Deerfield Teachers’ Center

Professional Development Workshops

Fall 2005-Spring 2006

All Workshops run from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Deerfield Teachers’ Center, 10 Memorial St., Deerfield, MA. For fees and more detailed information about these workshops please see the Deerfield Teachers’ Center 2005-06 Brochure.  To request a 2005-06 Brochure or register for a workshop please call the Center at 413-774-2652 ext. 28 or email kkappenman@deerfield.history.museum.  

September 2005  

            20        Old News, New Pictures: An Annual Review of Historical Picture Books for Children

            22        Digital Deerfield : An Intro to Using PVMA’s Websites in the Classroom

            27        People of the Book: Part One – Judaism  

October 2005  

       4          It’s Greek to Me: Classical Influences in Art and Architecture

            6          Stories in Stone, Part One

            12        Pathways to Freedom: The Underground Railroad With Guest Speaker Louise Minks

            18        People of the Book: Part Two – Islam

            19        Memorial Libraries Tour meet at Memorial Libraries, 6 Memorial St .

            20        Stories in Stone, Part Two

            25        Local History in Federal Records With Guest Speaker from the National Archives in Waltham , MA

            27        Pilgrim Houses  

November 2005  

       1          People of the Book: Part Three – Christianity

            3          Keeping Thanksgiving: Then and Now

            8          The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Part One (Book Discussion)

            10        Why Didn’t Santa Claus Come to Early New England ?

            15        The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Part Two (Book Discussion)

            17        Early American Textbooks: Truth or Tall Tales?

            22        Boy Captive: Fact and Fiction

            29        Why Didn’t Santa Claus Come to Early New England ? (repeat)  

December 2005  

        1          Boy Captive: Fact and Fiction (repeat)

            6          The American Revolution: A Tempest in a Teapot?

            8          Trains, Trolleys and Transportation in the Deerfield River Valley

            13        Invasion of the OTHERS: Immigration to the CT River Valley in  20^th Century

            15        Greek Temples and Colonial Doorways: Teaching History to Young Learners  

January 2006  

       10        What Was So Great About George Washington?

            17        Slavery and the Experience of African Americans in Rural New England in the 1700s

            19        What Was So Great About George Washington? (repeat)

            24        Living on the Land-Part One: Contact Period to 1704 – Share and Share Alike  

February 2006  

            7          Living on the Land-Part Two: 1700s – The Yeoman Farmer

            16        Digital Deerfield : An Intro to Using PVMA’s Websites in the Classroom (repeat)

            28        Living on the Land-Part Three: 1800s – The Middle Landscape  

March 2006  

       2          Speak Up! Elocution, Recitation & Public Speaking for your Classroom

            7          Children at Work: Child Labor in Massachusetts During the Progressive Era

            9          Exploring Alexis de Toqueville’s America

            14        War on the Homefront: Children at Home and in the Classroom During WWII

            21        Shays’ Rebellion

            23        Choosing Sides: Native Americans and the Revolutionary War

            28        Western Massachusetts in the American Revolution

            30        Native Responses to Forced Assimilation  

April 2006  

       4          “Truth” in Advertising

            6          A Midwife’s Tale – Part One (Book Discussion)

            11        Western Massachusetts and the Great Depression

            13        A Midwife’s Tale – Part Two (Book Discussion)

            25        Immigration and Naturalization With Guest Speaker from the National Archive in Waltham , MA

            27        A Midwife’s Tale – Part Three (Book Discussion)  

May 2006  

       3          Fantastic Landscapes’ Connections With Guest Speaker, Richard Little

            9          Civil War: A Connecticut River Valley Perspective

            11        Old News, New Pictures: An Annual Review of Historical  Picture Books for Children (New Books to be reviewed)

            16        The Glorious Fourth: Celebrating the Nation’s Birthday

            18        Timeline of Democracy – Part One: “Friends, Romans and Countrymen”

            23        Connecticut River Log Drives: 1869-1915 With Guest Speaker, Ed Klekowski

            25        Timeline of Democracy – Part Two: “From the Renaissance to the American Revolution”  

June 2006  

       1          Timeline of Democracy – Part Three: “Something New Under the Sun”