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Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:32:39 -0400
Reply-To:     FORUM ON SLAVERY 
Sender:       FORUM ON SLAVERY 
From:         Karen Needles 
Subject:      American Memory collections

We have some wonderful collections at the American Memory Digital Library
of the Library of Congress that provide primary sources to supplement your
slavery curriculum.

African American Perspectives
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

African American Sheet Music
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmhome.html

and soon to be released

First Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920

American Life Histories, 1936-1940
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html

American Variety Stage, 1870-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html

California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/cbhome.html

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 1774-1873
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

Music for the Nation, 1870-1885
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html

Pioneering the Upper Midwest, ca. 1820-1910
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umhtml/umhome.html

Votes for Women, 1848-1921
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

The George Washington Papers, 1741-1799
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

Words and Deeds in American History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mcchtml/corhome.html

Library of Congress Exhibit:
 African American Mosaic
http://lcweb.
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Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:11:42 -0400
Reply-To:     FORUM ON SLAVERY 
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From:         Rick Halpern 
Subject:      query before we start on 1 October

Will we open this discussion to our students, or is it meant for teachers?
I ask because I teach a year long documents-based course on slavery and
emancipation that has a significant computing/Internet component, and the
students might benefit from lurking around the edges of the slavery forum.
On the other hand, I know how annoying uninformed student participation can
be on some of the H-NET lists.

BTW, those interested in our undergraduate courses with web sites can go
here for a browse:  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/courses

Rick Halpern
University College London
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Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:10:49 -0400
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From:         Tracey Weis 
Subject:      Re: query before we start on 1 October
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Dear colleagues,
        I am glad for Rick Halpern's posting and the questions he posed
about student subscriptions/participation in the upoming forum. I was
planning to have my students in African American History 1 (up through the
U.S. Civil War/General Emancipation) subscribe to the forum. My
expectation is that the dynamic exchange between
scholars/educators/students of slavery will form an important supplement
to our course of instruction and that we will select pertinent postings
for in-class and on-line deliberation and debate.
        To avoid, or at least minimize, *uninformed* student
participation, I would probably have students draft responses ahead of
time and review them as part of our collective coursework. I certainly
expect my students to be active readers/lurkers on the forum and, on
occasion (perhaps), thoughtful and informed posters.

        Will be eager to hear what other folks think re: student
participation.

Tracey Weis
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Tracey M. Weis                  Phone:  717/871-2025
Department of History           Fax:    717/871-2485
Millersville University         Email:  tweis@marauder.millersv.edu
Millersville, PA 17551
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Rick Halpern wrote:

> Will we open this discussion to our students, or is it meant for teachers?
> I ask because I teach a year long documents-based course on slavery and
> emancipation that has a significant computing/Internet component, and the
> students might benefit from lurking around the edges of the slavery forum.
> On the other hand, I know how annoying uninformed student participation can
> be on some of the H-NET lists.
>
> BTW, those interested in our undergraduate courses with web sites can go
> here for a browse:  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/courses
>
> Rick Halpern
> University College London
>
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Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:38:36 -0400
Reply-To:     FORUM ON SLAVERY 
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From:         Pennee Bender 
Subject:      Re: query before we start on 1 October
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Dear colleagues,

As the Talking History Forum coordinator, I would like to encourage
student engagement with the discussion as long as the focus remains
on the process of teaching and leaning about slavery.  Tracey's plan
of asking students to submit their comments for review prior to
posting sounds like a good strategy for teachers who want to use the
forum as part of a course.  The issue of student participation in
these forums has not been raised before.  I think the question of how
these forums can be used in the classroom is a worthwhile topic for
discussion, or in this case in a "pre-forum" discussion.

Pennee Bender



At 9:11 AM -0400 9/29/99, Rick Halpern wrote:
>Will we open this discussion to our students, or is it meant for teachers?
>I ask because I teach a year long documents-based course on slavery and
>emancipation that has a significant computing/Internet component, and the
>students might benefit from lurking around the edges of the slavery forum.
>On the other hand, I know how annoying uninformed student participation can
>be on some of the H-NET lists.
>
>BTW, those interested in our undergraduate courses with web sites can go
>here for a browse:  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/courses
>
>Rick Halpern
>University College London

Pennee Bender
Multi-Media Producer
212/966-4248 ext. 215
Fax -212/966-4589
American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
Graduate School and University Center
The City University of New York
99 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
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Date:         Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:03:13 -0400
Reply-To:     FORUM ON SLAVERY 
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From:         "Ross W. Higgins" 
Subject:      Seminar on Teaching Slavery
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Historic Hudson Valley, a leader in the field of museum education,
presents a daylong seminar on ways to teach the sensitive topic of
slavery. For nearly 20 years, we have been telling the story of the
enslaved Africans in the North and of the men, women and children who
comprised the enslaved community at Philipsburg Manor. Teachers learn
how to translate techniques developed for use at our historic site into
practical classroom teaching strategies. Expert classroom educators
offer concrete examples and sample lesson plans.

Creative Strategies for Teaching about Slavery. Tuesday, October 19. The
seminar will be held at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY. To
register or for further information, call 914/631-8200 Ext. 633.

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Historic Hudson Valley, a leader in the field of museum education, presents
a daylong seminar on ways to teach the sensitive topic of slavery. For
nearly 20 years, we have been telling the story of the enslaved Africans
in the North and of the men, women and children who comprised the enslaved
community at Philipsburg Manor. Teachers learn how to translate techniques
developed for use at our historic site into practical classroom teaching
strategies. Expert classroom educators offer concrete examples and sample
lesson plans.
Creative Strategies for Teaching about Slavery. Tuesday, October
19. The seminar will be held at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
To register or for further information, call 914/631-8200 Ext. 633.

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