Great Lakes 2007:

A Truly Regional Conference!

Come and Join Educators, Professors and other Social Studies Professionals from all over the Great Lakes Region!

Elementary, Middle and High School Sessions!

Cathy Ahrens

Teacher/Bettendorf Community School District

Bettendorf, Iowa

High School

Heroes Walk Among Us

Curt Anderson

Director/Center on Economic Education, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Duluth

High School

Understanding the Politics of Economic Decision-Making

Deborah Batiste

Project Director/Anti-Defamation League

Maryland

High School

The Holocaust: A Study in the Collapse of Democratic Values

Joe Cavanaugh

CEO and Founder Youth Frontiers

Minneapolis

All

Leave No Educator Behind: Honoring the world's most important profession

Jeffrey Cornett

Dean, College of Education University of Northern Iowa

Hudson, Iowa

High School

Civic Literacy, The First Amendment Project, and High School Reform: Social Studies At the Core

James Fisketti

Teacher I.S.D.#709

Duluth

High School

Reason to Believe-Bruce Springsteen's America

Rick Glenn

Educational Consultant Holt, Rinehart & Winston

Arizona

Middle and High School

Textbook Tools for the Flat World

Jesse Godzala

Teacher/Consultant/Founder of the MNCHE Foley High School/MNCHE/NCHE

St. Cloud

High School

The Best History Resource On The Web:The New MNCHE Website

Walt Herscher

Co-Exec. Director of WCSS/The American Promise

Appleton, Wisconsin

Elementary

Demonstrating Participatory Civics through The American Promise

Jan Hertel

Teacher/MAGE

Hastings

All

An American teacher's view of Saudi Arabia today

Suzi Hunn

Education Outreach Associate/Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul

Middle and High School

Hands-on History for Middle and High School

Frederick Isele

Professor/Western Illinois University

Moline, Illinois

Elementary

Powerful Social Studies & Powerful Teaching & Learning!

Clark Johnson

Social Studies Coordinator/Minnesota State University,

Mankato

High School

Students as Campaign Workers: Recreating the Work of the Real Political Campaign in your Classroom

Dr. Steven Jongewaard

Professor/Hamline University

St. Paul

High School

A Discussion of Minnesota's Broad-Field Social Studies License and HQ Teachers: Are We Out of Compliance with NCLB?

Anne Kaufman

Ph.D. Associate Professor/Augsburg College

Minneapolis

All

Paideia Seminars - Putting Students in Charge of the Conversation

Ellen Kennedy

Professor Carleton College/Genocide Intervention Network

Edina

High School

Never again' must mean 'Never' -teaching about the genocide in Darfur

Mark Lagergren

Dept. chair, teacher, 2005 Teacher Fellow USHMM Central High School

Young America

High School

Teaching Propaganda: a Nazi Propaganda Lesson

David Lanegren and Six High School Students

Professor of Geography, Macalester College/MAGE

St Paul

High School

The Sense of Place and Historic site preservation in the western Suburbs of the Twin Cities: a case study of the application of history and geography in community development

Angie Lawrence

Teacher School District 112

St. Louis Park

Middle School

USA at 300 Million: A Population and Resource Use Lesson Plan

Dr. David Lindquist

Assistant Professor/Indiana U. Purdue U. Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana

High School

A Good Man in Hell: Romeo Dellaire and the Rwanda Genocide

Michael Luick-Thrams

Executive Director TRACES Center for History and Culture

Saint Paul

High School

Beyond Chalk and Talk: Teaching Narrative History through Innovative Means; Making History Tangible and Mobile through TRACES' BUS-eum WWII Exhibits

Cathy Macdonald

Associate Director Metro ECSU

Minnetonka

Middle and High School

Hiding in the Open: A Holocaust Account

Mary Mannes

Program Associate, School and Outreach Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul

Elementary

Bringing History to Life in the Elementary Classrom

Lee Morganett

Professor/ Indiana University Southeast

New Albany, Indiana

All

Learning and Teaching About China

Scott Noet

Teacher/Goethe Institut

Faribault

Middle and High School

“Yes Virginia, there is a modern Germany": Teaching post Holocaust Germany ideas and resources you can use in class on Monday.

Masato Ogawa

Assistant Professor/Indiana University Kokomo

Kokomo, Indiana

High School

Teaching about North Korea and their Abductions of Foreign Nationals in the 1970s and 1980s

Eve Parker

Associate Director/Learning Law & Democracy Foundation

Minneapolis

Elementary

Foundations of Democracy-Engaging Elementary Students in Civics

Carolyn Pereira

Exutive Director/Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

High School

Deliberating in a Democracy

Nancy Peterson

Consultant/ICSS President American Judicature Society

Ames, Iowa

High School

Hands On Judicial Branch Curriculum

Teresa Ponessa

Teaching and Learning Specialist/Anoka-Hennepin School District

Anoka

Elementary

Integrating Social Studies with Science and Literacy

Karen Redleaf

Treasurer/Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

St. Paul

High School

An American Jew Analyzes the Peace Movement in Israel

Denise Retka

Consultant/Custom Education Solutions

Champlin

Elementary

Integrating Social Studies into Language Arts

Tom Rodefeld

Teacher/Irondale High School

New Brighton

High School

Teaching Civic Engagement using Hot-Off-The-Press High School Project Citizen Materials

Lonni Skrentner

Teacher/Edina Public Schools

Edina

Secondary

Use of Thinking Maps and strategies in Advanced Placed Courses

Julie Swiler

Public Affairs Director/Tolerance Minnesota

Minneapolis

High School

Understanding the Middle East Conflict: Beyond the Headlines

JoAnn Trygestad

Teacher ISD # 196

Eagan

Middle School

Canadian Studies: Understanding Our Neighbor

Julie Vander Woude

Education and Community Program Coordinator/VocalEssence

Minneapolis

Elementary

Making History is as Easy as Riding a Bus. Or Singing About It

Amy Weisgram

Teacher/Benilde-St. Margaret's School

St. Paul

High School

Caution: Flammable!

Laura Zelle

Director of Programming/Tolerance Minnesota

Minneapolis

Middle and High School

"A Question of Race" Exploring the Myth of Race and the Power of Racism in America.

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