OUSD | De Tocqueville's Ghost : American History Project

AGENDA

8:30 - 9:00	Coffee and Details -- Looking Ahead
9:00 - 10:30	Presentation - Caroline Cox, History Department, University of the Pacific link Seasons of Discontent: The Constitution in its Social and Cultural Context Links Virginia constitution 1776 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/va05.htm Pennsylvania constitution 1776 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/pa08.htm Articles of confederation 1776 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/contcong/07-12-76.htm Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution (Bill of Rights) http://memory.loc.gov/const/bor.html Collection ofcurrent state constitutions http://www.law.cornell.edu/states Records of US Congress & Senate, including all the Journals of the Continental Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ Useful Classroom Movies Liberty, PBS, 1997, Episode 6 http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/series/index.html In Search of the Constitution, Published/Produced: New York : Public Affairs Television, Inc., 1987 : Distributed by PBS Video, 1989. Description: 11 videocassettes (58 min. ea.) In an eleven-part series, Bill Moyers discusses the history of the Constitution, how it has been interpreted, and how it affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Empire of Reason First Run?Icarius Films, 1988 http://www.frif.com Debates over ratification of the Constitution in New York acted out as a modern TV political campaign. 1776 Columbia/Tristar, 1987. Based on the Tony award-winning Broadway musical about the Declaration of Independence. http://www.5thavenuetheatre.org/archive/ Survey current opinions about the historical debates on the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Countryman, Edward, What did the Constitution Mean to Early Americans? Ellis, Joseph J. , What did the Declaration Declare? Rakove, Jack N. Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:00	Grade Level Discussions Reading, Writing and History - Identifying and Teaching a Lesson
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (provided by the project)
1:15 - 2:45	Lesson Study Groups - work time
2:45 - 3:15	Summing Up and Evaluation