UVic History Pro-D Day Event for Social Studies Teachers, Feb 21

UVic History Presents A Pro-D Day Event for Social Studies Teachers

Friday, February 21, 2014, 9:10-12:30 at the University of Victoria

Free Event, registration required.

PROGRAM

Welcome and Orientation  9:10-9:20

Workshops will be led by UVic History faculty members. The workshops will provide a brief discussion of new historical developments in the field, followed by the presentation of one or more projects on the topic for use in high school classrooms.  A list of relevant resources will also be provided.

Workshops I   9:30-10:20

“The French Revolution”, Dr. Jill Walshaw

“Louis Riel and Canadian Western Expansion”, Dr. Eric Sager

“The Komagata Maru Incident (1914) to the Chinese Exclusion Act (1923): Critical Approaches to a Decade of Change”, Dr. John Price

Workshops II  10:30-11:20

“Gender History, Women’s History and Changing Roles for Canadian Women, 1880-1980”, Dr. Lynne Marks

“Indigenous History and Residential Schools in Canada”, Dr. Christine O’Bonsawin

“From Hot to Cold War, the United States and the World, 1940-1948”, Dr. Jason Colby

Plenary Session  11:30-12:20

Mr. Adrian French, Challenge Program, Mount Doug High School, “Fostering Historical Empathy”

Dr. John Lutz, UVic History Department, “Teaching History as Mystery”

Refreshments will be served.

Lynne Marks
Chair, Department of History
University of Victoria,
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 3P4
250-721-7381