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.

Mik Newlin -- Abraham Lincoln & His Road to Emancipation

Shiocton High School teacher Mik Newlin will focus several lesson plans on a more realistic portrayal of Lincoln's struggles on his way to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Lesson plans will explore Lincoln's speeches to show how his views on slavery evolved.

Sarah Pope -- Understanding Slavery Across Time & Place

Appleton Madison Middle School teacher Sarah Pope (now teaching World Geography) will develop lesson plans that help her students explore and expand their understanding of slavery and answer the question of what it means to be free, from a world wide perspective. She will use the Backward Design approach to have students examine essentail questions.

Cliff Prahl -- Fourth Amendment Impact on American Society

Athens High School teacher Cliff Prahl's project will explore the changing interpretation of the Fourth Amendment and its impact on the American Society, from the purpose of its inclusion into the Bill of Rights, to definitions of reasonable searches, probable cause and right to privacy. Cliff is teaching an AP Government course this year.

Elizabeth Schneider -- Ku Klux Klan & African American Freedom

Shiocton High School teacher Elizabeth Schneider will focus her project on the KKK and the limitations they imposed on the freedom of African Americans. She will use this topic in both her US History class and Multicultural class.

Dan Shimek -- Youth & Labor in Industrial Era: 1870-1920

Appleton Central Alternative High School teacher Dan Shimek will explore in his project the theme of child labor during the Industrial Era. He will help his students to analyze and put into context the experience of youth during those years, by using primary image analysis.

Mary Shudy -- Civil Rights from Reconstruction Era Forward

New Holstein high school teacher Mary Shudy will focus her lesson plans around civil rights, reviewing Reconstruction, studying an overview of national civil rights events, then reviewing Wisconsin-based civil rights events. This will lead up to discussion on current state of race relations in the US.

Rick Sievert -- Seneca Falls Declaration & Women Suffragists

Wautoma High School teacher Rick Sievert will explore the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions in the context of sectionalism, reform movement and abolition. Students will also explore the Declaration of Independence, and the 15th and 19th amendments.

Patty Stueber -- Life & Conditions of Slaves

Wausau elementary school teacher Patty Stueber's lesson plan project will explore the life and conditions of slavery and how slaves coped. In Year 1 Patty explored the beginning years of slavery, and in Year 3 she will examine paths to freedom.

Mang Thao -- Freedom from Ancient Times to Today

Wausau Horace Mann Middle School teacher Mang Thao teachers Ancient Civilization this year, so her lesson plan project will help students explore the concept of 'freedom' from ancient times and compare that to today. Students will study the idea of freedom within each different civilization.

John Thompson -- Freedom & Role of Water in Emerging Consumer Society

Mishicot elementary school teacher John Thompson will develop a lesson unit focusing on the environmental history topic of changing technology and the role of water in our emerging consumer society, utilizing the "Thinking Like an Historian" categories of inquiry.

Tina Thone -- Industrial Revolution & Child Labor

Sheboygan Urban Middle School teacher Tina Thone will focus her lesson plan project on the theme of Industrial Revolution and Child Labor, to help her students understand factors that contributed to the industrial revolution by having them analyze primary sources. She teachers language arts, so she will integrate reading and writing strategies in the history content.

Alan Tulppo -- Alien & Sedition Acts: Challenge to Freedom of Expression

Northland Pines High School teacher Alan Tulppo will focus his lesson unit project on the development of political parties and other factors leading to development of the Alien & Sedition Acts, and use this topic to also explore the differences between the philosophy of federalism and states' rights supporters.

Bill Van Nuland -- Civil Rights Era & Wisconsin

Fremont Elementary School teacher Bill Van Nuland's lesson unit project will explore both Black Thursday in Oshkosh and the Milwaukee Open Housing protests as examples of civil rights activities in Wisconsin during the 1960s. He will use the Backward Design model to help create his unit.

Sarah Ver Voort -- Revolutionary War

Shiocton Elementary School teacher Sarah Ver Voort's lesson plan project will focus on the Revolutionary War for her 5th grade class, and will use websites, videos, maps, literature and other resources.

Michele Vinje -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett

D.C. Everest High School teacher Michele Vinje is creating a lesson unit project that explores Ida B. Wells-Barnett and her fight for various freedoms: women suffrage, black equal rights, and anti-lynching efforts. She is teaching AP US history and Early 20th Century history. She will use role playing, debate, and use of T-chart/graphic organizers and Socratic circles.

Nathan Werner -- Northern Struggle for Black Freedom

Appleton East High School teacher Nate Werner will focus his lesson unit project around the theme of the northern struggle for black freedom. He will emphasize on using visuals and using local perspectives on history to help emphasize a major historical theme.