1996 OAH Annual Meeting Program--Focus on Teaching Day Sessions

Teaching the Vietnam War

PRESIDING: Thomas English, George School

PRESENTATIONS:

Themes, Issues, and Interpretations of the Vietnam War, Gary Hess, Bowling Green State University

Lesson Plan Ideas on the Vietnam War, Mitch Yamasaki, Chaminade University of Honolulu

COMMENT: Thomas English and The Audience

Teacher Professional Development and the Role of College and University Faculty

PRESIDING: John Howard, The National Faculty

PAPERS:

American Women s History in Our Nation s Schools, Kathi Kern, University of Kentucky

Crossover Work: The National Faculty and Collaborative Teaching, Kimberly Phillips, CaseWestern Reserve University

One Historian's Reflections on Collegial Work with High School Teachers and Their Students, Andrew Buni, Boston College

COMMENT: John Howard and The Audience

"Do a Paper" is not Enough: The Writing Process in History Courses

CHAIR: George Stevens, Dutchess Community College

PRESENTATIONS:

Doing History: Using Primary Documents to Teach Historical Writing at the Survey Level, Henry Stamm IV, University of Alaska, Anchorage

E-Mail, Writing, and Classroom Community, Joanne Ross, Michigan State University

Once Upon a Time: Using Fairy Tales and Television in the College Course, Barbara Kelly, Hofstra University

Evidence and Argument in Survey Courses, Charlene Mires, Temple University

COMMENT: The Audience

Students as Historians: Teaching Historical Research Skills to Secondary and College Students

MODERATOR: Maurine Weiner Greenwald, University of Pittsburgh

PANELISTS:

William J. August, Big Spring High School, Newville, Pennsylvania

Susan Rimby Leighow, Shippensburg University

Rita Elizabeth Sterner-Hine, Waynesboro Area Middle School, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

Randall L. Taylor, Big Spring High School, Newville, Pennsylvania

COMMENT: The Audience

PANELISTS:

James Lorence, University of Wisconsin Center, Marathon County

Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles

Marilyn Rhinehart, Johnson County Community College

Charles Zappia, San Diego Mesa College

COMMENT: The Audience

Using Historical Simulations in Secondary and Post-Secondary Classrooms

PRESENTERS:

Jan Spreeman, Stillwater Junior High School, Stillwater, Minnesota

David Ghere, General College, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

DISCUSSION: The Audience

A Prototype On-Line Advanced Placement Resource Center in U.S. History

PRESENTER: Helen Dodson Kahn, Educational Testing Service

COMMENT: The Audience