Submitted to a Candid World: The Declaration of Independence in Global Context November 15, 2011

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U.S. History in Global Context Key Questions

How is our understanding of American

history enriched by drawing connections to broader themes of world history?

What

were the true boundaries of Americas national experience? What history did the US share with other nations? How would the use of a wider context change the core American narrative?

Todays Agenda
8:00 8:15 Arrival, Breakfast, & Check-in Room 413 Introductions, Overview & Warm-Up: Connecting Reading & Research Room 413

8:15 8:55

9:00 11:30 Submitted to a Candid World: The Declaration of Independence in With break

Global Context Professor David Armitage, Harvard University

Todays Agenda
11:30 12:10 12:15 2:00

Lunch Reading History: Strategies and Standards for Literacy in the History Classroom Patricia Fontaine, University of Massachusetts Lowell Classroom Connections Discussion & Closing

2:00 2:30

Warm Up: From Reading to Research Linking Skills and Content

Bain, Bob. Learning to Think Like a History Teacher: Understanding the Distinctive Challenges and Practices of History Teaching.

Bain, Bob. Learning to Think Like a History Teacher: Understanding the Distinctive Challenges and Practices of History Teaching.

Essential Questions for Todays Seminar

How was the Declaration of

Independence a global document?

What did the 1776 Declaration declare? How are other declarations similar to

and different from the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence?

Some Book Recommendations

Classroom Connections Discussion

A) What are the power standards from todays content? In other words, what key understandings do you want to bring back to your students? Why? B) What might the teaching/learning of that content look like in the classroom? How will you link those power standards with a common core literacy standard and/or a historical thinking skill?

Coming Up Next.
November 22nd: Follow-Up Discussion Post Due on History Connected Wiki December 5th: Book Group, RMHS December 7th: Book Group, LHS December 13th: American Art and History in an International Context at the Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Resources
Armitage, David. The Declaration of Independence in Global Context. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Bain, Bob. Learning to Think Like a History Teacher: Understanding the Distinctive Challenges and Practices of History Teaching. University of Michigan. DOE TAH Project Directors Conference. 9 August 2011. Available at: http://www.seiservices.com/tah/tah2011/PResentations/2011%20Bain%20DOE %20TAH%20Plenary%20Talk.pdf

Bender, Thomas. A Nation Among Nations: Americas Place in World History. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006.
Lindaman, Dana and Kyle Ward. History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History. New York: The New Press, 2004.

Reichard, Gary W. and Ted Dickson, eds. America on the World Stage: A Global Approach to U.S. History. Organization of American Historians. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Rothstein, Dan and Luz Santana. Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2011.