American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life

Picturing AmericaAugust 11th, 2011

Today’s Agenda• 9-9:30AM – Breakfast and Welcome at the Ohio Historical Society• 9:30-10:30AM – Work Shopping Lesson Plans• 10:30-11:30AM – Discussion and Hands-on Quilting Activity, Molly Uline-

Olmstead, Project Coordinator•  11:45-12:45PM – Discussion and Hands-on Paper Making Activity, Bill

Mahon, The Ohio Historical Society• 12:45–2PM – Lunch at North Market• 2-3:30PM – Scholar Panel Discussion with Dr. Melissa Wolf, Dr. Stuart Hobbs,

Dr. Tracy Teslow, and James Tichgelaar• 3:30-3:45PM – Wrap-up

Lesson Plan Assignment• Your final lesson plan should:– Use the Picturing America collection– Use primary source materials related to

the collection– Be something you will actually use!

• Lesson Plans with any attachments or worksheets will be due Sept. 16th 2011 as a PDF or Word.doc.

To get you thinking…

Lesson Plan Hints• Consider the information and techniques we

have covered with the understanding that not all of you teach this time period or these topics.

• There is probably a broader theme you can still utilize, i.e. identity, mapping, migration…

• Don’t forget the primary sources on your CD and in the presentations

Materials

• American Quilts: The Democratic Art, 1780-2007, by Robert Shaw

• Trash-to-treasure Papermaking, by Arnold Grummer

Assorted• Stipend and CEUs– Stipend = $300; CEUs = 22 hours– You will receive both of these at the end of the

program after the final lesson plan is submitted.

Questions?