LANDMARKS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: Dickinson College, Carlisle Pennsylvania 2008 WORKSHOP SYLLABUS |
Dates Workshop #1 July 13-18, 2008 Workshop #2 July 20-25, 200 Please note that Saturday morning departures can be arranged but require prior approval |
Reading Assignment David Blight, ed., Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory ( New York : HarperCollins, 2004). Fergus Bordewich, Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America ( New York : Amistad/HarperCollins, 2005). Kate Clifford Larson, Bound For the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero ( New York : Ballantine Books, 2004). Writing Assignment Participants should submit a written lesson plan on the Underground Railroad that uses at least some primary source documents and describes at least one actual escape story involving specific locations and real individuals. The goal of the lesson should be to convey important ideas about the nature and significance of the Underground Railroad. Lesson plans should be submitted by August 31, 2008 to pinskerm@dickinson.edu. The best lessons will be posted on the website. Presenters David Blight, Professor of History, Yale University |
2008 Schedule
Sunday, Arrival at Dickinson College
| 12pm-6pm | Check In - Morgan Hall |
| 6pm– 8pm | Welcome Cookout - Union Station |
Monday, Day One: Dickinson College
| 7:15am – 8:45am | Breakfast in the Dining Hall |
| 9am - 10:30am | “The Underground Railroad: An Introduction” Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College Weiss 235 |
| Morning break (10:30am– 10:45am) | |
| 10:45am– 12:30pm | “Fugitives and the Coming War” Matthew Pinsker Weiss 235 |
| Lunch in the Dining Hall (12:30am– 1:30pm) | |
| 1:30pm– 4:30pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS Waidner-Spahr Library Basement Participants will meet with breakout groups and rotate through special technology and lesson plan training sessions with Prof. John Osborne (Dickinson College), and master teachers Jeff Mummert and Todd Mealy. |
| 5pm | Fitness Center Orientation Klein Fitness Center Required orientation for anyone interested in using weight room |
| 5pm - 6:30pm | Dinner in the Dining Hall |
| 8pm | Optional Evening Activities in Carlisle |
Tuesday, Day Two: Lancaster and York Counties
| 7:15am– 8am | Breakfast in the Dining Hall |
| 8am– 10am | Travel from Carlisle to Christiana Depart: Morgan Hall |
| 10am– 12:30pm | Tour of sites in Christiana Christiana, Pennsylvania |
| 12:30pm– 2pm | Lunch at Farmer’s Market Tour of Thaddeus Stevens law office site |
| 2pm– 4pm | Travel to York (via Columbia) Lancaster to York along UGRR routes |
| 4pm– 5pm | Tour of Goodrich House York, Pennsylvania |
| 5pm– 6pm | Travel from York to Carlisle Cumberland County |
| 6pm - 7pm | Dinner in the Dining Hall |
| 7pm - 12am | Musical Performance Weiss 235 |
Wednesday, Day Three: Dickinson College
| 7:15am– 8:45am | Breakfast in the Dining Hall |
| 9am - 10:30am | “Harriet Tubman ” Kate Clifford Larson, author Weiss 235 |
| Morning break (10:30am– 10:45am) | |
| 10:45am– 12:30pm | “Inside the Historian's Study” |
| Lunch in the Dining Hall (12:30pm– 1:30pm) | |
| 1:30pm– 4:30pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS Waidner-Spahr Library Basement Participants meet with breakout groups and begin preparing lessons plans.. |
| 5pm– 6:30pm | Dinner in the Dining Hall |
| 6pm– 10pm | Gettysburg/Harrisburg field trips |
Thursday, Day Four: Harpers Ferry
| 7:15am– 8:00am | Breakfast in the Dining Hall |
| 8am -10am | Travel to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Depart: Morgan Hall |
| 10am– 12pm | Visit Lower Town Bag lunches by the river |
| 12pm– 1:15pm | Guided Tour of Harpers Ferry Lower Town |
| 1:15pm -1:45pm | Travel to Mather Center, Camp Hill |
| 1:45pm– 3pm | “John Brown's Raid ” Jonathan Earle (University of Kansas) Mather Center |
| 3pm– 3:30pm | Travel to Charles Town, West Virginia |
| 3:30pm– 4:30pm | Visit John Brown Trial Sites, Charles Town |
| 4:30pm – 6:30pm | Travel to Carlisle Pennsylvania |
| 6:30pm– 7:30pm | Dinner in the Dining Hall |
| 8pm | Optional Dramatic Performance |
Friday, Day Five: Dickinson College
| 7:15am– 8:45am | Breakfast in the Dining Hall |
| 9:30am - 11:30am | Panel: “Presenting the Underground Railroad ” with Spencer Crew, David Blight, and James Percoco. Moderated by Matthew Pinsker. Weiss 235 |
| Lunch in the Dining Hall (11:30am– 12:45pm) | |
| Group Photograph: 12:45pm Steps of the Weiss Center | |
| 1pm– 3pm | Lesson Plan Presentations |
| 3pm – 3:30pm | Conclusion Weiss 235 |
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