Arkansas History Institute
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3:00 p.m. CHECK IN at Yocum Hall 155 North Ozark Drive, Fayetteville
4:45 p.m. Welcome and briefing from Jeannie Whayne
5:00 p.m. WALKING TOUR OF U OF A CAMPUS (casual and wear comfortable shoes)
6:30 p.m. DINNER (casual) at the Clarion Inn
Teacher Consultants introduced
State Representative Sue Madison will welcome the participants
Monday, June 22
8:00 a.m. News flash
8:30 a.m. Lecture: "The
Geographic Basis for Understanding Arkansas History"
(Dr. John C. Dixon, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. Ice breaker - Location game
10:45 a.m. Lesson Plan: High School (Dana Moseley)/Middle School (Pam Clark will modify)
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discussion of morning session, Dana Moseley
1:00 p.m. Ice breaker - game
3:00 p.m. Lesson Plan: Elementary School (Leta Boswell)/High School (Dana Moseley will modify)
4:15 p.m. BREAK
4:30 p.m. Trip to the University Library and
the Archives:
A guided tour by library staff, including Michael
Dabrishus, Director of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries,
Fayetteville, Indicating how the library can be used.
6:30 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
Lecture: "Arkansas
Geography, Natural Divisions"
(Gerald T. Hanson, University of Arkansas at
Little Rock)
Tuesday,June 23
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture: "La Florida, Arkansas, and the Soto Entrada"
(Dr. David Sloan, Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
9:15 a.m. Lecture: "The
Quapaws and Old World Newcomers, 1673-1804"
(Morris Sheppard Arnold, United States Circuit Judge)
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. U of A Museum
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discussion of morning session
1:00-4:00 French
and Spanish explorers in Arkansas
(Kent Goff, Tom Yancey, and Derek Clement, Mississippi
Valley Educational Programs)
4:00 p.m. FREE TIME
6:00 p.m. DINNER at Mary Maestri's in Tontitown
Wednesday, June 24
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture: "International
Arkansas: 1803-1819
(George Lankford, Bradley Professor in the Social
Sciences, Lyon College, Batesville)
9:15 a.m. Lecture: "A
State with a Bad Name-Early Travelers' Accounts and the Negative Image"
(Dr.Robert Cochran, Director of Center for Arkansas
and Regional Studies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Lesson Plan: High School (Mike Polston) will modify/Middle School (Leta Boswell will modify)
11:00 a.m. Dana Moseley and Leta Boswell on quilting
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
"The Bowie
Knife"
(William Worthen, Arkansas Territorial Restoration, Little Rock)
1:00 p.m. Who
Am I? Teachers will portray historical characters from The Territorial Period
(Tom W. Dillard, Curator, Butler Center for
Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock)
2:00 p.m. BREAK
2:30-5:00 Terra Studios
7:00 p.m. Dinner at Mt. Sequoyah
"Living
History and Story Telling in the African-American Tradition"
(Curtis Tate, Actor/Storyteller, Arkansas Territorial
Restoration, Little Rock)
Thursday,June 25
8:00 a.m.
Re-enactment Video "Deadly Debate: the Wilson/Anthony Murder in the Legislature"
(Tom Dillard)
8:30 a.m. Lecture:
"Arkansas Becomes a State"
(Dr. T. Harri Baker, Professor of History Emeritus,
University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Show and Tell: Participants give some history of their Arkansas city, town, or county
12:00-1:00 LUNCH
Speaker:
"The Old State House: A National Historic Landmark"
(Ronnie A. Nichols, Director Arkansas Commemorative
Commission, Old State House Museum, and Trapnall Hall)
1:00 p.m. Lesson Plan: Elementary School (Pam Clark) will modify;/High School (Mike Polston will modify)
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m.
Lecture: "Slaves and Planters in Arkansas: Elisha Worthington of Chicot County
"
(Dr. Willard B. Gatewood, Alumni Distinguished
Professor of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. "Nineteenth
Century Dress: Using Historic Textiles in Your Classroom"
(Lea Flowers Baker, Education Coordinator, Department
of Arkansas Heritage and Georgann Sisco)
6:00 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
7:30 p.m. NIGHT SESSION
Lecture: "Historic
Arkansas Sites"
(Lea Flowers Baker, Education Coordinator, Department
of Arkansas Heritage)
Friday,June 26
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture:
"The Die is Cast: The Secession Crisis in Arkansas"
(Dr. Tom DeBlack, Assistant Professor of History,
Arkansas Tech University, Russellville)
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15-12:00
Lecture/Discussion on Slavery
(Dr. Theman R. Taylor, Sr., Professor of History,
University of Central Arkansas, Conway)
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discussion morning session
1:00 p.m. Lecture:
"Documenting Bondage: Primary Source Materials on Slavery in Arkansas"
(Tom Dillard)
1:45-4:00 Lecture:
"A Continual Thunder: The Civil War in Arkansas"
(Dr. Tom DeBlack, Assistant Professor of History,
Arkansas Tech University, Russellville)
4:00 Break
4:15 p.m.
"How to do an Arkansas Quiz Bowl"
(Lillian Peyton, Moody Elementary School)
6:00 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
Civil War Music
(Steve Kelsey, Folksinger, Storyteller, Arkansas Arts Council, AOT Artist)
9:00 p.m. Optional: Showing of "Edge of Conflict"
Saturday, June 27
Chartered bus will load at Yocum Hall from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m.
8:45-11:45 Field Trip to Pea Ridge Battlefield
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
2:00-5:00 Field Trip to Prairie Grove Battlefield
7:00 DINNER at Prairie Grove Battlefield Latta Barn-Fat Toney's BBQ
Sunday, June 28
8:00-Noon FREE TIME
3:00-6:00 Washington County Historical Society, Living History Tour of Headquarters House and Step on Bus Tour of Historic District
7:00 DINNER at Clarion Inn
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The Institute will follow the previous week's approach with one exception. Each participant will be assigned a teacher consultant and given a schedule as to when they will present their lesson plan in a small group with their teacher consultant. On the day of their presentation, they will put a copy of their lesson plan in each participant's mailbox. Also, they will need to conference with their teacher consultant before the appointed time for giving their lesson. The teacher consultant is there for them to get feedback, help, assistance, or provide materials, if needed. It will be up to the teacher consultant to schedule their assignees lessons during the afternoons of June 30, July 1, and July 2nd. These sessions are to be constructive and uplifting. |
Monday, June 29
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture: "Reintegration
of Arkansas into the Nation: Arkansas After the Civil War 1865-1900"
(Dr. Carl Moneyhon, Professor of History, University
of Arkansas at Little Rock)
9:45 a.m. BREAK
10:00 a.m. Filler: Poster preparation and
presentation
(in small groups)
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discussion of morning session
1:00 p.m. Lecture:
"Agrarian Revolt, Disfranchisement, and Segregation in Arkansas"
(Dr. John William Graves, Professor of History,
Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Immediate Past President of the Arkansas
Historical Association)
2:00 p.m. BREAK
2:15 p.m. Attendees will break into small groups and work on Lesson Plan with Teacher Consultant
4:00 p.m. "Audiovisual
and Internet Resources for Arkansas Studies"
(Timothy G. Nutt, Deputy Curator, Butler Center
for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock)
"Resources for the Classroom"/ Leta Boswell on using literature
6:00 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
7:30 p.m. "Historical
Debate: Resolved: Reconstruction was a positive benefit for Arkansas"
(For the affirmative: Dr. Michael B. Dougan,
Professor of History, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro)
(For the negative: Tom Dillard)
Tuesday, June 30
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture:
"A Frontier Family in Early Twentieth Century Arkansas"
(Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne, Associate Professor
of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m. Quiz (for Quiz Bowl finalists)
11:00 a.m. Panel
Discussion: "Arkansas Politics During the Progressive Era"
(Dr. Willard Gatewood, Alumni Distinguished
Professor of History, History Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville;
Dr. Foy Lisenby, Retired Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas;
Dr. Calvin R. Ledbetter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University
of Arkansas, Little Rock; Dr. Jeannie Whayne, Associate Professor of History,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discussion of morning session
1:00 p.m. Lecture:
"World War I and the Red Scare" using cartooning stragegies
(Dr. Foy Lisenby)
2:00 p.m. Teacher Lesson Plans-Presentations
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Teacher Lesson Plans-Presentations
6:00 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
7:30 p.m. NIGHT SESSION
"Becoming
a Digital Teacher"
(Dr. Phillip Besonen, Professor, Department
of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
Wednesday, July 1
8:00 a.m. Reenactment:
Entertainment with an Arkansas Twist: Lum and Abner, Humorists
(Mike Polston, Cabot High School, Cabot and
Tom Dillard)
8:15 a.m.
Lecture: "Causes and Consequences of Economic Collapse and Natural Disasters
in the 1920s and Early 1930s"
(Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne)
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. Rivers of Arkansas
10:30 a.m. Oral
History
(Dana Moseley)
11:30 a.m. BOX LUNCH and Lesson Plan Presentations
1:00 p.m. Lecture:
"The Great Depression and the New Deal"
(Dr.
Jeannie M. Whayne)
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Teacher Lesson Plans-Presentations
6:00 p.m. Break
6:30 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
7:30 p.m. Arkansas
History Quiz Bowl
Tom
Dillard presiding
Awarding of
Prizes
(Sharon Priest, Secretary of State, presenting
awards)
Thursday, July 2
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture:
"World War II"
(Dr. C. Calvin Smith, Professor of History,
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro)
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. World War II
12:00-1:00 BOX LUNCH
Discuss morning session
1:00-3:15 Panel on Post War Economics and
Civil Rights
(Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne, chair; Dr. C. Calvin Smith, Nudie Eugene Williams, Associate
Professor of History, Chair, African-American Studies University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville)
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Teacher Lesson Plans-Presentations
7:00 p.m. DINNER at Clarion Inn
Friday, July 3
8:00 a.m. News Flash
8:15 a.m. Lecture:"Arkansas
Politics at Century's End"
(Diane
Blair, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
10:00-11:00 Session on how to organize a teacher workshop through local cooperatives
11:00-12:00 Resource presentations: TASC, Arkansas Historical Association, Map Companies, U of A Press, August House, etc.
12:00 Lunch and Closing Ceremony
Door Prizes
Awards: "Arkansas Traveling Teachers"
Keynote Address: Dean Bernard L. Madison