Secondary Teaching and Learning Social Studies Institute

When: Thursday, February 5 and Friday February 6
Where: Information and Technologies Building #758, Lowry Campus of CCCS, 1059 Alton Way
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Agenda
Thursday, February 5, 2004

7:00am: Breakfast and Registration 2nd Floor/Atrium
8:00am: Welcome, Introductions and Overview Auditorium
8:15am: Denver Public School's Vision Auditorium
(Rosanne Fulton and Sally Mentor Hay)
8:45am: Institute Design and Expectations Auditorium
9:00am: "Framing the Session." Auditorium
9:15am: "My History with History."  Breakout rooms
10:15am: Break Atrium
10:30am: "Historical Thinking;" Discussion of excerpt that was mailed out.  Breakout rooms
12:00pm: *Lunch Atrium/Breakout rooms
1:00pm: Boston Massacre Breakout rooms
2:30pm: Analyze the Lesson Breakout rooms
3:15pm: Debrief/Evaluation Breakout rooms
(Home work assignment: Principles of
Effort-Based Learning)

FRIDAY, February 6, 2004
7:15am: Breakfast and Conversation Atrium
8:00am: Opening Auditorium
8:15am: "Principles of Effort-Based Learning" Auditorium
(Anita Ravi)
9:30am: Break Atrium
9:45am: The Constitution Session I Breakout rooms
11:00am: The Constitution Session II Breakout rooms
12:00pm: *Lunch Atrium/Breakout rooms
12:45pm: The Constitution II (cont.) Breakout rooms
2:00pm: Analyzing the Lesson Breakout rooms
2:45pm: Wrap-up/Evaluation Breakout rooms
3:15pm: Homework/Next Steps Auditorium
Closing

* Support for this Institute is provided through the Teaching American History Grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. We are able to provide a light breakfast both mornings and lunch the first day. For Day 2, you may bring a sack lunch or purchase a box lunch for $5.00. If you wish to purchase lunch, please place your order and pay your $5.00 by 2:00pm Thursday the 4th. Thank you.