War and Memory: Causes and Consequences of Conflict
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Events
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July 1: Kickoff: How We Think About War and Why it matters, with David Glassberg: 1:00-4:00pm
- Join us for an overview of this year’s theme, War and Memory. This summer, we will look at war and how we remember war through an examination of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the Smithsonian Enola Gay exhibit controversy.
July 6-8: World War II: Race and Gender in the “Good” War, with Laura Lovett and Brian Bunk: 9am-3:30pm
- Participants will look at the role of racial ideology on both sides of the war and discuss how wartime events (at home and abroad) changed the lives of women, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Jewish-Americans.
July 13-15: The American Revolution and the War for Independence, with Kevin Sweeney: 9am-3:30pm
- In this colloquium, participants will examine the events of the American Revolution as well as they myths that shaped our collective memory in the years immediately following the war, and in the 200-plus years since.
July 20-22: The French and Indian/Seven Years War, with Neal Salisbury: 9am-3:30pm
- Participants will examine the French and Indian War as a catalyst for change in the American Colonies from all sides – the British, French, American colonists, and Native Americans.
July 27-29: The American Civil War, with Manisha Sinha: 9am-3:30pm
- Participants will engage in a study of the Civil War that will stress the process of emancipation during the war, its memory as constructed by different groups in the north and the south, black and white, and the role of women in the war.
For Elementary Teachers
- Using a literacy-based approach to the teaching of history content, teachers will have daily sessions with Reading Specialist Dr. Sanford Roth.
For Middle School Teachers
- Teachers will discuss and explore active learning experiences with veteran Amherst teacher Irene LaRoche. Sessions will link content to global and contemporary issues.
For High School Teachers
-Teachers will work with veteran Easthampton teacher Kelley Brown to produce engaging and practical classroom presentations directly connected to morning scholarly presentations.
