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Summer Institute 2003
Dates: June 30-July 18, 2003
(Click on date for readings and discussion questions.)


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Meet at Newberry

Welcome and Orientation

Revolutionary Freedom and the Making of the Constitution

Reading Revolutionary Documents


Reception
Meet at Newberry

Manifest Destiny and Popular Politics in the Early Republic

The Inquiry Approach to Teaching & Learning
Meet at CHS

Liberty and Slavery

"A House Divided Exhibit"
Meet at Newberry

The Meaning of Freedom during Reconstruction

Reading the Reconstruction Amendments
Meet at CHS

Freedom of Contract in the Gilded Age

Working with Haymarket Documents
Meet at Newberry

Freedom in the Progressive Era

Local History as American History
Meet at UIC

Immigration, Americanism, and Consumerism

Workshop: Using the Internet for Teaching History
Meet at Newberry

New Deal Liberalism

Discussion with Eric Foner, author of The Story of American Freedom
Meet at Newberry

Timelines, Turning Points and Case Studies:
Japanese Internment

Civil Liberties and Government Power in Wartime
Meet at CHS

America in the World in the Cold War Era

Post-1965 Immigration and Chicago Neighborhood History
Meet at Newberry

America's Second Reconstruction

Alternative Assessments
Meet at Newberry

Assessing the "Long 1960s" as a Turning Point in American History