Year 2 Lesson Plan/Narrative Proposals -- July 2009

Overall List of Lesson Plan Project Themes -- 2009-10

This file lists for each WASAH participant the primary theme of their lesson plan and narrative project for 2009-10. List is divided into three separate grade levels.

Allie Andraski -- Black Migration to Harlem Renaissance

Lesson plan project will explore black settlement patterns in the early 1900s, as well as the impact of the black cultural experiences, such as spirituals and the blues, that they brought to the north.

Scott Boesel -- Shay's Rebellion of 1786-87

Lesson plan will explore how Shay's Rebellion was reflection of the 1783-89 period that witnessed the transfer of the nation from a confederation to the federalist government adopted through the Constitution.

Mike Ceman -- Civil Rights in Wisconsin

Lesson plan project will seek to break the myth of a noble north/racist south dichotomy, and use local examples of battles and activities to help illustrate civil rights in housing, education and incarceration.

Paul Clark -- Feminism in 1960s-70s

Wausau East High School teacher Paul Clark's lesson plan and reflection narrative project will explore the 2nd wave of Feminism in the late 20th century.

Jim DeBroux -- Race & Imperialism, and Emergence as World Power

Project will explore American issues of race and imperialism during it's emergence as a world power.

Deb Foster -- African American Freedom Movement

Project will explore movements among African Americans to seek freedom, and study how expanded freedoms for some may have meant restricted freedom for other groups.

Linda Goldsworthy -- Editorial Cartoons from 1870s to Present

Rhinelander High School teacher Linda Goldsworthy's lesson plan and narrative project will explore the use of one type of historical imagery -- editorial cartoons that focus on social, political, economic and religious freedomes -- for helping students understand the meaning of freedom.

Jeff Gumz -- Great Depression

Green Bay Eash High School teacher Jeff Gumz will explore the topic "The Great Depression" for his Economics class, to give students a better understanding of the history of business cycles, and help them compare that era with the current economic downturn.

Neil Hamel -- Westward Expansion & Freedom

Pulaski School District 5th grade teacher Neil Hamel will focus his lesson plan project on the Westward Expansion as one major episode of freedom.

Denice Beans, Gail Danforth, Patti Morin & Maxine Thomas --

Group of Oneida teachers will explore famous Oneida historical figures, particularly those involved in the Revolutionary War. Attached lesson plan project proposal soon to follow (initially submitted file cannot be opened).

Renee Heinrich -- What Does it mean to be Free? (perspective of various groups)

Wausau 5th grade teacher Renee Heinrich will develop a series of lesson plans that explores the question, "What Does it mean to be Free?" from the perspective of various underrepresented groups in our nation's history.

Laura Heller -- Child Labor & Lewis Hine

Appleton West High School teacher Laura Heller will explore child labor during the period 1880-1930, and how Lewis Hine's photojournalism had a social effect on our nation's history and role of freedom.

Tim Huebner -- Great Depression, New Deal & Political Cartoons

Shiocton Middle School teacher Tim Huebner will explore the Great Depression, New Deal, and those who were critical of the New Deal. After his reading and study he plans to create a collection of Great Depression political cartoons with special emphasis on people like Huey Long.

Brenna Hughes -- Child Labor of Late 1800s & Early 1900s

Omro Middle School teacher Brenna Hughes will explore the state of child labor in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Her lesson plan will call for class discussions, looking at photographs from the progressive era, reading stories of child laborers, using political cartoons, and journal writing. Students will explore some of the things written about child labor at the time, and then look at today’s laws regarding minors in the workforce and how these laws came to be.

James Jaeger -- John Brown & Civil Disobedience

Winneconne Elementary School teacher James Jaeger will seek to help students gain an understanding of the history of some of the most well-known American rebellions. The primary focus will be on John Brown, the Transcendentalists, the Civil Rights Movement, women’s rights, and the Winneconne "uprising."

Jessica Jaeger -- Understanding Why Slavery was Supported

Omro Elementary School teacher Jessica Jaeger will develop her project to help her students understand why some people thought slavery was a good idea. Fifth graders think slavery is bad and they can’t imagine anyone in today’s time supporting it. By using three major topics,-- Dred Scott, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Emancipation Proclamation -- Jessica would like to take students on the journey of the nature of freedom, how it changes for each group involved as the years progress. She will incorporate the Civil War into this concept of race as well.

Brent Jelinski -- Malcolm X: Ballot or Bullet?

North Lakeland middle school teacher Brent Jelinski will develop a lesson plan project that explores Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two very significant people in the modern civil rights movement. These two leaders were often polar opposites when it came to their ideas on how to gain equal rights. Looking at these two figures and reading their two speeches will help the students start to gain an understanding of this historical event. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech "Give Us the Ballot" is very different compared to Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech. The stark contrast that they present is a very compelling look at the different thoughts during the civil rights movement.

Carol Johnson -- Slave Narratives in the U.S.

Oneida Nation High School teacher Carol Johnson will create lesson plans that explore slave narratives in the U.S. for her 9th grade students enrolled in U.S. History I. She selected this project theme because her students need to see that there are other races that were persecuted and denied the rights that the white Americans have. She would like to engage her students in a way that would inspire them to think what life was like for a slave in the South, by having them read various slave narratives, journals, examine photographs.

Mary Meyers-Wenninger -- Formation of American Government

Sheboygan Urban Middle School teacher will concentrate her lesson unit project on helping 8th grade students learn about the federal system and the powers of federal, state, and local government in the Unites States. She will explore how to teach this in a way that students will understand the beginnings of our government and not just what we have today. In doing this unit she will focus on the big idea of what does freedom mean and apply that to our governments as they were formed.

Matthew Mauk -- Immigration during 19th Century

Oshkosh Traeger Middle School teacher Matt Mauk will develop a lesson unit that encourage 8th grade students to compare and contrast immigration during the 19th century with modern day immigration; they may find that many of the push and pull factors and attitudes toward immigration are similiar. Students often feel that freedom to provide for one’s family or freedom to live under democratic principles is an exclusively American right. Student’s inability to objectively examine immigration is due, in part, to the fact that they fail to see the issue in historical context.

Chris Miller -- New Deal Initiatives

Howard - Suamico middle school teacher Chris Miller will develop lesson plans that examine the local impact of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, specifically the impacts of the CCC and WPA in the Green Bay, Fox Valley, and Northeastern Wisconsin area. Chris Millder has found that his students found many relevant and interesting connections to today’s economy and the federal government initiatives to help end the current recession. The primary question he would address is whether or not the projects conducted in the 1930’s had a lasting impact in the area, or did they simply fill a need to give temporary work/relief to those unemployed in the area.

Bill Morgan & Lisa Steinacker -- Immigration Unit & High School Archives

Fond du Lac high school teachers Bill Morgan and Lisa Steinacker will continue development of a historical archives for high school students to use to research personal family history. Both will also create an immigration unit that helps students to understand reasons for immigration during the period 1880-1920, contrast and compare freedoms in the US compared to freedoms in nation of origin at time of immigration, and includes several small group activities.