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Teaching and Learning at the 2019 AHA Annual Meeting

The AHA is committed to making resources available to educators at all levels and at every stage of their careers. That’s why the annual meeting’s teaching and learning program offers dozens of workshops, networking opportunities, and sessions to keep historians engaged with new and innovative teaching tools and scholarship. Use this guide to navigate the full spread of teaching events and topical sessions at AHA19.

Whether attendees are looking to incorporate new sources and methods into their teaching or continue to develop their approaches to pedagogy—or both—there are sessions for teachers of all levels at AHA19.

Workshops and Events

Undergraduate and K-16 Teaching Workshop: Assignments Charrette
Friday, January 4, 2019: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Marquette Room (Hilton Chicago, Third Floor)

Present one of your teaching assignments and receive feedback from peers. Anyone with a valued teaching assignment (including traditional or experimental assignments, educational activities, or assessments) or a brand new one that would benefit from in-depth review and discussion with faculty from other institutions should consider participating. You will submit your assignment in advance, and read others' assignments ahead of the workshop. If you are interested, please email AHA Program Associate Megan Connor at tuning@historians.org for more details or visit the event page.

Reception for Two-Year Faculty
Friday, January 4, 2019: 7:30 PM-8:30 PM
Boulevard B (Hilton Chicago, Second Floor)

The AHA cordially invites faculty teaching at two-year and community colleges to a reception and informal conversation with colleagues.

K-12 Educators' Workshop: History in Your Backyard: Remembrance and Commemoration
Saturday, January 5, 2019: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Joliet Room (Hilton Chicago, Third Floor)

Organized with the Library of Congress. What is the relationship between remembrance and commemoration? What roles do monuments and memorials in our communities play in both reflecting our collective past and allowing us to engage with it? This interactive workshop will begin with a keynote by Adam Rothman, Georgetown University, on research he is conducting at the Library of Congress (LOC) as a Kluge Fellow. This will be followed by a primary source analysis workshop conducted by Rothman and Lee Ann Potter and Kaleena Black of the Library’s new Center for Learning, Literacy, and Engagement, drawing on documents in a variety of media from the collections of the Library. No charge; because space is limited, free advance registration is required.

Teaching and Learning Networking Opportunity
Saturday, January 5, 2019: 3:45 PM-4:45 PM
PDR 4 (Hilton Chicago, Third Floor)

This is just an hour, a space, and an open invitation. We're hoping that this event will help those who are interested in teaching and learning to find each other, build strong professional networks, and advance the cause of teaching and learning issues among the larger community of historians.

K-12 Reception
Saturday, January 5, 2019: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Boulevard B (Hilton Chicago, Second Floor)

The AHA cordially invites K-12 educators to a reception to network with colleagues and share ideas with members of the Teaching Division and AHA staff.

Tour 6: Schools as Urban History: Exploring Chicago's Educational Landscape
Sunday, January 6, 2019: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
8th Street Registration Desk (Hilton Chicago)

Tour leader: Ruby Oram, Loyola University Chicago; Nick Kryczka, University of Chicago; and Ann Durkin-Keating, North Central College

Chicago’s public high schools are monuments to evolving ideas about the proper form and function of urban education. This tour of three public high schools on Chicago’s west side will explore what the history of urban education and school architecture tell us about Chicago’s changing neighborhoods, exploring how urban, social, and educational history can be read in the built environment. Chicago Public School teachers may attend this tour free of charge. Email annualmeeting@historians.org for more information.