of which Georgetown University professor John Esposito believes
to be “a prerequisite for an appreciation of our theologically interconnected and historically intertwined JudeaoChristian-Islamic heritage.” Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion. Its growth reflects its wide appeal, both to
those born into the faith and to its many converts. This appeal in turn reflects its long-term toleration of other religions,
including Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Hinduism. Unfortunately, during the past fourteen centuries Islam
has been maligned in the West as violent and intolerant. Sadly, this Western crusading spirit continues and bedevils
contemporary efforts to understand realities experienced by Muslims.
Christine Stansell will engage in A Conversation with History Teachers.
This informal gathering will afford teachers the opportunity to further
explore ideas and themes presented by our keynote speaker in her
morning address.
Lyle Hansen is a University of Idaho Extension Educator, LaRaye O'Brien
is a Communications Specialist at the Idaho Credit Union League,
Marilyn Bischoff is a University of Idaho Extension Specialist at the
University of Idaho-Boise. The Updated National Endowment For Financial
Education (NEFE) High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP)
is classroom tested and written in language to which teens relate. The
program includes a 200+ page Instructor’s Manual with step-by-step
directions and a 128 page Student Guide; it is relevant to national
teaching standards in all 50 states. This program can lay claim to its
tagline, Financial Literacy Education for a New Generation - and all the
materials are offered totally FREE! Participants will receive a copy of the
HSFPP curriculum, instructor’s manual and student guide. Come learn
about a resource that you’ll want to use for teaching personal finance.
Ben Ysursa is Idaho Secretary of State. Two topics are addressed in this
workshop. Inner Workings of Idaho’s Electoral College will be a
discussion about the electoral college in Idaho. Secretary Ysursa’s
experience as chief election officer for Idaho will provide an inside view of the process in Idaho over his 34 years in
government service. Chief Deputy Tim Hurst and Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Coordinator Jim Mairs will discuss the
2008 Idaho Student Mock Election and encourage interested teachers to participate. The 2008 Idaho Student Mock
Election will be held over two days - October 23 and 24. High school government and history teachers from across the
state are invited to register their students to participate in an online election developed by the office of the Secretary
of State. The ballot will include candidates for federal offices and two propositions submitted by students from
participating classrooms.
Mark T. Haggard teaches Social Studies at Emmett High School. During fifteen years of teaching Mr. Haggard has
developed a number of games, activities, and simulations for his U.S. Government, World History, and U.S. History
classes. Teaching Beyond the Book: Creative Ways to Engage Students in Experiential Learning presents lessons
on: experiencing life in the trenches of World War I; negotiating with other Foreign Ministers at the Congress of Vienna;
going into the war room of a presidential candidate and winning the electoral vote; taking the place of an advisor to
President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis; taking the place of an advisor to President Truman as he
considers the use of the atomic bomb; donning a black robe and deliberating the landmark Supreme Court decisions
of U.S. History; and donning a powdered wig and joining the Framers as you help write the U.S. Constitution.
The West and the Civil War
William Deverell is director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the
West and Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He has
written widely on the nineteenth- and twentieth-century history of California and
the far West. His recent publications include Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los
Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past (2004) and the coedited volume,
Land of Sunshine: An Environmental History of Metropolitan Los Angeles (2004).
Deverell is editor of the Blackwell Companion to the American West (2004) and
coeditor of the forthcoming Blackwell Companion to the History of California and
the Blackwell Companion to the History of Los Angeles.
Becky Jensen is Educational Consultant to the Idaho Department of Education. Many times, people struggle with
determining what qualifications might guide their voting when looking at candidates for political office. Should
experience in political office count more than great new ideas and approaches? This interactive presentation,
Choosing a Candidate, will examine some balanced criteria that teachers can share with their classes to assist
students in becoming informed, responsible voters.
John R. Scannell is National Social Studies Consultant with Pearson Education/Prentice Hall. Beyond the
metaphysical question, “Who am I?," humankind has invariably asked itself, “Where am I?” Using the positions of the
sun and the stars, early humans were able to locate themselves, but clearly they needed better tools if they were to
navigate the planet Earth confidently and safely. Where in the World Am I? examines the evolution of navigational
aids—the astrolabe, the sextant, the compass, the marine chronometer, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) —
and the impact they have had on human history.
Jeff Simmons is Specialist of Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies for Idaho Digital Learning Academy.
Sherie Johnson is a Dual Credit US History Teacher with the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. Idaho Digital Learning
Academy uses a digital history project in Dual Credit US History to help students develop critical thinking and
analysis skills, while also developing 21st century learning skills. The digital history project requires students to
conduct research on a theme, and present their learning in a multimedia presentation that includes photographs,
music, and the student’s own recorded narrative. Using Digital Histories to Teach the Digital Generation will
exhibit an actual student digital history project and teach the process of how this can be created in the online or
face-to-face classroom. Participants will walk away with a better knowledge of what a digital history is and how they
can use 21st century learning skills in their classrooms.
Later Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
1:35 – 2:35 pm
Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher and Politician
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
David Leroy is a Boise Attorney and Chairman of the Idaho Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. His presentation,
Rocky Mountain Legacy: Lincoln and Idaho explores the unique relationship between the sixteenth President and the
Idaho Territory, which he created in 1863, appointed friends to govern, mentioned in two State of the Union speeches,
and even considered on the afternoon he was assassinated. Mr. Leroy defends the claim that more than Kentucky,
Indiana, or Illinois, Idaho is the state most related to Lincoln!
The West Before Lewis and Clark: Three Stories
Elliott West, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, is a
specialist in the social and environmental history of the American West. He is the
recipient of numerous teaching awards and has twice been chosen as his
university’s teacher of the year. West is the author of five books, including
Growing Up With the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier (1989);
The Way to the West: Essays on the Central Plains (1995); and The Contested
Plains: Indians, Goldseekers and the Rush to Colorado (1998), winner of the
Francis Parkman Prize and the OAH Ray Allen Billington Prize, among others.
Ernest A. Hoidal is a Boise Attorney and Adjunct Professor at Boise State University. Immigration Policy: Past,
Present and Future will include a review and discussion of landmark cases in U.S. Immigration Policy beginning with
the Chinese Exclusion Act and continuing through modern issues. It will look at the issue of federalism and the debate
over states’ abilities to pick up where federal policy leaves off when dealing with immigration concerns. It will also
include a look at current immigration policy and examine possible solutions to today’s challenges.
Tammy McCloud is Financial Center Manager at Washington Mutual Bank, Patricia Highley is Senior Securities
Analyst at the Idaho Department of Finance, Jane Pavek is Vice President and Community Development Officer at
Wells Fargo Bank, Jeanne Tyler is Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration. The Place of
Outside Help Inside Personal Finance Lessons: Maximizing Free Resources of the Local Nonprofit, Government,
Business and Collegiate Communities is presented by the nonprofit Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition (the allvolunteer state chapter of the National Jump$tart Coalition). This session will inform participants of the many free
tools, materials and resources that teachers can use to supplement and enliven lessons and coursework in
economics, personal finance, adult/teen living, consumer sciences, marketing and business. The co-presenters,
aligning the topic with content standards, will introduce reliable and local private businesses, nonprofit organizations,
government agencies, institutes of higher learning, and even individual citizens. Additionally, participants just might
learn some retirement planning secrets, timeless principles of choosing a financial professional, and some theft
protection tips.
Robert C. Sims is Professor of History, Emeritus at Boise State University. Wendy Janssen is Superintendent,
Minidoka National Historic Site (National Monument). The Minidoka Historic Site, a National Monument in the
National Park Service system, commemorates the experience of the 13,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were
imprisoned there during World War II. The educational goals of the Park Service and the Friends of Minidoka include
exploring how that experience relates to current events, civil and constitutional rights and American ethnic issues.
The Education Program at The Minidoka National Historic Site discusses the efforts being made to realize these
goals, including the annual symposium on civil and constitutional rights.
Stacy Gobel is the Youth Government State Director for the Treasure Valley YMCA. Jeanette Jackson is a government
teacher at Caldwell High School. Korrin Rue is a government teacher at Borah High School. An Experience in Handson State Government: Democracy in Action will give teachers resources to provide students with the tools necessary
to understand all three branches of Idaho government. The session is designed to help teachers and their students
tap into a program that has been operating successfully in Idaho for over 70 years. Following this session, teachers
will better be able to help their students discover politics in Idaho and to help them examine current issues and
become actively involved in Idaho’s government. This session is a repeat of the 9:20 am workshop.
Barton H. Barbour, Associate Professor of History at
Boise State University, has developed several Google
Earth “tours” for use in early US History classes. His
“tours” primarily deal with colonial British, French, and
Spanish sites, and with Western US History. He is
working on several “tours” related to Jedediah S. Smith,
a famed fur trader and explorer whose biography
Barbour has recently completed. Google Earth in the
Classroom: Making Historical Geography “Funner”
brings history to life, inspiring other teachers to utilize
Google Earth in their classrooms.
Tim Reed is National Educational Consultant with Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. Sense of Place: Building Geography Skills
for Life includes teaching strategies for students (a) with reading difficulties, (b) who have trouble applying skills,
(c) who have difficulty reading maps, and (d) who need enrichment. Teachers will explore performance assessment
models and rubrics used to evaluate traditional or Web-based activities. Of primary focus are the six essential
elements and the 18 Geography Standards.
General Session
2:40 – 3:30 pm
Presentation of the 2008 Idaho Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award, Douglas StanWiens, Award
Recipient
Conference Keynote
William Deverell, The West and the Civil War
Hosted Reception
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Join our keynote speakers and History Teacher of the Year in the Terrace Room at the Owyhee Plaza for a hosted
reception. Food and beverages will be served; nametags are required for admission. The Timberline High School
Chamber Orchestra will provide music. The Owyhee Plaza Hotel is located at 1109 Main Street in downtown Boise.
Evening Fettuccine Forum
6:00 – 7:00 pm
This popular “First Thursday” event will feature one of our keynote speakers. Elliott West will present Saloons in the
City: The Drinking Man’s Bawdy Frontier. Stroll from the reception to the Fettuccine Forum located in The Rose Room
at 718 West Idaho St., in downtown Boise’s historic Union Block. Doors open at 5:30 pm; the program begins at 7:00
pm. Finger foods are free – fettuccine dinner and beverages are available at modest cost. Following the program,
enjoy a walk around downtown Boise where many shops and art galleries are open for the first Thursday of each month.
Friday, October 3
Exhibit Visits and Continental Breakfast
7:45 – 8:10 am
General Session
8:10 – 9:05 am
Conference Keynote
Elliott West, The West Before Lewis and Clark: Three Stories
Early Morning Concurrent Sessions
9:10 – 10:10 am
Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, James Madison: Champion of Liberty and Justice
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
David Adler is Professor of History and Political Science at Idaho State University. The Supreme Court’s
interpretation of the Free Speech Clause has both oppressed and empowered individual expression. The Supreme
Court and Freedom of Speech: A Historical Journey will provide an examination and critique of the Court’s
changing approach to free speech since the early 20th century. It is clear from a historical standpoint that the Court
has not always been friendly to the principle of robust, candid discussion and debate, a principle that lies at the core
of democracy. As a consequence, the quality of citizen participation, as Madisonian Monitors of governmental
activity, has been greatly affected, and often diminished, by judicial rulings that have denied protection to speech that
has deeply challenged laws, programs and policies. Our examination will lay bare the low moments and suggest
teaching approaches that might be useful in preparing today’s students to become tomorrow’s citizens.
Peggy O'Neill-Jones is Professor of Technical Communication and Media Production and directs the Library of
Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Colorado and Regional (TPS) project at the Metropolitan State College of
Denver. Laura McCall is Professor of History at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Primary sources can promote
inference-making, critical thinking, problem solving, observation, comparison, compromise, and other high-level
thinking skills. How do educators take primary source-based instruction to the next level and allow their students to
interact with the past using today’s technology? Web 2.0 is about collaboration and community. Primary Sources:
Examining the Past Using Today’s Technology reviews wiki-inquiries, blogs, and Google Earth to examine how they
are being applied to inquiry-based learning using examples from the 11 million digitized primary sources from the
Library of Congress American Memory website. This session is repeated at 10:20 am.
Carol Anne Buswell is the Education Specialist for the National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA) in Seattle. The National Archives
primary documents from American Indian agents, schools, and
departments serve to exemplify the dramatic cultural changes taking
place, as well as to define the unique historical experience of Native
Americans across the United States. When Your Soul is Tied to the Land:
Using NARA Primary Source Records to Teach American Indian History
and Cultural Change will include copies of documents that will illustrate to
your students the history of Native American groups, with examples of
events and governmental practices that changed Indian America from its
foundational roots to what it is today. The session will focus largely upon
the Indians of Idaho, but other tribes across the country will be
represented as well.
Lynn Allen is Regional Outreach Coordinator for Independent Television
Service. Her presentation, Introduction to Free ITVS COMMUNITY
CLASSROOM Toolkits provides 15 minutes of contemporary documentary
video excerpted from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. The video is accompanied by a Teacher
Guide and several curricula activities designed with key education standards in mind. CLASSROOM’s innovative
materials are available free.
Jason L. S. Raia is Vice President of Education with Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Freedoms Foundation at
Valley Forge, founded in 1949 by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, has offered programming in civic education,
leadership, history, and the free enterprise system for teachers and students since the mid-1960s. History,
Public Policy, and Citizenship: Programs for Teachers and Students describes some of the foundation’s programs,
including summer graduate programs for teachers exploring different historical epochs. Summer 2009 offerings
include the Civil War West and the French and Indian War; through a grant, graduate programs are available to Idaho
teachers, tuition free. Student programs include Service Learning in Public Policy, the American Leaders Youth
Summit, and the Student Entrepreneur Experience.
Tom Thayer is President of Northwest Speaks. Expand History will demonstrate how history is related to other
subjects in the curriculum and emphasize how relationships found in history can be an expansion of math, reading,
music, art, and civics. The presentation incorporates a PowerPoint and handouts.
The Best of Campaign ’08 and Things to Come
Mike Luckovich is a Pultizer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. He works for The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is syndicated nationally. Luckovich is the 2006
winner of the Reuben, the National Cartoonist Society’s top award for cartoonist of
the year. He was born in Seattle, Washington, attended Sheldon High School in
Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1982 from the University of Washington with a
degree in political science. For two years after graduation, Luckovich sold cartoons
on a freelance basis to the Everett, Washington newspaper while working as a doorto-door salesman. He won the 1995 and 2006 Pulitzer Prizes for Editorial
Cartooning. He also received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon
Award for 2001, with additional nominations for 1998 and 2002.
Lisa M. Brady is Associate Professor of History at Boise State University. Nature and culture work together to create
and shape the places that have meaning to us as societies and individuals. Developing a Sense of Place through
Environmental History will examine several iconic places – Yellowstone National Park, Mexico City, and the Korean
Demilitarized Zone – to illustrate the cooperative process between nature and culture in creating a sense of place.
Other examples will also be explored, and plenty of time for discussion will be allowed.
Session Break and Exhibit Visits
10:10 – 10:20 am
Please enjoy visiting exhibits.
Later Morning Concurrent Sessions
10:20 – 11:20 am
Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, Abigail Adams: An American Heroine
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
Jill Gill is Associate Professor of History at Boise State University. What’s driving voters’ racial divisions in the 2008
election? Our Place in 2008 Racial Politics: The Historical Context seeks to provide a historical anchor for
analyzing, understanding, and explaining the tension points over race appearing in the 2008 election. It will focus on
political, economic, and religious dynamics between black and white Americans from the New Deal to the present and
provide some recommended resources for teacher use in discussing the subject.
Peggy O’Neill-Jones is Professor of Technical Communication and Media Production and directs the Library of
Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Colorado and Regional (TPS) project at the Metropolitan State College of
Denver. Laura McCall is Professor of History at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Primary sources can promote
inference-making, critical thinking, problem solving, observation, comparison, compromise, and other high-level
thinking skills. How do educators take primary source-based instruction to the next level and allow their students to
interact with the past using today’s technology? Web 2.0 is about collaboration and community. Primary Sources
2.0: Examining the Past Using Today’s Technology reviews wiki-inquiries, blogs, and Google Earth to examine how
they are being applied to inquiry-based learning using examples from the 11 million digitized primary sources from
the Library of Congress American Memory website. This session is a repeat of the 9:10 am workshop.
William Deverell will engage in A Conversation with History Teachers. This informal gathering will afford teachers the
opportunity to explore and consider classroom applications of ideas presented by our keynote speaker in yesterday’s
afternoon address.
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and a Sense of Place
Ron Hatzenbuehler is Professor of History at Idaho State University. He earned a
Bachelor of Arts in History from Rhodes College in 1967, a Masters in U.S. History
from Kent State University in 1969, and a Ph.D. in Early National U.S. History from
Kent State University in 1972. He is author of “I Tremble for my Country”: Thomas
Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry (2006), Congress Declares War: Rhetoric,
Leadership and Partisanship in the Early Republic (1983) and numerous articles on
the Early National Period. Hatzenbuehler is the recipient of several teaching
awards, including Idaho State University Teacher of the Year (1994).
Scott Erickson is Regional Sales Professional with Nystrom Herff Jones. Today’s educators face a considerable
challenge - how to meet rising achievement standards in tested subjects without compromising social studies.
Leveraging Students’ Sense of Place: The “Where” and “Why” of Geography and History will explore ways to more
efficiently teach social studies, while taking advantage of cross-curricular opportunities in reading and math. Using
a variety of models, maps and globes, this workshop will briefly define how a student’s sense of place forms and
develops throughout the elementary years. Then the group will contemplate how to further leverage sense of place to
increase student interest and comprehension in geography and history. This session is a repeat of the workshop
presented at 9:20 am on Thursday October 2.
Katie Moore is Senior Program Director with the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Cindy Wilson teaches American
Government at Centennial High School. What is deliberation and what controversies are students in the United States
and newly created democracies of Eastern Europe and Russia deliberating? Democracy Education through Civic
Deliberation demonstrates how to utilize structured academic controversy to teach about democratic principles by
exploring controversial issues such as hate speech, euthanasia, educating non-citizens, and global climate change.
Deliberation questions address controversial issues that impact democratic values. The content areas include themes
in Government, World and US History. Teachers develop skills in small group practice, student engagement, and
assessment strategies. The skills students develop include reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking.
This session is a repeat of the presentation at 9:20 am on Thursday October 2.
Matthew Ard is Senior Social Studies Consultant with Holt McDougal Publishing. Making history relevant and
engaging is one of the most daunting tasks in the social studies classroom. Encouraging our students to participate
actively in the investigation of events can help students to better understand the “story” of our history. During this
energetic workshop, Reading Like a Historian: Investigating History through the Use of Primary Sources, Matthew
Ard will share and demonstrate ways to reach your students via primary source exercises. Handouts will be provided.
David Wilkins is an Associate Professor of Geosciences at Boise State University. Charlla Adams is a GIS analyst and
instructor in the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University. Basics of GPS Workshop will introduce the
participants to the basics of using a global positioning system (GPS) to find and record locations. Activities include
geocaching, waypoint marking, and route finding. There will also be a short global information system (GIS)
component that will illustrate how to bring the GPS data points into a GIS for mapping and analysis. This session is
repeated at 12:55 pm.
General Session
11:20 am – 12:10 pm
Special Guest, Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike Luckovich
The Best of Campaign ’08 and Things to Come
Western Barbecue on the Quad
12:10 – 12:50 pm
Steak and Chicken BBQ
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna and Mike Luckovich
Presentation of Student Awards, ICHE Political Cartoon Contest
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
12:55 – 1:55 pm
Teaching American History (TAH) Grant Project Strand
John P. Kaminski, Open Forum: A Conversation /Q & A with History Teachers
TAH presentations include content designed for grant project participants but are open to all conference attendees.
Stephen K. Shaw is Professor of History and Political Science and Director of the Freshman Honors Program at
Northwest Nazarene University. His presentation, Guess Who’s Coming to the Oval Office? will examine who we think
is qualified to be president, based on a list of constitutional qualifications and cultural expectations Clinton Rossiter
created in 1956. The lecture will look at the “space” known as the Oval Office and who we think its occupant should
be, beyond the constitutional requirements of age, citizenship, and residency. Attendees will look at Rossiter’s list
from over 50 years ago, and see how it’s changed today (e.g., age, race, gender, religion). Rossiter’s last criterion of
what a viable presidential candidate should not be is “a freak.” What did that mean then; what does it mean now?
Elliott West will engage in A Conversation with History Teachers. This informal gathering will afford teachers the
opportunity to explore themes, and classroom applications of ideas presented by our keynote speaker in his morning
address.
Zee Quintana is Partnership Specialist for Idaho with the United States Census Bureau, Seattle Region. Census in
Schools: The Importance of a Complete Count Census in 2010 will include a history of the Census in the United
States and its purpose. The presentation will address why the Census is important, how the Census Bureau promotes
and collects Census information, and what happens to the collected information. There will be a review of the
www.census.gov website, highlighting resources for use in the classroom. The goal for Census content in the
classroom is that students not only can learn history, geography, and statistical information, but can gain an
understanding of their roles as citizens and then share these ideas and concepts with their parents and families.
Troy Hamilton is a High School Social Studies Teacher at Wendell High School in
Wendell, Idaho. Representative Democracy in America is a national project
designed to reinvigorate and educate Americans on the critical relationship
between government and the people it serves. The project introduces citizens,
particularly young people, to the representatives, institutions, and processes that
serve to realize the goal of a government of, by, and for the people. Representative
Democracy in America: Voices of the People, is a six-part video series on DVD to
help middle and high school students understand our system of representative
democracy. The six programs, each approximately 15 minutes in length, and the
instructional guide address the topics of representative democracy, federalism and
the separation of powers, the roles of representatives, executives, and justices in
our democracy, our representatives and how they are chosen, and the role of the
citizen in a representative democracy. Handouts and materials will be provided.
Christopher Schlect is Head Coach of the Logos School Mock Trial Team.
The Classroom and the Courtroom is a demonstration of the value of mock trials,
even if teachers/students chose not to compete in the state’s Mock Trial
competition. Mock trials engage students in analyzing the historical narrative of an
alleged crime or alleged damages. From the perspective of various witnesses
they cull out and organize facts based on the merits of the plaintiff’s cause.
Students present those facts in a manner and method aimed at persuading jurors.
Students learn to distinguish reliable from unreliable evidence, hone reasoning and oratorical skills, and learn about
the law and our courts. In moving from the classroom to the courtroom, the mock trial competition adds an important
dimension to learning and furthers students’ understanding of how the legal system works.
Kaycee Williams is Curriculum Specialist with Pearson. She will present Think Like a Historian with Pearson and
Colonial Williamsburg in conjunction with Peggy Harlan, Sales Representative for Pearson in Idaho. We all learn
better and retain information longer when we experience connections between our own lives and what is being
learned. Come and see how to use artifacts to help students make connections between their own lives and that of
their ancestors.
David Wilkins is Associate Professor of Geosciences at Boise State University. Charlla Adams is a GIS analyst and
instructor in the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University. Basics of GPS Workshop will introduce the
participants to the basics of using a global positioning system (GPS) to find and record locations. Activities include
geocaching, waypoint marking, and route finding. There will also be a short global information system (GIS)
component that will illustrate how to bring the GPS data points into a GIS for mapping and analysis. This session is
a repeat of the 10:20 am workshop.
General Session
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Conference Notes and Acknowledgments
Conference Keynote
Ronald Hatzenbuehler, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and a Sense of Place
Door Prize Drawings
Acknowledgments
Major funding for Our Sense of Place was provided by Macmillan-Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Pearson Publishing,
the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, the Idaho Council on Economic Education, the Idaho Council for
the Social Studies, the Boise Independent School District, and the Law-Related Education Program of the Idaho
Law Foundation, Inc.
Prentice Hall and Scott Foresman, divisions of Pearson, sponsored Thursday’s Fettuccine Forum.
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill co-sponsored Friday’s Western Barbecue. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill provided tote bags for
conference materials. The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, the Boise State University History Department, and the
Center for Idaho History and Politics sponsored Thursday’s reception at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel. The Law-Related Education
Program of the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. sponsored continental breakfasts for the conference. Glencoe-Macmillan/
McGraw-Hill provided funding for conference T-shirts. Additional funding for the conference was provided by Joint School
District No. 2 Meridian, Holt McDougal and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Nystrom, and Rand McNally.
The Idaho Council for History Education is grateful to Pug Ostling and John Cooper of Noodles, Ken Cortez and Smokin-Wood
BBQ Company, Tim Brady and Idaho Sporting Goods, Moxie Java, the Timberline High School Chamber Orchestra,
Mara Andersson and the Grove Hotel, and Kelly Johnson and the Owyhee Plaza Hotel for their considerations and services.
Morgan Dethman designed our conference poster and T-shirt. Artwork for our program was kindly provided by Ward Hooper.
AlphaGraphics printed our poster and program with patience and sound advice.
We are especially grateful to Garry Wenske and the Board of the Frank Church Institute who provide generous assistance and
advice to the ICHE conference planners. Boise State University, the College of Idaho, Northwest Nazarene University,
Idaho State University, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Center for Idaho History and Politics, and the
Law-Related Education Program of the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. all contributed speakers and support for the conference.
The National Council for History Education and the Organization of American Historians extended helpful membership services.
Leon Maynard at the Idaho Council on Economic Education and Annette Windhorn at the Organization of American Historians
provided invaluable assistance in securing keynote speakers.
ICHE extends special thanks to Linda Barker and Alana Shatto at the Boise School District Services Center and to
Ken Anderson and the staff of Boise High School for their assistance with facility and presentation needs. Members of the
Boise High School History Club, the Capital High School History Club and the Timberline High School Tiber Club provided
valuable volunteer assistance.
This conference was presented by the Idaho Council for History Education in partnership with the Boise Independent School
District, the Frank Church Institute, the Law-Related Education Program of the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc., the Idaho Council on
Economic Education, the Idaho Council for the Social Studies, Joint School District No. 2, Meridian, the Boise State University
History Department, and the Center for Idaho History and Politics.
For information concerning Idaho Council for History Education activities and next year’s October 1-2, 2009 conference,
contact Russ Heller at (208) 854-4156 or by e-mail at [email protected] or visit our new website
www.IdahoCouncilforHistory.org. Proposals for presentations at next year’s conference can be submitted by e-mail or
mailed to The Idaho Council for History Education c/o Linda Barker at the Boise School District Services Center,
8169 West Victory Road, Boise, Idaho 83709.
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