The Teachinghistory.org Workshop (National History Education Clearinghouse) to be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., is today’s “Session of the Week” from the Program of the 125th Annual Meeting.

This session will explore the National History Education Clearinghouse web site, while also delving into teaching history with objects, using digital tools and public media, engaging students in historical analysis, and finding resources to teach about immigration.

Teachinghistory.org Workshop (National History Education Clearinghouse Workshop)
Saturday, January 8, 2011: 8:30 AM-9:00 AM
Grand Ballroom Salon F (Marriott Boston Copley Place)

• Coffee (8:30-9:00 a.m.)
• Introduction (9:00-9:15 a.m.)
  Chair: Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado at Boulder and vice president, AHA Teaching Division
• Clearinghouse Demonstration (9:15-9:45 a.m.)
  Speaker: Jennifer Rosenfeld, outreach director, Teachinghistory.org
• Teaching with Objects (9:45-10:45 a.m.)
  Speakers: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard University and Shari Tishman, Harvard University
• Break (10:45-11:00 a.m.)
• Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning American History? (11:00-11:45 a.m.)
  Speaker: Rwany Sibaja, research associate, Teachinghistory.org
• Break (11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
• Public Media and the Case for Digital History: New Directions and Opportunities for Students, Teachers, and Historians (12:00-1:00 p.m.)
  Speaker: Howard Lurie, WGBH Educational Productions
• Talking about Text: Methods for Engaging Students in Historical Analysis (1:00-1:45 p.m.)
  Speaker: Daisy Martin, co-director, Teachinghistory.org
• Break (1:45-2:00 p.m.)
• Resources to Teach about Immigration (2:00-3:00 p.m.)
  Presiding: Thomas Thurston, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University

  Papers: “I Am Worthy to Be Praised”
  Haywoodene Hines, Hamden Public Schools

  Immigration and Slavery: Freedom and Fairness in America
  Dawne Piers-Gamble, Gateway Regional School District

This post first appeared on AHA Today.