Courses 2010-2011
Gilder Lehrman Seminars
The following teachers attended seminars this summer.
Kristin Weinstein
Paul Lospinuso
Travis Brennan
The Washington Experience, Summer 2010
July 25 - 30
3 In-service Credits
Six days and five nights in Washington, D.C.
White House, Arlington National Cemetery, Capitol, Ford's Theatre, Lincoln's Cottage, Tudor House, Frederick Douglass House, Decatur House, Smithsonian Museum, National Memorials, Special Events and Meetings
Blueprints for Thinking
Dates: Monday, August 23 - Thursday, August 26
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Humanities Building Stony Brook
2 In-service Credits
$800 stipend ($200 per day)
Creative Controversy in 20th Century American History
2 In-service Credits
$100 stipend for Session 1
$200 stipend per session for Sessions 2 - 6
Session 1: August 27, 2010 (Friday Session)
Topic:
Introduction to 2010-11 Topics and Team Building
Date & Time of Meeting:
Friday, August 27, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:
Humanities Building Stony Brook
Session 2: October 2, 2010 (Saturday Session)
Topic:
Was the Progressive Era really progressive?
Date & Time of Meeting:
Saturday, October 2, 2010
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wang Center
Session 3: November 13, 2010 (Saturday Session)
Topic:
Was Henry Ford a positive force in American industrial development?
Date & Time of Meeting:
Saturday, November 13, 2010
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wang Center
Session 4, December 4, 2010 (Saturday Session)
Topic:
Did the New Deal successfully bring about relief, recovery and reform?
Date & Time of Meeting:
Saturday, December 4, 2010
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wang Center
Session 5, March 19, 2011 (Saturday Session)
Topic:
Did American assumptions about communism cause the Cold War?
Date & Time of Meeting:
Saturday, March 19, 2011
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wang Center
Session 6, May 7, 2011 (Saturday Session)
Topic:
Was the Vietnam War the reason for the social, cultural and political upheavals of the 1960s?
Date & Time of Meeting:
Saturday, May 7, 2011
8:30 a.m.— 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wang Center
Book Circle Discussion Groups
Dates: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday,March 17, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Place: Accompsett Middle School Library
1 In-service credit
$300 stipend upon attendance of at least four sessions and the completion of five blogs