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History Assessment & Student Interest Inventory
A reminder to those of you who received my request in late September: Please make arrangements to administer the "pre-test" U.S. History Assessment and Student Interest Inventory to students in classes that feature U.S. history topics, if you haven't already done so. Both instruments should be administered as "post-tests" next May (or in January, if the course is one semester long). I sent you the URL link for the Assessments and Interest Inventory. The URL links can also be found in the "WASAH Policies and Requirements" Section of this Plone site. (Year 2 participants are listed below in the body of this message.)
December 12th Seminar at CESA 7
The 3rd WASAH Seminar is scheduled for Saturday, December 12th at the CESA 7 training room, located at 595 Baeten Road on the south side of Green Bay. The seminar will start at 10 a.m. and run until approximately 12:45 p.m. The first portion of the seminar will feature a discussion of the David Kennedy book "Freedom from Fear." The assigned reading for that discussion are Chs. 6-12 (pp. 160-380). A reading guide with study questions has been posted within the "2009-10 Workshop & Seminar Materials" Section of this Plone site. The second portion of the seminar will feature a presentation by UW Oshkosh historian Tom Rowland on how the Great Depression impacted the Oshkosh area. Dr. Rowland is the author of "Decade of Despair: Winnebago County during the Great Depression."
Nov. 11th Seminar at UW Oshkosh Archives
A reminder that our 2nd WASAH Seminar is scheduled to occur on Wednesday, November 11th, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Activities will take place at the Forrest Polk Library on the UW Oshkosh campus, including an opportunity for hands-on work with primary documents. Jeff Pickron will also lead an exercise on exploring and reviewing primary documents that relate to Black Thursday and other historical periods.
Herbert Hoover PBS Special on October 26th
UW Milwaukee historian and presenter Glen Jeansonne asked us to share this information with all of you. Public Broacasting System (PBS) will be airing a Documentary on Herbert Hoover (which includes a segment with Glen Jeansonne being interviewed). The program will premier on Oct 26, 2009 at 9PM CST. The program will be preceded at 8PM by "The American Experience: The Great Crash."
