OUSD Teaching American History Grant II

Calendar 2006 - 2007 > Grade 5 > November 14, 2006

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Place: Mills College, Bender Room in Carnegie Hall 5000 MacArthur Blvd. (directions.pdf ) Oakland, CA Time: 8:30 AM ? 3:30 PM		Click on the image to read more about this title at amazon.com Click on the image to read more about this title at amazon.com
8:30 ? 8:45	Coffee and pastries
8:45 ? 9:00	Announcements
9:00 ? 10:30	Speaker: Clarence Walker University of California, Davis ?Why Slavery?? more information ...
10:30 -10:45	Break
10:45 ? 11:15	Debriefing ? What was Professor Walker?s historical argument? Handout: Following Up the Historians' Presentations- 5th grade pdf file
11:15 ? 12:15	Follow-up to the Bruce VanSledright presentation ? Historical fiction and historical thinking: Looking at student writing from initial 2006-07 writing prompt Handout: Teaching & Learning with Historical Fiction pdf file
12:00 ? 1:00	Lunch (provided by project)
1:00 - 2:15	Selecting historical fiction for lesson study groups ? reading excerpts from possible literature choices Handout: Listing of all books read for TAH consideration& Books excerpted for TAH grant teachers pdf file
2:15 ? 2:30	Break
2:30 ? 3:10	Lesson Study groups meet Handout:Using Lesson Study to Examine Significant Historical Events: A Focus on Historical Fiction - Planning Guide and Protocol (2006-2007) pdf file
3:10 ? 3:30	Evaluation
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