BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_430_ec9fb1a0edf553bd7b9aa10aad605a76@www.gilderlehrman.org SUMMARY:A Visual Approach to Teaching American History\, J uly 14–20 DESCRIPTION:\n Director\n \n \n Jennifer Keene\, Professor and Chair\, History Department\, \;Chapman Un iversity\n \n Overview\n \n This seminar wil l examine how to use visual evidence to recapture essential debates at five critical moments in Amer ican history: the Civil War\, the Progressive Era\ , the Great Depression\, World War II\, and the Ci vil Rights Movement. Americans have always used im ages to communicate with one another. Images are n ot merely illustrations of history. They are essen tial primary source documents. Images have shaped American history\, influencing both the course of events and our historical memory. Critically analy zing a document requires practice and skill\; the same is true for using images effectively as windo ws on the past. Teaching visually involves context ualizing paintings\, photographs\, advertisements\ , political cartoons\, and films in their historic al moment\, uncovering the story of their creation and reception\, analyzing how they capture the es sence of the national debate underway at a particu lar historical moment\, and seeing how their meani ng changes over time. Properly analyzing images al so requires linking them to the documents of the e ra. Teaching visually is not a path to reading les s\, it is a way to expand our understanding of how images have shaped history and the historical rec ord.\n \n \n Readings\n \n Readings are sent by the Institute to seminar participants. Re adings may include:\n \n Sontag\, Susan.  \;Regarding the Pain of Others. Farrar\, Straus &a mp\; Giroux\, 2002.\n \n Course Reader\n \n \n \n Travel &\; Accommodations\n \n Chapman University is located in Orange\, Califor nia. \;Orange is situated near many state free ways\, as well as Interstate 5.\n \n Airport shuttles \;are available from a variety of loc al airports\, including \;John Wayne/Orange Co unty Airport (SNA) and Los Angeles International A irport (LAX).\n \n The Orange \;Amtrak&nb sp\;and \;Metrolink \;station is located a t 194 North Atchison Street\, approximately half a mile from the university.\n \n For driving d irections visit the \;Chapman University \ ;website.\n \n Workshop participants will be housed in on-campus residence halls. Participants will have their own rooms\, but share bathrooms an d common space on each floor. Participants will ha ve access to computer clusters\, but many choose t o bring laptops.\n \n The university provides basic bedding and towels only. Please note that p articipants should plan to bring alarm clocks\, sh ower shoes\, hangers\, irons\, and hair dryers. Th ere are a few communal kitchenettes located in the building but not within each suite\; however\, pa rticipants should bring their own utensils. Housek eeping services are provided throughout the week.\ n \n \n \n Meals\n \n Meals will be se rved in a university cafeteria in space shared by other programs. All on-campus meals will be paid f or by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American His tory.\n \n \n \n Travel Reimbursement\n \ n Each summer seminar participant will receive reimbursement of travel expenses up to $400. \ ;Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from the seminar.\n \n Participants traveling internationally or fr om Alaska and Hawaii receive a $500 stipend in lie u of reimbursement upon completion of the seminar. \n Applicants to seminars should note that supp lements will not be given in cases where the $400 allowance is insufficient to cover all travel expe nses.\n \n Our reimbursement policy has chang ed from previous years. \;For more information on our policy \;click here.\n \n \n \n Graduate Credit\n \n The Gilder Lehrman Inst itute of American History is proud to announce its agreement with \;Adams State University \ ;to offer three hours of graduate credit in Americ an history to participating seminar teachers. For more information click here.\n \n \n \n Que stions?\n \n Email the \;Teacher Seminars department \;or call 646-366-9666.\n \n CATEGORIES:GL Summer Seminars CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130714T170000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130714T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130720T090000 LOCATION:Chapman University\n Orange\, CA\n United States\n URL:http://www.gilderlehrman.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=430 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR