January 15, 2005
Ohio's Indiginous Population
This seminar provides participants with an introduction to the basic themes and important events in American Indian pre and current history. Specifically, this seminar focuses on how the representation of the American Indian in American history has influenced the nature of Indian/White relations. Furthermore, this seminar examines current problems in twentieth century American Indian history as they pertain to specific American Indian groups. Participants will benefit greatly from Dr. Murphy and Ms. Chaatsmith's years of active involvement in Central Ohio's American Indian community and will increase their knowledge of the contributions American Indians have made in Ohio history.
January 26, 2005
Ft. Ancient Field Trip
Fort Ancient features 18,000 feet of earthen walls built 2,000 years ago by American Indians who used the shoulder blades of deer, split elk antler, clam shell hoes and digging sticks to dig the dirt. They then carried the soil in baskets holding 35 to 40 pounds. Portions of these walls were used in conjunction with the sun and moon to provide a calendar system for these peoples.
February 19, 2005
Immigration, Race and Gender
The United States is often described as a nation of immigrants, a country that welcomes "the huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Yet, in a recent study of Chinese immigration, Erika Lee described the U.S. as a "gate-keeping" country that carefully monitors its borders to control the racial, gender, and sexual make-up of its population and citizenry. This seminar will explore the different waves of immigrants who have arrived in the United States since the mid-19th century. We will focus on questions such as: How did the experiences of European, Asian, and Latino/a immigrants compare with one another? What motivated them to immigrate? How were they received and treated in the United States? How did immigrants and their American-born children adapt to a new culture and society? How did they recreate themselves and how have they changed the United States?
April 23, 2005
Ohio's Presidential Legacy
The focus of the presentation will be on the Presidency in general - a brief history of its creation by the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention, and its evolution over two centuries of American History: the issue of "character" in the men who have occupied the office, and how historians, through the process of revisionism, assess their administrations and rate the presidents.
The particular focus thereafter will be on Ohio's eight "favorite sons," and why the state has the distinction of being "the mother of presidents." The Gilded Age was the high point of Ohio's influence, and Rutherford B. Hayes will be discussed in some depth after a review of the other Buckeye Presidents.
Finally, some advice on resources on the Presidency and Ohio's history - including primary source documents - will be offered to and shared with the teachers.
April 27, 2005
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Field Trip
May 14, 2005
Environmental History: Landscapes, Cityscapes, and American Societies
The field of "environmental history" has emerged in past thirty years as an approach to the way in which people interact with the natural world. This session will look at the sweep of American history, from the era of the "frontier" to that of the modern city and suburb, through the lens of environmental history. We will look in sequence at the native American experience, the era of frontier and commercial farming, and the rise and maturation of cities and suburbs as systems of population and resources launched by periods of dramatic and destructive transformation: the end of the ice ages, the expropriation of Indian land, and the ongoing revolutions in economic infrastructure that shape our age. The primary source breakout session will focus on ways to links the histories of localities and neighborhoods to Ohio's experience of this wider history.
December 7, 2005
Orientation
In addition to being oriented to the program, you will also get to know your fellow History WORKS II collegues. You will learn more about primary sources, and Ohio Historical Society staff will introduce you to their many teacher resources.
January 21, 2006
The Underground Railroad in Ohio Seminar
Throughout the period of enslavement in British North America (Early 17th-Late 19th Centuries), men and women conspired against the hegemonic design of the "peculiar institution." Most of their names - William Wilberforce, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison, Benjamin Lundy, and John Rankin to name but a few - are synonymous with the formal institutions and legacies of Anti-Slavery activity and Abolitionism in American memory. Before religious revivalism and reform impulses swept the North American landscape, free and enslaved Africans sought freedom for themselves through informal networks extending from the deep south through Canada - "The Underground Railroad." This seminar will explore the Underground Railroad in Ohio as well as the life of John P. Parker, an African American who settled in Ohio after purchasing his own freedom from Slavery in the the mid-1800s and became a successful entrepreneur and "conductor" in Ripley, Ohio.
February 18, 2006
Slave Trade, Middle Passage and African Cultural Retentions in American Seminar
The dynamic set of processes by which millions of Africans were captured, sold, and transported to Western Hemisphere plantation societies was one of the most tragic chapters in human history. Beginning with the pioneering efforts of W. E. B. Du Bois in 1896 and extending into the present, this topic has aroused emotional--and at times, politically-inspired--debates. This presentation will seek to provide constructive analyses of the Atlantic Slave Trade and will focus on mortality rates; the process of the trade; African collaboration and resistance; and the creation of African ethnic communities in the Americas.
March 25, 2006
History of Columbus, Ohio Seminar
During its early years, the state capital had to create a sense of community and grapple with an ambiguous image. This seminar will focus on Columbuss first forty years and how the events and decisions of this time influenced the citys development. These occurrences also tell much about the attitudes, convictions, and prejudices that prevailed in nineteenth-century American thought and culture. In addition, discussion will focus on the literary legacy of Ohio with emphasis on authors of the early nineteenth century.
May 20, 2006
American Utopian Religious Communities Seminar
With emphasis on three Anglo-American religious groups Shakers, Mormons, and Oneida Community the seminar will examine gender roles and family structure in the early 19th century. Discussion will also focus on change in religious beliefs and behavior within utopian communities as they relate to industrialization.
February 8, 2006
Rankin and Parker Houses Field Trip
The Rankin House, in Ripley, Ohio, was an important stop on the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio through which many slaves escaped from the South to freedom. The house, a National Historic Landmark, is included in the National Underground Railroad to Freedom Network. The John P. Parker house is also located in Ripley and has been dedicated as a National Historic Landmark.
November 16, 2005
Industrialization Lecture
During History WORKS II: Building Foundations' first Cornerstone Lecture Series for the 2005-2006 program year, Dr. Christopher Phelps, a specialist in American cultural and social history, will take the audience through an interactive exploration of what life was like during the American Industrial Revolution. Using Dr. Phelps' edited edition of Upton Sinclair's ground-breaking novel "The Jungle", audience members will develop an appreciation and understanding of the realities of working in the booming industrial economy during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Along with the primary source materials included on this CD-ROM, participants will be introduced to photographs and excerpts from The Jungle. Dr. Phelps will show us how the changes in how businesses manufactured goods also impacted living and work conditions for the American worker.
March 7, 2006
Ohio's First Peoples Lecture
Two hundred years ago a newly arrived visitor to Ohio would have almost immediately encountered the presence of Native American peoples. Native groups have flourished and faded in Ohio for thousands of years. While speaking on the Native American presence in Ohio from the time of their settlement until their removal, James H. ODonnell III will focus on confrontation with European settlers during what is known as the historic period from the seventeenth to nineteenth century.
April 5, 2006
Zoar Field Trip
Founded by the German religious dissenters called the Society of Separatists of Zoar in 1817 as a communal society, Zoar today is an island of Old-World charm in east-central Ohio. Many of the German-style structures built by the Zoarites have been restored and are open to the public as Zoar Village State Memorial. Others are privately-owned, and serve as residences, shops, restaurants and bed and breakfast inns.
May 11, 2006
In the Wake of Brown: The Color of Classrooms in Rural Ohio Lecture
This nation recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, labeled as one of the most important court decisions in our countrys history. Nearly all of the recent scholarship and social commentary have focused upon Browns impact on the lives of Black and White school children in the South and the urban North. This program examines the effect of Brown upon the educational experiences of African American children in the rural towns and villages of Americas heartland, using Knox County, Ohio, as a case study.
October 20, 2006
History WORKS II Orientation and Columbus Field trip
November 2, 2006
Lecture 1: The Great Migration and Alumni Night
Reunion and Reception: 6:00[br]Lecture begins at 6:30[br][br]Creating the first large, urban black communities in the North, the Great Migration saw nearly a million southern-born blacks leave the south in the early decades of the 20th century. Reasons for the migration are complex, although the creation of industrial jobs in northern cities due to World War I and worsening economic conditions and sharecropping in the south contributed greatly. Join Kevin Boyle as he discusses the race and class issues the came out of the migration in northern cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland.
At some point, the cotton fields gave way to wheat and corn; the rolling hills of Appalachia sloped into the flatlands of the Midwest
When the trains pulled into stations here, the migrants saw no signs for whites or coloreds.
January 20, 2007
Seminar 1: Industrialization and the Labor Movement
With its location between industrial centers of the East and the expanding West and its abundance of essential natural resources, Ohio was positioned as an agricultural and manufacturing center following the Civil War. The Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth century created a variety of situations new to workers in Ohio and throughout the country. Dr. Warren Van Tine will develop themes of industry and workers by looking at coal mining and miners.
February, 2007
Field Trip 1: The National Road
February 17, 2007
Seminar 2
March 8, 2007
Lecture 2: The National Road
March 17, 2007
Seminar 3: Appalachian History
April, 2007
Field Trip 2
April 26, 2007
Lecture 3
May, 2007
Seminar 4
June, 2007
Summer Institute
October 13, 2007
Seminar 1: Growth of Columbus
October 27, 2007
Field Trip 1: Fort Ancient and Sunwatch Village
November 10, 2007
Seminar 2: Great Depression Economics
January 5, 2008
Seminar 3: Ohio Inventors/Industrialization
February 7, 2008
Lecture 1: American Revolution
March 8, 2008
Seminar 4: Women in the Civil War
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
March 13, 2008
Lecture 2: Ruby Elzy: Black Diva of the Thirties
April 5, 2008
Field Trip 2: Piqua Historical Area
May 17, 2008
Field Trip 3: Malabar Farm
