“THE AMERICAS IN WORLD HISTORY” AND “TEACHING WORLD HISTORY”
PRE-CONFERENCE TEACHING SEMINAR
THURSDAY JUNE 22, 2006
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30-9:30 “What Is World History?” (Professor Ken Curtis & Professor Tim Keirn, California State University Long Beach)
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-12:15 “Using Multiple Sources in the World History Classroom”
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Working with The Human Record (Professor A. J. Andrea, University of Vermont)
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Working with Discovering the Global Past (Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
12:15-1:15 Lunch Break
1:15-2:30 “Integrating the Americas into the Teaching of World History” (Dr. Tom Laichas, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences)
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 “A Shopper’s Guide to the World History Conference” (Professor Ken Curtis & Professor Tim Keirn, California State University Long Beach)
WHA Conference Registration and Hospitality Service:
3:30-7:30 Beverages (beer and wine after 6:00 PM) and snacks courtesy of ABC-Clio.
This one-day pre-conference workshop anticipates the 15 th Annual World History Conference at California State University Long Beach that runs from Friday morning through Sunday morning of June 23-25. In association with the World History Association and the California History Social Science Project at CSULB, this workshop is designed for K-12 teachers attending the conference. Participants will receive teaching materials and resources relevant to each presentation. The pre-conference workshop fee is $40 and registration (along with that for the conference) is done electronically at http://register.thewha.org. For more information about the pre-conference workshop contact Tim Keirn at .
For additional information please contact:
World History Association
2530 Dole Street, A203
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-7688