The Role Of The Military In America's (Domestic) History
A History Institute for Teachers
Saturday and Sunday, April 10–11, 2010
The First Division Museum
1 S. 151 Winfield Road
Wheaton, Illinois
Sponsored by
The Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Wachman Center
The Cantigny First Division Foundation
FPRI’s Wachman Center, in association with the Cantigny First Division Foundation, was proud to present a two-part series on What Students Need To Know about America’s Wars. The first part, in July 2008, covered the colonial wars through World War I; the second part, May 2–3, 2009, covered World War II through the present.
E-mail lux@fpri.org for more information.
Topics and Speakers
- Exploring The West
- Michael Tate, Charles And Mary Martin Chairof Western History, University Of Nebraska
- Building Infrastructure
- Todd Shallat, Director, Center For Idaho History And Politics, Boise State University
- Protecting Maritime Trade
- James C. Bradford, Associate Professor Of History, Texas A&M University
- Spurring Transportation
- Alex Roland, Professor Of History, Duke University
- Promoting Civil Rights
- Christopher S. Parker, Assistant Professor Of Political Science, University Of Washington, Seattle
- Nation Building
- Dominic Tierney, Assistant Professor Of Political Science, Swarthmore College, And Senior Fellow, FPRI
Date and Time
The conference begins at 8:50 am CT on Saturday, April 10, and concludes at 1:00 pm CT on Sunday, April 11, 2010.
What Participants Receive
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive:
- free room and board;
- assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute;
- stipends of $200 for well-developed lesson plans for posting on our website that effectively utilize the experience of the weekend conference, or documentation of in-service presentations based on the weekend;
- partial travel reimbursements (up to $250) for participants outside the vicinity of the conference center;
- subscription to E-Notes, FPRI's weekly bulletin; and Footnotes, FPRI's bulletin for high school teachers.
- a certificate of participation in a program offering 12 hours of instruction. In addition, for those interested, college credit is available for a small fee through our cooperating institution, Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
To Apply
Please email to lux@fpri.org a resume and a short statement describing your current teaching or professional assignments, your reasons for wanting to attend, and how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. NOTE: At the time of application, you are asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on the weekend or to do in-service activities based on the weekend.
Schools with a school membership in FPRI's Wachman Center are guaranteed one place at one History Institute weekend per year. For information about school membership, contact lux@fpri.orglux@fpri.org.
Application Deadline: February 20, 2010
Additional Information
For information about future and previous programs visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/historyinstitutes.html
For information about FPRI's Military History program visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/militaryhistory/
- What Students Need to Know about America’s Wars, Part II: 1920–Present, May 2–3, 2009
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching the Nuclear Age, March 28-29, 2009
Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
- What Students Need to Know about America’s Wars (Part I), July 26–27, 2008
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- America in the Civil War Era, 1829–77, May 17–18, 2008
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Teaching Military History: Why and How,
September 29–30, 2007
First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching about the Military in American History, March 24–25, 2007
First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, October 15–16, 2005
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Teaching the Vietnam War, keynoted by George Herring, May 6–7, 2000
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- The Cold War Revisited, keynoted by John Lewis Gaddis, May 2–3, 1998
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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