ERIC Number: ED505440
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
America in the Civil War Era: A History Institute for Teachers. Footnotes. Volume 13, Number 13
Kuehner, Trudy
Foreign Policy Research Institute
On May 17-18, 2008, FPRI's Wachman Center presented a weekend of discussion on America in the Civil War Era, 1829-77, for 43 teachers selected from across the country, held at and co-sponsored by Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sessions included: (1) Throes of Democracy (Walter A. McDougall); (2) What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Daniel Walker Howe); (3) Teaching about Slavery (Michael Johnson); (4) The Technological Revolution (Maury Klein); (5) Honest Abe: Abraham Lincoln and the Moral Character (Daniel Walker Howe); (6) Women in the Civil War (Jane Schultz); (7) Teaching Military History: The Civil War as Case Study (Karl Walling); and (8) Postwar Reconstruction (Herman Belz.)
Descriptors: United States History, War, Slavery, Conferences (Gatherings), Teacher Workshops, Democracy, Social Theories, Social Change, Technological Advancement, Moral Development, Moral Values, Womens Studies, Case Studies, Nationalism
Foreign Policy Research Institute. 1528 Walnut Street Suite 610, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Tel: 215-732-3774; Fax: 215-732-4401; e-mail: fpri@fpri.org; Web site: http://www.fpri.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Foreign Policy Research Institute, Wachman Center
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A