History Education Hawaii News

National History Day to Receive Award From White House

2012-02-11T10:08:00.002-10:00

We received news from Anjali Khanna we're pleased to share:

"Earlier today, for the first time ever, a K-12 education program and leader for more than 25 years, Cathy Gorn, received the National Humanities Medal. The award honors artists and patrons of the arts and humanities. Honorees are selected by the National Endowment for the Arts and ceremoniously presented the award by the President of the United States."

Among the awardees is a program many history educators in Hawaii and around the nation are familiar with, National History Day. Click this link for the announcement.

The award will be streamed live on the WhiteHouse.gov website on Monday, February 13, 2012.

Lincoln's Birthday 2012

2012-02-11T08:24:00.003-10:00

(President Lincoln showing Sojourner Truth the Bible presented by "loyal colored people" of Baltimore. Picture credit: Library of Congress)

Tomorrow, February 12, 2012, is President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

We decided to share with our readers the text of an article that appeared in the November, 1864 edition of The Friend. This monthly newspaper was published in Honolulu by Rev. Samuel C. Damon of the American Seaman’s Friend Society.

The article was taken from an earlier edition of the Baltimore American. It focuses on a gift by the African American citizens of Baltimore to Lincoln:

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PRESENTATION TO THE PRESIDENT. –The colored people of Baltimore, desirous of testifying their appreciation of the distinguished services of President Lincoln in the cause of human freedom, are about the present him with a copy of the Holy Bible, which is a masterpiece of art and taste.

It is the imperial quarto of the American Bible Society, bound in purple velvet with heavy gold mountings, appropriately engraved, and inclosed in a walnut case lined with white silk.

The total cost of this elegant gift is $580.75. The inscription upon the presentation plate is as follows:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

President of the United States.

The friend of Universal Freedom,

From

The Loyal Colored People of Baltimore,

As a token of Respect and Gratitude.

Baltimore, 4^th July, 1864.

Intrinsically valuable as this gift may be, it is of little account in comparison with the sentiment it represents or embodies. It will be properly appreciated by the great champion of emancipation; it will take its appropriate place in the history of his efforts toward the accomplishment of the grand consummation in which Maryland has taken a leading part. It will form one of the best and proudest memorials it has ever fallen to the lot of any public man to transmit to posterity. The expression of “the respect and gratitude” of our colored citizens is highly creditable to them, and we are glad to chronicle so noteworthy an occurrence. –Baltimore American.

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NOTE: Go to this link for the text of Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore Upon Presentation of a Bible by Abraham Lincoln.

Update: Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminar Application Extended: February 22, 2012

2012-02-09T17:43:00.001-10:00

The Gilder Lehrman Institute has extended its Teacher Seminar application deadline to February 22, 2012.

Hawaii K–12 history, social studies, language arts, and English teachers and those from other states are invited to apply to the 2012 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars.

Taught by renowned historians on college campuses in the US and the UK, these one-week interdisciplinary seminars give educators the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of topics in American history and literature while gaining practical resources and strategies to take back to their classrooms.

To apply go to this link.

If you have questions, contact seminars@gilderlehrman.org.

For a complete list of Gilder Lehrman’s 2012 Teacher Seminars, information about fellowships and graduate credit, and to apply online, visit: Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars.

Honolulu, 1844: A School Girl's Reply to Her Teacher's Enquiry-What is Your Age?

2012-02-09T12:04:00.003-10:00

The Polynesian was a 19th century newspaper that served as the official voice of the royal Hawaiian government.

The following poem was published in the Saturday, November 16, 1844 edition. We post it here for the enjoyment of our readers everywhere.

A SCHOOL GIRL’S REPLY TO HER TEACHER’S ENQUIRY

-WHAT IS YOUR AGE?

My Yankee privilege I use,

And ask by way of answer,

Why, in the name of politeness,

My age, you wish to know, Sir?

I’ve gazed on summer’s glowing sun,

On winter’s starry sky, -

And just how many I have seen,

Could tell-but why should I?

As a deposite annually,

The forest-green receives,

So if my mind new stores of thought

Gained, as each year recedes,

I would have answered you in brief,

How many years have fled;

And you the trouble had been spared,

This sad excuse to read.

Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the National Anthem

2012-02-09T07:48:00.003-10:00

History Education Hawaii, Inc., welcomes and encourages all our partners and our history educators to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner, America's national anthem.

"From 2012 to 2015, the US Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and partners will commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and The Star Spangled Banner." For more information we recommend clicking the link to OurFlagWasStillThere.Org and these sub-links on the site:

The War of 1812 and an interactive timeline.

The Star Spangled Banner.

Why Commemorate?

Partner Organizations.

Places: Museums, Memorials, Ships and Planes!

Events (No listings at this time for Hawaii)

Learning and Fun!

Be a Part of It: Social Media Links.

Multimedia Resources.

Press and Media.

Judges Wanted, Desired, Required: Hawaii History Day 2012

2012-02-08T14:14:00.002-10:00

We recently received word from Bob Buss of the Hawaii Council for the Humanities that judges are needed for Hawaii History Day 2012.

If you know of someone who is interested in judging please click this link and complete the survey.

Go to this link for Hawaii History Day contact information, including how to contact Jane Murao, state coordinator. For more information click here.

Presidents Day Hawaii: The National Monument at Washington (1849)

2012-02-08T12:11:00.002-10:00

Picture Credit: Click Here.

This month will mark the annual observance of Presidents Day. Throughout the month of February we'll provide our readers with historical reflections on the presidents taken from Hawaii-based sources.

Today we share with our readers a story from a newspaper called The Polynesian, the official voice of the Hawaiian government in the mid-19th century. The story we feature here, The National Monument at Washington, has been transcribed in full from The Polynesian's February 17, 1849 edition:

We find in our American exchanges an account of the laying the corner stone of the National Monument to be erected in commemoration of the name of Washington. Mr. Winthrop of Massachusetts was the orator of the day, and we find in the ‘New York Herald’ an outline report of his speech, from which we make the following elegant extracts:

Other monuments to this illustrious person have long ago been erected by not a few of the great States of our Union, and by not a few of the great cities of our States; but there remains to be reared a monument here, which shall bespeak the gratitude –not of the States nor of the Government- not of separate communities nor of official bodies- but of the people, the whole people, of the nation –a national monument erected by the citizens of America (applause). Of such a monument we have come to lay the corner stone here and now –on this day, on this spot, in this presence, and at this precise epoch of the history of our country and the world- we have come to commence this crowning act of commemoration. The day, the place, the witnesses, the precise period in ourn own history, and the world’s history, all are full of the most felicitous appropriateness to the occasion. On this day, the fourth of July we come to acknowledge a public debt to our first benefactor.

The witnesses are such as befit the occasion. The President of the United States is here, and he feels, I am assured, that the official distinction which he brings to the occasion has no higher personal charm than that is was possessed and realized by a most illustrious predecessor. We have the Vice President of the United States, the municipal authorities, the Congress, and the army, navy, and the marine corps, from many a field of earlier and later fame. The people are here. Nor have I mentioned all. Hamilton and Madison, the joint framers of the constitution, are visibly present –present in the venerated persons of those whom they held dear in life. (Referring to Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Madison.)

We behold on the continent of Europe the influence of our institutions; we see spontaneous germination of seeds which were wafted over the ocean from our liberty tree (tremendous applause).

In the history of the world it is doubted whether one can be found who had more influence over men’s minds and events than George Washington. It was not in consequence of his vast learning and varied acquirements. He made no pretensions to scholarship; he had not sharp wit and glowing rhetoric. It was not the power of personal fascination. That august person rather inspired awe than affection, and his friends were bound rather by ties of respect than love. His life was tinged by no romance, nor by the reckless spirit of daring adventure. On one decision he remarked, “If ever I said that there was charm for me in the whistling bullet, it was when I was young.” He sought not

‘The bubble reputation at the cannon’s mouth.’

When Patrick Henry returned from the first Continental Congress, he was asked who was there the greatest. “If you speak of eloquence,” replied he, Rutledge, of South Carolina. If you speak of judgment and sound information, Col. Washington –he was the greatest man on the floor.” (applause.)

It was his great moral power, his incorruptibility, his reliance upon God, his purity of life, his disinterestedness of all parties, his solid information and sound judgment, that made a character for the world, and challenges an equal for an example.

Recently, on the other side of the Atlantic, Lamartine, in replying to the Indians, said, “Erase the name of Michiavel and substitute that of Washington. We want not a conqueror or a politician, but a man of the people. The great wants of the age is a European Washington (applause). Though we fear to receive disastrous intelligence through the magic wires –telling of his downfall- we say to Lamartine, Go on in your high career; your high character is appreciated; still oppose the upraised banner of blood, and the reign of terror; still aim, by willing words, to gain willing hearts, and make persuasion do the work of fear.

While commending Washington to others, do not fail to imitate his virtues. I will not disturb this assembly by one word of political allusion; but I must say that there has never been a moment when two great leading principles of his should be more especially cherished and remembered than at this time. The first is the more complete, cordial, and indissoluble union of the States; the second, the separation and disentanglement of our own country from other countries. Let the column about to rise be at once a pledge and emblem of the perpetuation of the Union! (applause.) Let the foundation be laid; let the superstructure be reared; let every stone be raise in support of the union. Let us seize this occasion to renew our vows to the constitution, and let us contemplate the power that holds the stars of our confederacy in a glorious constellation forever! (applause, long continued). Proceed to the noble work for which you have assembled. Build the monument to the skies. You cannot overreach the loftiness of his principles; found it on the massive and eternal rock, you cannot make it more enduring than is his fame; construct it of Parian marble, you cannot make it purer and more spotless than was his life; exhaust on it the principles of ancient and modern art, you cannot make it more proportionate than was his character.

2012 We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution Results

2012-02-07T12:44:00.000-10:00

Ka`ahumanu Hale-First Circuit Court in Honolulu was bustling with activity on Saturday morning, February 4, 2012.

On that day the Hawaii high school state qualifying hearings were held as part of the annual We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution competition. Organized by State Coordinator Sandra Cashman, the event was sponsored by the Friends of the Hawaii Judiciary History Center and the Center for Civic Education.

For the third year Jeffrey Bingham Mead, NCHE Hawaii liaison and president of History Education Hawaii, served as a judge. Mead was paired with Robert Buss, executive director of the Hawai`i Council for the Humanities and Ret. Judge Gail C. Nakatani. Other judges included Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald of the Hawaii State Supreme Court, Dr. John Hart, professor at Hawaii Pacific University, Dr. Brian Richardson, professor at Windward Community College, and members of Hawai’i’s legal community.

We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution promotes civic competence and responsibility among the nation’s upper elementary and secondary students. The program enjoys the active participation of members of Congress, as well as support from educational, professional, business, and community organizations across the nation. Since the inception of the We the People program in 1987, more than 30 million students and 90,000 educators have participated in this innovative course of study.

The following schools sent competing teams: Kahuku High & Intermediate School, Kahuku (Jan Harney, teacher); Kealakehe High School, Kailua Kona, Hawaii Island (Ezra Witsman, teacher); Iolani School, Honolulu (Woodie Milks, teacher); Island Pacific Academy, Kapolei (Kori Shlachter, teacher). Two showcase teams from Hawaii Technology Academy, Waipahu (Collin Kennedy, teacher) and La`ie Elementary School, La`ie (Colleen Spring, teacher) also participated.

“Our team of judges,” Mead said, “chose to ask this challenging question: Although the states experimented with various models in writing their new constitutions, all of them included some basic principles. What were those basic principles and why were they important? How would you explain legislative supremacy and why did most states favor it? What ideas drawn from the natural rights philosophy were reflected in the new state constitution?”

The 2012 Hawaii winning team are from Kahuku High & Intermediate School (Jan Harney, teacher); Island Pacific Academy, Kapolei (Kori Shlachter, teacher); and Iolani School Team Red (Woodie Milks, teacher).

“On behalf of the National Council for History Education and my colleagues with History Education Hawaii I offer my congratulations to this years winners,” Mead said. “That includes the teachers who spent many hours helping these student teams prepare for this day. By being judged on understanding, constitutional application, reasoning and critical thinking, providing supporting evidence, responsiveness to challenging questions and active participation the importance of understanding the American Constitution was reinforced.”

Hawaii 1954: ‘Why We Americans Honor Abraham Lincoln.’

2012-02-04T14:20:00.000-10:00

In 1954 students at Lincoln Elementary School participated in an essay contest entitled, ‘Why We Americans Honor Abraham Lincoln.’ The contest was sponsored by the Lincoln Day Dinner Committee of the Oahu County Republican organization, reported the Honolulu Advertiser on January 25, 1954.

The Advertiser reported that all contestants were limited to 267 words, “the number Lincoln used in his Gettysburg Address.

The winner would receive a $25 U.S. Defense Bond as a prize.

The February 3, 1954 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser announced the contest winner.

“Diane Takamune, 10-year-old fifth grader at Lincoln Elementary School, who wrote ‘Abraham Lincoln was a truly great American,’ seemed pleasantly surprised yesterday when she was called to the school auditorium stage and told she was first place winner of a Lincoln essay contest.” Her mother was a second grade teacher at Lincoln School, and her father principal of Washington Intermediate School.

The second prize winner was 11-year-old Marilyn Wong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yan Sau Wong and Penny Ho, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ho. Both were sixth graders.

Diane Takamune wrote that, “we honor Abraham Lincoln because he was a fair, honest and kind person –he believed that all men are created equal.” She also said that the Gettysburg Address “was like a prayer.” “Abe was a kind man in all of his ways, at home, at work, and even in war.” Diane Takamune’s essay had 261 words.

Judges of the contest were Robert M. Faulker, district superintendent for Honolulu schools; William T.S. Wong, principal of Lincoln School, and Mrs. Byrd J. Lacy, vice principal.

Common-Place publishes its latest edition

2012-01-31T07:36:00.006-10:00

The American Antiquarian Society has announced the publication of its latest issue of Common-place.

The history of science in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America takes center stage. Ranging from the influences of femininity and masculinity on the study of flora and fauna, to amateur naturalists bordering on the obsessive who compiled their very own collections of specimens not destined for museums, this edition of Common-place has it all.

So join us and point your browser to Common-place and enjoy!

Chicago Tribune: 'The term paper is disappearing'

2012-01-27T20:41:00.002-10:00

The term paper is disappearing: Some schools see rite of passage as quaint or unworkable amid growing class sizes

By Tara Malone, Chicago Tribune reporter

January 27, 2012

The high school research paper, that academic rite of passage riddled with footnotes and anchored by a bibliography, has faded from many classrooms, a consequence of larger class sizes that leave teachers with more students and less time.

Several Chicago-area high schools have dialed back the paper's length requirements and instead emphasize the research process and weighing of sources, a critical skill in the digital era, teachers say.

Others skip the extended assignment entirely in favor of shorter, intermittent papers, while some allow students to showcase their research with PowerPoint presentations and Web pages.

But students could miss out on key research and writing skills that help them succeed in college as a result, contend several historians and professors.

"I figure if you write a serious history essay…you've broken the ice of scholarship," said Will Fitzhugh, the founder and one-man force behind The Concord Review, which spotlights the best high school research papers. "But we're sending kids to college without that experience."

Timothy Gilfoyle, chairman of the history department at Loyola University Chicago, estimated that fewer than 10 percent of his students wrote a history research paper in high school that drew on primary sources and spanned 10 pages.

So to give freshmen a taste of historical research early in college, Gilfoyle assigns a 10- to 12-page paper as a take-home final exam in his freshman survey class. He offers to read and edit an early draft of the essay for students willing to rewrite and rework it for their final grade.

"They are less capable of writing long papers of 10 pages or more. It often requires more remediation on our part to explain and encourage them to submit rough drafts," said Gilfoyle.

Some Chicago-area high school teachers say they are emphasizing more modern methods of presenting research.

"I can't honestly say we are still engaged in that old-style, 12-plus-page literary research paper," said Jack Bowyer, chairman of the English department at Barrington High School. "We allow for it to take other approaches."

While some teachers in the northwest suburban school still assign a literary analysis that requires students to consult sources, develop an argument and write at length, others ask teens to research an issue drawn from their own surroundings, interview experts and write with a more informal tone about their conclusions. Whatever the final format they use, Barrington 11th-graders must complete the research project to pass English.

Students who still are tasked with writing—and rewriting—term papers confront the assignments in English more often than history.

Lake Park High School recently revived a research paper requirement after more than a decade after graduates of the Roselle school said they wished they had done more research and in-depth writing while there.

In the past, 11th-graders who failed to submit 15 to 20 pages of research and analysis risked failing the junior English course, according to district policy at the time.

"It was an albatross," English curriculum leader James Salter recalls. "I remember being the new guy on the block, and I kind of looked around and said, 'Is this like a root canal for everybody else?' "

So in 1998, Lake Park dropped the tried-and-true term paper, allowing students to present their research with speeches, PowerPoints or even Web pages. The research paper did not return in any great length until this fall, when seniors were required to write a five- to 10-page document in their English courses. This spring, they'll write another one.

Other schools are proud to have held on to the time-honored term paper.

"I think the research paper is so traditional it's cutting edge," said history teacher Paul Horton at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Research papers by four Lab students were featured in the two most recent editions of The Concord Review in what Fitzhugh called a rare feat.

New Trier High School assigns a junior theme paper that spans six to eight weeks of research with intermittent deadlines, assignments and teacher conferences, English department chairman John Cadwell said. Students consult a blend of primary and secondary sources, and no, Wikipedia does not cut it. Length varies, but most final works hover from six to 12 pages.

Cadwell said teachers routinely demythologize the assignment for incoming students who've heard accounts from older classmates or even parents who attended the North Shore powerhouse.

Copyright © 2012, Chicago Tribune

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: History Now: American Reform Movements

2012-01-25T12:24:00.002-10:00

We've learned that the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has released a new edition of History Now, a quarterly online journal for history teachers and students.

In this issue, six leading scholars illustrate how the desire to reform has influenced nearly every facet of American society, from Transcendentalism to Woman Suffrage:

Transcendentalism and Social Reform, by Philip F. Gura.

Education Reform in Antebellum America, by Barbara Winslow.

Sylvester Graham and Antebellum Diet Reform, by Cindy R. Lobel.

Women and the Progressive Movement, by Miriam Cohen.

Modern Women Persuading Modern Men: The Nineteenth Amendment and the Movement for Woman Suffrage, 1916-1920, by Jonathan Soffer.

The Transnational Nature of the Progressive Movement, by Daniel T. Rodgers.

The Institute web site also features a number of related podcasts, for example, this one with Blair Ruble delivered at New York University in 2010.

Call for Papers: Social Science History Association (SSHA) meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 1-4, 2012.

2012-01-23T22:12:00.002-10:00

Call for Papers: Social Science History Association (SSHA) meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 1-4, 2012.

Its theme this year is "Histories of Capitalism." They explicitly want to draw on an interdisciplinary group of scholars who hail from different institutions.

Deadline for abstracts: March 1, 2012.

The 2012 Program Committee seeks panel proposals that focus on Histories of Capitalism. But it also encourages, as usual, papers and panels on all aspects of social science history.

Dramatic developments in the contemporary world – including the current world economic crisis; the rapid economic growth of China; the shocking rise of income inequality in the United States, or the looming danger of climate change – argue strongly for putting the history of capitalism at the center of our agenda in social science history. These contemporary developments point to capitalism’s enduring enigma: it promises the utopian possibility of overcoming material want but creates barriers, inequalities, and dystopian disasters en route.

Features or aspects of capitalism often figure as causes or effects in studies of a wide range of topics close to the heart of social science historians: urbanization, labor struggles, cultural change, the demographic transition, gender and racial inequalities, migration, agrarian movements, or economic growth, to cite a few key examples. Yet capitalism usually figures as a context – either avowed or unavowed – of the phenomena we are attempting to grasp. Only occasionally do we reflect explicitly about the specific dynamics of capitalism as an evolving system or about how these dynamics shape possibilities for social and political action.

As the plural ‘histories’ in our theme’s title affirms, there are various kinds of histories of capitalism: macro and micro histories; Marxian, neo-classical, Weberian, Schumpeterian, Polanyian, and neo-institutionalist histories; cultural, economic, political, and social histories; histories informed by anthropology, political science, literature, geography, economics, sociology, philosophy, and of course history itself; histories of capitalism’s fundamental movements and of its manifold effects. Perhaps new histories will emerge at these meetings…

The Social Science History Association, with its rich tradition of interdisciplinary research, is an ideal forum for exploring all aspects of the history of capitalism both as an enduring intellectual problem and as a burning issue of contemporary politics and culture.

Concord Review: Special Women's History Edition Published

2012-01-23T22:03:00.002-10:00

Will Fitzhugh, founder of The Concord Review, writes:

"I have assembled a special issue of history research papers on women's history by secondary students published over several years in The Concord Review. They range over women's history topics from Canada, China, India, Mexico, and of course, the United States. The authors came from Alberta, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Washington State.

"These are among the best history papers we have ever published. Of course, your purchase from Amazon will help us to keep offering this unique opportunity to diligent high school students of history, but I also really hope you like the papers, and I would love to hear from you if you do."

Click this link to the Amazon site.

The Concord Review, Inc., was founded in March 1987 to recognize and to publish exemplary history essays by high school students in the English-speaking world.

With the Winter 2011 issue (#89), 978 research papers (average 5,500 words, with endnotes and bibliography) have been published from authors in forty-six states and thirty-eight other countries. The Concord Review remains the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic work of secondary students.

NOMINATE A 7-12 TEACHER TO WIN THE $10,000 NATIONAL HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

2012-01-20T07:54:00.002-10:00

Do you know an outstanding teacher passionate about American history? The Gilder Lehrman Institute is seeking nominees for the National History Teacher of the Year Award.

All full-time educators who teach American history are eligible.

The Nomination Deadline for the 2012 award, honoring middle and high school teachers, is February 1, 2012.

To Nominate:

• Submit the name and email of an outstanding teacher.

• Nominations of K–12 teachers are accepted throughout the year

• Nominations can be made by a student, parent, colleague, principal or school administrator familiar with the teacher's work.

To nominate a teacher and learn more about the award, visit National History Teacher of the Year Award

The award is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Preserve America, and HISTORY®.

One winner will be chosen from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, US Territories, and Department of Defense schools. These winners will be considered for the national award.

Contact the National History Teacher of the Year coordinator at nhtoy@gilderlehrman.org or via phone at 646-366-9666 x28.

NCHE: South Carolina and the Civil Rights Struggle Conference

2012-01-13T08:03:00.002-10:00

We've received news that the National Council for History Education, South Carolina State University, and Richland School District Two will be presenting, "South Carolina and the Civil Rights Struggle Conference."

It is scheduled for February 23-24, 2012.

Registration is only $40.

To learn more about this event go to this web link today.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday

2012-01-13T05:54:00.001-10:00

The annual Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday will be commemorated this coming Monday, January 16.

History Education Hawaii will be closed for the holiday and reopen on Tuesday, January 17.

Annual Hawaii We the People State Competition 2012

2012-01-10T06:35:00.002-10:00

History Education Hawaii has heard that a We the People State Competition is scheduled to be held on Saturday morning, February 4, 2012 at the First Circuit Court in Honolulu.

State Coordinator Sandra Cashman wrote, "Although the Center for Civic Education lost its funding for this year due to federal budget constraints, I'm still serving as the State Coordinator for We the People."

She is working with Executive Director Matt Mattice and Education Specialist Keahe Davis at the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center at Aliiolani Hale.

"The Center is working to restore funding in the future," writes Sandra, "and meanwhile most of the state programs are carrying on to the best of their abilities."

The Center is hosting a national final from April 27 to 30 at George Mason University. However, there will be no financial support for attending teams.

Judges are needed for the Hawaii state competition. If you're able to do so, please contact Sandra Cashman.

Hillsdale College: Free Online Course on United States Constitution

2012-01-10T06:04:00.003-10:00

Hillsdale College is offering a free online course on the United States Constitution.

Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution is a ten-week online course commencing February 20, 2012.

Featured Hillsdale College lecturers are:

Larry P. Arnn, President and Professor of Politics.

Thomas G. West, Professor of Politics.

Will Morrisey, William and Patricia LaMothe Professor of the U.S. Constitution.

Ronald Pestritto, Charles and Lucia Shipley Professor of the American Constitution.

Kevin Portteus, Assistant Professor of Politics.

David Bobb, Director, Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship.

Tuskegee Airmen Symposium

2012-01-07T13:04:00.004-10:00

News has arrived from the Pacific Aviation Museum that the Tuskegee Airmen Symposium will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012. It will be in the Museum Theater 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The event is free to Museum members and included in the price of general admission for non-members.

Honoring the African-American aviators of WWII, speakers and panelists will present stories of the “Red Tails” including:

Dr. Dorothy Goldsborough, University of Hawaii Manoa

Tuskegee Airman Phillip Baham

MSgt Chandra Mark, president, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.

Artis-Baham-Goldsborough (Hawaii) Chapter

LtCol Brian Hill, Commander, 99th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Red Tail the documentary film will be shown.

“Their goal was to prove that Black men could fly and fight as well as any other American. But their first battle was to fight for the most basic human rights of dignity and respect. With their aircraft tails painted red to identify themselves as the “Red Tails,” they carried the hopes and dreams of 13 million African-American countrymen into battle.”

Reminder: 2012 NCHE National Conference at Kansas City, MO. March 22-24

2012-01-05T17:45:00.006-10:00

Hawaii history teachers! Historians! Scholars and students near and far!

This is a reminder that there is still time to register for the 2012 annual conference of the National Council for History Education.

The 2012 NCHE National Conference will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, March 22-24. Register at this link.

Note: lower pre-registration rates end on January 31, 2012!

1929 Stock Market Crash! Superman! Attack on Pearl Harbor! What Do They Have in Common? Find Out at: Congressional Investigations: A Mirror on America. This is just one of nine exciting enrichment excursions at the conference. Sign up when you register!

Crafting Freedom: Black Artisans, Entrepreneurs, and Abolitionists of the Antebellum South

2012-01-05T17:44:00.004-10:00

Crafting Freedom: Black Artisans, Entrepreneurs, and Abolitionists of the Antebellum South, aka Crafting Freedom is a highly acclaimed workshop for K-12 educators on 19th century African-American history.

It will be offered twice in the summer of 2012:

* Session I. June 21-26.

* Session II. July 12-17.

Application deadline: March 1, 2012.

Summer Teacher Workshops: $1200 stipend

This professional development opportunity is part of the popular National Endowment for the Humanities (|NEH) Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop series.

Accepted participants receive a $1200 expenses stipend. The workshop features seminars by top scholars and teacher mentors, visits to "off-the-beaten-track" historic sites and archives, dramatic performances, collegial learning in a quiet, comfortable setting and much more!

To apply or for more information go to this link.

You may also contact Laurel C. Sneed, workshop director, at laurelsneed@gmail.com.

NEH Summer Institute for Teachers: The Early Republic and Indian Country, 1812-1833

2012-01-05T17:42:00.002-10:00

The Early Republic and Indian Country, 1812-1833

NEH Summer Institute for Teachers

The Newberry Library, Chicago

July 16, 2012 - August 10, 2012

Co-Directors:

Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director, McNickle Center, Newberry Library

Frank Valadez, Executive Director, Chicago Metro History Education Center

This summer institute will examine the transformation of the lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River from “Indian Country” to “U.S. territory,” from North to South, between 1812 and 1833. The Newberry Library has long been in the forefront of the study of Native America, in both its collections and sponsored scholarship, and it is the perfect place to host an institute that bridges the divide between American Indian history and traditional narratives of U.S. history by exploring the borderlands and backcountry of the trans-Appalachian west.

Participating teachers and educational professionals will benefit not only by working with top-flight scholars and the resources available at the Newberry Library, and in other archives and museums in the Chicago area, but also by providing an opportunity to investigate more deeply an all-too-often overlooked topic in American history—the cultural, political, social, and economic interactions among the diverse groups of people who occupied and travelled through Indian Country during the era of the Early Republic.

Faculty

R. David Edmunds, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Texas at Dallas

John W. Hall, Ph.D., Professor of U.S. Military History, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ann Durkin Keating, Ph.D., Professor of History, North Central College

Rachel Rooney, Director, Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Susan Sleeper-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of History, Michigan State University

Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director, McNickle Center, Newberry Library

Frank Valadez, Executive Director, Chicago Metro History Education Center

Application Instructions

Completed applications should be submitted to the project director and should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012.

Successful applicants will be notified of their selection on April 2, 2012and they will have until Friday, April 6 to accept or decline the offer. All will receive a stipend of $3,300, an amount determined by the NEH. Stipends are intended to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location, books and other research expenses, and living expenses for the period spent in residence.

Applicants are asked to complete the Application Cover Sheet online at the NEH’s website. Please mail hard copies of all other required materials (three copies each of the cover sheet, a résumé, and an application essay, along with two letters of recommendation) to the D’Arcy McNickle Center.

Before you apply, please read the Institute Description (Letter from the Directors) and the NEH Participant Application Instructions . Applicants are responsible for reading the institute description and the application guidelines prior to submitting an application.

For information click this link or contact:

Jade Cabagnot

D'Arcy McNickle Center

The Newberry Library

60 W. Walton Street

Chicago, IL 60610

312-255-3564

cabagnotj@newberry.org

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This institute is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. The Newberry is an independent library for research and reference in the humanities.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: 2012 SUMMER SEMINARS

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2012 Summer Seminar Series for Teachers.

Please mark your calendars with the following important dates:

February 15, 2012: Deadline for Summer Seminar applications.

March 1, 2012: Deadline for NEH Landmarks of American History.

March 15, 2012: Notification sent out to Summer Seminar applications.

April 2, 2012: Notification sent out to NEH Landmarks of American History applicants.

The Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminars are designed to support and enhance participants' commitment to high-quality history teaching.

Public, parochial, and independent school teachers as well as National Park Service rangers are eligible.

These week-long seminars, offered at colleges and universities nationwide and in the United Kingdom, provide intellectual stimulation and a collaborative context for developing practical resources and strategies to take back to the classroom.

Participants will have the opportunity to receive three hours of graduate credit in American history. They will also receive books, room and board, and a stipend to offset travel costs to the host institution.

Questions? E-mail seminars@gilderlehrman.org or call 646-366-9666.

Go to this link for a complete listing of seminar offerings.

Historical Retrospect and Happy New Year from History Education Hawaii

2011-12-30T13:50:00.001-10:00

On behalf of Hawaii’s lovers of history and advocates for historical literacy we wish all, near and far, Hau’oli Makahiki Hou, Happy New Year.

The tradition of reflecting on the onset of a new year began in Hawaii long ago. As an example we offer our loyal readers around the world a glimpse into this tradition. The following text is a transcript of an editorial from Honolulu’s ‘The Polynesian,’ the official newspaper of the Hawaiian royal government. Edited by Edwin O. Hall, these remarks were published on Saturday, January 3, 1852:

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO –The old year, with its joys and sorrows, its fluctuations and changes, has vanished into the past, and the sound of its retreating footsteps is lost in the din and hurry of the busy present. It can never be recalled, nor can its record be effaced. Whatever that record may be, in regard to each of our readers, it is sealed up, to remain unopened, till the last great day, for which all other days are made. Let a review of the past make us wider and better for the future.

The New Year opened upon us with a clear sky, and a summer temperature. To the residents from colder climes, the seasons seemed reversed, and June appeared reposing in the arms of January. But this was all the more fortunate for those who desired to keep up the good New York custom of calling upon friends, and greeting them with the compliments of the season; and it was improved accordingly. A large number were out, and we have heard of many who made from thirty to forty calls during the day, and a happy custom it is, and one becoming more and more domesticated in the city of Honolulu.

Other portions of the community enjoyed themselves in riding, feasting, &c. We have seldom seen the streets more crowded with horsemen then on the first of January, 1852. Everybody seemed to be mounted, and determined on enjoyment. Natives, and foreigners generally, made a holiday of it, and appeared determined to make the first day of the year, at least, a “happy” one.

We hope our readers, out of town, participated in the pleasures of the metropolis; to them, and to all, we wish a “HAPPY NEW YEAR.”

Holidays have their uses and beneficial tendencies. When properly observed, they renew friendships, and break up the tedious round of every-day cares and labors. The mental and physical tone is renewed, and becomes more elastic under the influence of those social enjoyments, of which social man is so susceptible. In this view of the case, we were pleased to notice the very general suspension of business in Honolulu, on New Years’ Day, especially, after ten or eleven o’clock, and have no doubt that the recreation thus enjoyed will, very generally, better qualify men for the “battle of life” and its arduous toils, in which they have now fairly commenced another year’s campaign.

History Education Hawaii New Year Holiday Schedule

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History Education Hawaii, Inc., will close for the New Year holiday on Friday, December 30, 2011 at noon.

As always, you are free to contact via e-mail at anytime over the holiday.

Business will resume on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 9:00 a.m., Hawaii Standard Time.

Funding for Teaching American History Grant Program Eliminated

2011-12-27T10:06:00.002-10:00

Just before the Christmas break we received the following news from NCHE Executive Director Peter Seibert:

I am sorry to report the omnibus spending bill for FY 2012 was approved by both the Senate and House and has been signed into law. As a result, funding has been eliminated for the Teaching American History Grant program.

There will not be any new grants or any continuation grants to be authorized for next year. Current grants,

that have been previously funded, will continue until their scheduled end.

The battle to save TAH funding has been long and arduous and I want to thank the more than 350 advocacy team members nationwide who have worked so hard to keep this program alive and funded. Your voices were heard! It was only the current overwhelming economic tidal wave that ultimately ended future funding.

For 2012, our focus will be in establishing a new program in history education professional development as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. We believe this has some real potential and early discussions with key staffers suggests some interest in including this as part of the Programs of National Significance.

In early 2012, I will be back in touch with a game plan as to how we can make this happen. Stay tuned and happy holidays.

Peter S. Seibert

Executive Director

National Council for History Education

History Bee and Bowl Results: Congratulations!

2011-12-27T07:16:00.002-10:00

Iolani School in Honolulu was the setting for the first-ever held statewide National History Bowl and Bee. The event, sponsored by History Education Hawaii, Inc., an allied organization of the National Council for History Education, was held on December 17. It was organized and facilitated by Dave Madden, founder of the National History Bowl and Bee.

Participating schools included Waianae High School, Iolani School and a student from the island of Kauai representing Hawaii Technology Academy.

The National History Bowl is an interscholastic team history competition with a quiz bowl format. From Oct. 2011-Mar. 2012, students across the nation are scheduled compete in teams at the regional-level tournaments, with the top teams qualifying for the National Championships in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 28, 2012. The National History Bowl is a competition for teams of students.

The History Bowl competition consisted of teams of up to four students.

Students competed with buzzers in a system of four sets of questions. In addition to rote memorization, the questions sometimes required students to utilize critical and analytical thinking skills to establish connections from pieces of information to correctly answer the questions.

In the Varsity Bowl Division the 'Iolani team of Ken-Ben Chao (13), Keke Liu (13), Jason Loui (13), and Michael Mow (13) won in the final round by beating the 'Iolani team of Courtney Kobata (13), Eden Koo (13), James Teruya (13), and Nick Yim (13).

The Junior Varsity Division is for students in tenth grade or below. Here the 'Iolani team of Kenneth Lee (14), Nick Lee (15), and Spencer Oshita (15) defeat their opponent, Andy Anderton of Hawaii Technology Academy.

In the History Bee students compete as individuals to answer questions. In the Varsity Bee Division Ken-Ben Chao (13) won the first place plaque by defeating Jason Loui (13) in the final round. In the Junior Varsity Division, Kenneth Lee (14) defeated Matthew Beattie-Callahan (14) for the title.

The team is coached by 'Iolani History teacher, John Bickel and plans to attend the national competition in Washington, D.C., April 27 -29.

The competition was attended by NCHE Hawaii Liaison Jeffrey Bingham Mead.

“This is just the beginning,” Mead said. “These competing students were among the most enthused about the subject of history I’ve met in some time. They were passionate throughout the competition, the questions and about history. Their instructors have clearly imparted in these students a love for the subject. I look forward to more competitions in the years ahead.”

HEH Welcomes Dr. Dave Wang to its Board of Directors

2011-12-27T07:15:00.003-10:00

History Education Hawaii, Inc., announces that Dave Wang, Ph.D., has joined its Board of Directors.

Dr. Wang is the manager of Hollis Library, Queens, NY, and an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. In 2000, Wang was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Arizona in 2000.

In recent years, Dr. Wang has focused his studies on the cultural exchanges and influences between China and the founding of the United States of America. He has achieved national and international in the field.

Dr. Wang has taught graduate courses at St. John’s University, including U.S. - China Relations and the United States and East Asia.

Professor Wang has published some works in the field, including the United States and Northeast China, Taiwan and George Bush’s Mainland China Policy, and The China Trade. These include:

Asia Times. Speaking Freely: With China We Trade. March 11, 2009

The U. S .Founders and China

Dr. Wang delivered a presentation, "Benjamin Franklin and Confucius Moral Philosophy," as part of the Spring 2007 Academic Lecture Series, St. John’s University, Queens Campus. Dr. Wang examined how Benjamin Franklin used Confucius moral philosophy to cultivate his own virtue and how he encouraged others to improve their virtue.

Most recently, Dr. Dave Wang was published in the Fall 2011 edition of Education About Asia, “THE US FOUNDERS AND CHINA: The Origins of Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States.”

“Dr. Wang’s research and scholarship has added a new and exciting illuminations into the founding of the United States of America, the influence of China’s civilization and traditions on the founders. This is something that should be taught in our American and Chinese history courses,” said Jeffrey Bingham Mead, NCHE Hawaii liaison, co-founder and president of History Education Hawaii.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

2011-12-25T11:13:00.002-10:00

From our house in Hawaii to yours wherever that may be, History Education Hawaii extends to all our sincerest aloha and holiday wishes.

We will re-open again on Monday, December 26.

Guest Submission: Carrie Oakley of OnlineColleges.org

2011-12-14T12:35:00.002-10:00

The Best Undergraduate History Programs in the United States

Are you interested in earning a Bachelor’s Degree in History, or do you teach a student or know someone who is interested? If you want the opportunity to go far with a degree in history, consider attending a university or college with a top-ranked history department.

The following schools are top-ranked when it comes to their department of history and their undergraduate history programs, according to a 2009 ranking by U.S. News and World Report. Even if you are a history professor, this list could offer insight into where the top professors go to teach.

Many of these schools are also coincidentally among the top-ranked universities in the nation. Earning a degree or teaching at one of these prestigious colleges would be an honor and a privilege for anyone who loves the subject of history.

1. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

2. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

3. University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California.

4. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

5. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

6. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

7. Columbia University, New York, New York.

8. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

9. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

10. University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

To learn about what you need to do to qualify for admittance to one of these universities, visit the admissions section located on each college’s corresponding website. You can also find information about how to receive financial aid and scholarships for tuition and board payment in the admissions section, as well.

Carrie Oakley is editor and writer for Online Universities. She likes to write articles about many topics of interest, including education and career planning.

Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

2011-12-11T20:57:00.002-10:00

The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July 9–27, 2012. This dynamic learning experience for K-12 teachers will explore how Native Americans and Euro-Americans have adapted to the Upper Mississippi River Valley over the past 13,500 years, and how archaeology leads to an understanding of how human cultures change and adapt through time.

The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips to archaeological sites, hands-on laboratory and workshop activities, demonstrations, and classroom activities. Individual projects will help participants tailor the content to their own teaching areas. NEH Summer Scholars receive a $2,700 stipend to help offset their expenses.

Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments our 2012 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more.

Application and other information on the Institute will be available online at this link.

The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.

National Humanities Center: Spring 2012 Live Online Professional Development Offerings

2011-12-04T22:29:00.003-10:00

The National Humanities Center has announced its Spring 2012 Online Professional Development Seminars for History and Literature Teachers. Hawaii classroom educators are strongly urged to enroll today.

The cost for each seminar is only $35.00. Please e-mail Caryn Koplik for special rates.

A list of assigned readings will be made available prior to each seminar. Assigned texts are provided free of charge and in electronic formats.

The National Humanities Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, is the country's only independent institute for advanced study in all branches of the humanities. Since 1984, it has been offering rigorous, content-based professional development programs for high school teachers.

Spring 2012 seminars are:

The Role of Medical Care in the Civil War: The Hospital and the Battlefield.

Leader: Margaret Humphreys, Duke University and NHC Fellow.

Thursday, February 2, 2012.

Teaching Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield and Adolescent Rebellion.

Leader: Grace Elizabeth Hale, University of Virginia and NHC Fellow.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Nation, Race, and Genocide: Terror in the 20^th Century (Co-sponsored by the National Council for History Education)

Leader: Jonathan Edwards, Northern Kentucky University.

April 19, 2012

Using Art in History and Literature Classes: What’s the Story? Parts 1 & 2.

Leaders: Ashley Weinard & John Coffey, North Carolina Museum of Art.

Tuesday, April 24 & Thursday, April 26, 2012.

Spain and Its North American Empire in the Eighteenth Century: The Other Revolution.

Leaders: Cynthia Radding, UNC-Chapel Hill

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Do You Have News We Can Use?

2011-12-01T08:40:00.003-10:00

Do you have news we and others concerned about history education can use? News of symposiums, conferences, lectures, gatherings, resources, publications? Articles? The list goes on.

History Education Hawaii is an allied organization of the National Council for History Education. Our news-blog is dedicated to providing the most up-to-date information for history educators, students, historians and history buffs near and far.

We welcome your submissions! Let's hear from you! Please contact us anytime at historyeducationhawaii@gmail.com.

NEH Announces Summer 2012 Seminars, Institutes for Teachers

2011-11-27T21:15:00.002-10:00

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Education Programs has announced its Summer 2012 seminars and institutes for teachers.

Application Deadline (postmarked): March 1, 2012.

NEH Summer Scholars are awarded fixed stipends to help cover travel costs, books and other research expenses, and living expenses. Stipend amounts are based on the length of the NEH Summer Seminar or Institute: $2,100 (2 weeks), $2,700 (3 weeks), $3,300 (4 weeks), or $3,900 (5 weeks).
Full-time teachers in American K-12 schools, whether public, charter, independent, or religiously affiliated, as well as home-schooling parents, are eligible to apply to NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes. Americans teaching abroad are also eligible if a majority of the students they teach are American citizens. Librarians and school administrators may also be eligible.

You may request information about as many projects as you like, but you may apply to no more than two NEH Summer Programs (seminars, institutes, or Landmarks Workshops) and you may attend only one. Eligibility criteria differ between NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes and NEH Landmarks Workshops.

Please note: Up to two spaces in each seminar and three spaces in each institute are available for current graduate students who intend to pursue careers in K-12 teaching.
For a comprehensive list of seminars and institutes go to this link.

Common-Place publishes its Interim November 2011 edition

2011-11-24T18:43:00.002-10:00

“From the royal courts of eighteenth-century France and the kitchens of colonial America, to the enduring friendship between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, “Common-place” has it all.

"Point your browser to this link to come and explore the relationships between food, architecture, France, democracy, and the Founding Fathers in this month’s issue."

Happy Thanksgiving! Hau'oli La Ho'omakika'i!

2011-11-24T14:01:00.002-10:00

From our house in Hawaii to yours wherever it may be, we at History Education Hawaii send our best wishes, sincerest aloha and Hau'oli La Ho'omakika'i (pronounced how-oh-lee la ho-o-ma-key-kah-ee).

Since this is the time on year when we welcome many visitors from afar please check this link on Thanksgiving in Hawaii.

We found a New York Times article published in 2003 about the holiday in the Islands, and how it is focused on a blending of traditions. Go to this link to read it.

Lastly, we call your attention to an article by Thomas Fleming in the Thanksgiving Eve (November 23) edition of the Wall Street Journal:

With Americans in uniform serving all over the world today, the idea of them celebrating Thanksgiving abroad does not strike anyone as unusual. With Americans locked in a world war in 1942, it certainly was.

The hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops fighting the Axis powers in North Africa, the South Pacific and Europe celebrated the first global Thanksgiving as best they could, in the steel bulkheads of a warship's mess or the canvas of a jungle tent. England—teeming with American soldiers and sailors and airmen, ready to defend our ally against a possible German invasion and beginning preparations for an assault on Nazi-conquered Europe—was another matter.

Read the full text at this link, and enjoy. We feature this with those in the armed forces in our hopes and prayers.

PBS Lesson Plans: The Great War

2011-11-10T05:57:00.002-10:00

Tomorrow is Veterans Day in the United States. PBS features a site with lesson plans that will enrich history classroom learning on the war that led to Decoration Day.

The lesson plans offered in this section are designed to enrich classroom study of World War I and were designed for middle and high school students. Each lesson could also be modified to be conducted at home. The lessons only reference content that exists on the Great War site, not the program.

Each lesson includes learning objectives, related national content standards, a list of tools and materials needed, the time necessary to complete each lesson, extensions and adaptations, assessment recommendations, additional online resources and the teaching strategy.

Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives of Hawaiian Kingdom Announced

2011-11-05T10:49:00.003-10:00

Today's Honolulu Star Advertiser features news of a new digital archive of documents relating to the Hawaiian Kingdom, Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives. Ka Huli Ao Digital Archives is dedicated to the collection and dissemination of digitized documents of legal, historic and cultural significance for Hawai‘i.

"In collaboration with the Hawai‘i State Archives we have amassed a collection of approximately three hundred thousand images of historic documents ranging from the Kingdom of Hawai‘i's original Constitution to the journals of the proceedings of the House of Nobles. In an effort to create greater access and greater functionality of the collection the images are being transcribed or processed using optical character recognition, and the resulting text is being mounted, along with the document images, on this website."

Gilder Lehrman Institute's Saturday Academies Program a Winner!

2011-11-03T10:04:00.002-10:00

History Education Hawaii sends its congratulations to the The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

We've received word that its Saturday Academies Program has been awarded one of the highest honors for youth programs in the United States. "We have been chosen as one of twelve winners of the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award (NAHYP) by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and its partner agencies: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities."

"The award recognizes outstanding after-school and out-of-school programs that transform the lives of young people. Award recipients exemplify how extracurricular arts and humanities programs enrich the lives of young people throughout the country by teaching new skills, nurturing creativity, and building self-confidence."

Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama presented the NAHYP award at the White House to the Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies Program on November 2, 2011.

Gilder Lehrman President James G. Basker and student representative Robert Sandoval accepted the award.

The Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies Program was selected as one of twelve winners from 470 nominations.

For more information about National Arts and Humanities Youth Program, please visit its website.

Pacific Aviation Museum's 5th Anniversary Celebration!

2011-11-01T08:50:00.002-10:00

The Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor will be holding its 5th year anniversary on Thursday, December 1, 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Kick up your heels, rub a few shoulders, dine, and dance. All for a good cause. Join us as we commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, honor its heroes, and celebrate our 5th Anniversary.

Don your brightest Aloha attire. Chef Chai of Chai’s Island Bistro will dazzle with festive fare. The PBS Little Big Band will swing it. And you’ll enjoy our fabulous Live and Silent Auctions which support our Museum Education and Restoration programs.

Go to this link to buy your tickets today!

November 2011 Edition of NCHE's Newsletter

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We're delighted to inform our readers that the November 2011 newsletter published by the National Council for History Education is now available!

A sampling of its contents include:

The Gag Rule: Congress & the Voice of the People, by Charles Flanagan and Christine Blackerby.

A Secret Agreement Between Pirate Hunters, 1696, by Chelesa Van der Gaag of the Gilder Lehrman Institute.

Students Facing Historical Turning Points, by Tom Heuertz.

Staying Current in World History, by Steven Buenning of William Fremd High School, Palatine, Illinois.

This edition also features a lesson plan by the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places program. It subject: The Hoover Dam.

There's much more in this month's edition. Would you like to receive the NCHE newsletter? Consider joining and supporting NCHE today. Click this link to join!

National Air and Space Museum: Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace History October 28

2011-10-26T09:52:00.002-10:00

You can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. How do you evaluate the reliability of online information?

Join the National Air and Space Museum for an interactive online conference developed especially for teachers and secondary students. Historians and educators from the Museum, and guests from the Department of the Navy and National History Day, will demonstrate critical thinking skills they use to evaluate information.

Click this link to register today! And, click this link for the program.

An Evening with General Chuck Yeager: Breaking the Sound Barrier November 3 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

2011-10-26T09:42:00.002-10:00

One of the most monumental aviators in American history General Chuck Yeager will present a talk on Thursday, November 3, 6:00 to 8:00pm in Hangar 37 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.

"General Yeager is a long time supporter of the Museum and we are honored he has returned to Hawaii to help the Museum. He will share his flying experiences with our members and guests," said Executive Director Kenneth DeHoff.

General Yeager is considered a living legend in aviation, the first person to break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947. His daring aviation feats set the bar for pilots everywhere and rocketed the United States ahead in worldwide aerospace technology, an advantage the U.S. still holds today.

For more information on the General: www.ChuckYeager.com.

Gen. Yeager's presentation starts promptly at 6pm, followed by cocktails and pupu reception. The cost is $25 for Museum members and $35 for non-members.

Interested in becoming a Museum member? Click Here to join. Reservations are essential to attend. Please call 808-441-1007 or email SpecialEvents@PacificAviationMuseum.org.

Common-Place publishes its October 2011 edition

2011-10-20T12:39:00.002-10:00

We're pleased to announce to our readers that Common-place, an online journal from the American Antiquarian Society, is now available.

This month’s Common-place brings past and present together with essays focusing on corporations’ rights to intellectual property, the curious lawsuit filed against freemasons in West Virginia, and one artist’s quest to illustrate every single page of Moby Dick.

Purists – or readers who need a break from the twenty-first century – can take a peak at the heartfelt fan mail sparked by Susanna Warner’s antebellum tear-jerker, The Wide, Wide World, or ponder the cartoons, engravings, and paintings inspired by the maimed bodies of Civil War veterans.

What are you waiting for? Point your browser to Common-place and get reading!

American Historical Association: Registration Open for 2012 Conference in Chicago

2011-10-09T12:29:00.002-10:00

The 126th annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be held January 5–8, 2012, in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott Downtown, the Sheraton Chicago, and the Westin Chicago River North.

The theme for the 2012 conference is Communities and Networks. Go to this link to learn more.

With 257 sessions, the program for this meeting is one of the largest ever assembled by the Program Committee. It is the AHA's 19th annual meeting in Chicago, the first having been held in 1893.

Many of the profession's most distinguished members will be present to deliver papers and more than 1,500 scholars will participate. In addition, more than four dozen specialized affiliated societies will meet in conjunction with the AHA.

News from HPU's World History Association of Hawaii

2011-10-08T11:22:00.002-10:00

Hawaii Pacific University, with the support of a National Endowment for Humanities grant and with the cooperation of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, will host two programs designed to provide the public with insight in to the deliberations of the APEC representatives meeting in Honolulu next month.

These two programs will also provide teachers in Hawaii with the means to bring APEC affairs into their classrooms.

The first program is offered on Saturday, from 9:30 to 1:00 October 15, 2011 with workshop content supplied by the World History Association of Hawaii (WHAH).

The second program is offered on Monday, October 17 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm as part of HPU's NEH-supported "Evening with the Humanities" lecture series.

Both programs will include a talk on “The Asian Resurgence in Historical Perspective” by Dr. Craig Lockard, the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor Emeritus from the Department of History and the interdisciplinary Department of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Dr. Lockard's most recent books and monographs include Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History (2010) and Southeast Asia in World History (2009).

Both programs are open to public. Adult admission to Saturday's program is secured by a two -year membership to the WHAH ($10.00), with students admitted free.

The Monday evening program is free of charge.

Both programs will be held on HPU's downtown campus in Warmer Auditorium, Penthouse Level, 1060 Bishop Street, Honolulu, 96813.

For additional information, call 808-544-1169 or e-mail mgilbert@hpu.edu . Teachers unable to attend request free digital copies of all materials distributed at these meetings.

King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center Professional Development: Korematsu v. United States: Justice Denied

2011-10-07T08:16:00.003-10:00

We've received news of the latest professional development opportunity for social studies high school teachers in Hawaii.

Korematsu v. United States: Justice Denied is scheduled to be held at the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center in Aliiolani Hale (pictured above) in Honolulu, on Saturday, October 22, 2011.

Sponsors include Hawaii's Department of Education's Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support, Curriculum and Instruction Branch, Social Studies Program, in partnership with the Hawaii State Bar Association, the William S. Richardson School of Law, and the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center.

The workshop will focus on Korematsu v. United States, the landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066.

Mr Eric Yamamoto, an internationally-recognized law professor at the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law, will be the keynote speaker. In 1984, Professor Yamamoto served as coram nobis co-counsel to Fred Korematsu in the successful reopening of the infamous WWII Japanese American internment case, Korematsu v. United States. He will speak specifically on this case and what it means for all Americans today.

Joining him will be Ms. Karen Korematsu, daughter of Fred Korematsu. Ms. Korematsu is the co-founder of the Korematsu Institute. She continues to advance her father's legacy by advising the Institute and speaking at events around the country.

Associate Professor Marcus Daniel, University of Hawaii at Manoa, will set the historical context for this landmark case by examining global, national, and local events that precipitated Korematsu v. United States.

The Judiciary History Center, in partnership with Ms. Sandy Cashman, former English teacher and award-winning Civics educator at Kahuku High and Intermediate School and current We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution State Coordinator, will assist teachers as they create Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III standards-based lessons for use in their classroom. Strategies for using literacy across content areas will also be incorporated.

Participation will be limited to a total of twenty-five social studies high school teachers of U.S. History, World History, Participation in Democracy, and Modern History of Hawaii.

Preference will be given to teachers who are not yet highly qualified to teach these courses. Although the content of this training session will not directly address other course (e.g., Psychology, Global Studies, etc.) benchmarks, teachers of those courses who can show an indirect but significant content-benchmark connection may be enrolled on a space-available basis.

Applicants must agree to attend the entire training session, create and implement one or more lessons using content and/or processes gained from the training session, and provide student work with teacher commentary that meets the targeted benchmarks. Work may also appear in the Social Studies Instructional Map, now under construction.

There will be no cost to attend the training session. Airfare and ground transportation for up to ten neighbor island teachers will be provided by OCISS, CIB, Social Studies Program. No food will be provided; however, a $100.00 stipend will be available. Partial stipends will not be given.

To register for this free professional development opportunity contact the Judiciary History Center, or contact us at historyeducationhawaii@gmail.com for the pdf registration form.

Journeys in Hawaiian Time: Oahu Charity School Examinations, 1840

2011-10-04T09:53:00.004-10:00

"On Tuesday last the examination of the scholars of the Charity School took place. Those who were present expressed themselves much gratified by the orderly appearance of the children, and their proficiency in their studies.

"On the following day, an examination of the scholars of the native schools occurred. They were assembled at the Rev. Mr. Bingham's church to the number of 700, all in European costume, presenting an interesting spectacle. The examination was said to have been very creditable to the pupils.

"The Governor, Captains Wilkes, and Hudson, and Dr. Palmer, of the American Squadron made short addresses, which were listened to with much interest.

"The scholars were then marched through the town to the Rev. Mr. Smith's church, each school by itself, bearing an appropriate banner, and the whole procession headed by the young chiefs. Upon arrival there, the whole company sat down to a feast prepared for the occasion.

"We regret that we are obliged to speak of these examinations from hearsay -knowing nothing of either until they are concluded. As there are many who would like to be present on similar occasions, we would suggest the propriety of making them known through the columns of our paper. We will gladly give publicity, gratuitously, to any notices for benvolent purposes, or such as are for general information."

The Polynesian (Honolulu). October 31, 1840, page 82.

FREE Online Field Trips from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

2011-10-03T14:35:00.002-10:00

If there is any four-letter word that people of all stripes love to hear it's this one: FREE. Dale Van Eck is the manager of National Education Sales for Colonial Williamsburg. He wrote:

I still have 11 fully funded $500 scholarships to give away to Hawaiian schools. Check at http://www.history.org/Hawaiitrips/ for complete details. The trips are live and also archived for 24/7 availability so can be used when it fits a teachers schedule.

Please spread the word around, I’d love to give these away!

Go this web site and you'll find this:

Funding for Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trips is available now! Thanks to a generous Colonial Williamsburg donor, up to 30 Hawaiian public elementary schools are eligible to receive the 2011-2012 Electronic Field Trip series at no charge (a $500 value per school). This Emmy award-winning series consists of 7 live broadcasts that can be streamed via the Web or watched on the Hawaii Department of Education Teleschool Channel 56. Each Electronic Field Trip and its companion resources are aligned to your state standards and integrate reading/literacy, civics, history, and technology standards. The series is targeted to grades 4-8. Since the subscription is for the entire school building, only one person for each school will need to subscribe. Here’s how to find out more information and submit your subscription:

Sample the series at www.history.org/trips to review the great resources available.
Subscribe your school by clicking here.
Wait to receive your registration information to create your user name/password—it’s that easy!

Again, this grant is for 30 Hawaii public schools only. If you have any questions, please contact us at: EFTsupport@cwf.org with the subject line HAWAII GRANT or call 1-800-761-8331.

Announcement!

Two teachers who are participating in the 2011-2012 Electronic Field Trips will be awarded a fully funded scholarship to attend the 2012 Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute! One full week of outstanding professional development held onsite in Williamsburg, Virginia! All participating teachers will be asked to submit an application for the Teacher Institute and 2 recipients will be chosen for the scholarship, a $2000 value and will include airfare.

Sign up Today

Time is Running Out for NCHE's National Convention Early Bird Rate!

2011-10-03T14:10:00.004-10:00

Today's mail brought a reminder from the National Council for History Education. Next year's annual meeting will be held March 22-24, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. The theme is Reading the Past: Literature and Literacy in History.

Time is running out to taker advantage of the "Early Bird" rate. Rates will increase on November 1, 2011. Go to this link to register -and act now!

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now and Religion in the Colonial World

2011-10-01T07:12:00.002-10:00

Hawaii history teachers, students, historians and history buffs! The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to present its latest issue of History Now, a quarterly online journal for history teachers and students. It is available at this link.

"In this issue, four leading scholars provide a closer look at the religious beliefs and institutions that played major roles in the lives of colonial America’s women and men, and in doing so highlight one of the critical characteristics of our nation: its multicultural heritage."

In addition, the Institute has several podcasts from the Historians on the Record series on the subject of religion in Colonial America. These include John Demos: Religion and Witchcraft in Colonial America and Kevin Phillips: Religion and Politics in the Founding Era. Click this link or download them for free from iTunes.

Grants for Teachers (National Humanities Center)

2011-09-30T12:52:00.002-10:00

The National Humanities Center (NHC) has posed an excellent question to teachers: "How do you engage your students with primary source materials?"

To answer this question, NHC is offering its new 'We are Teachers' grant program. Highlights of this program include:

$200, cash grant to fund your project.

Flip Video camera to capture your project idea.

Free seminars from the National Humanities Center.

T-shirts and tote bags.

Go to this link to learn more and apply today!

"Come Fly with Me" (Pacific Aviation Museum: Pan American World Airways)

2011-09-23T13:35:00.002-10:00

"Come Fly with Me" ~ New PAN AM Exhibit

Takes Off At Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor's long planned tribute to the greatness that was Pan American World Airways opens to the public with a special reception 2 to 4PM, Saturday, October 22, 2011, marking the 75th anniversary of commercial airline passenger service to Hawaii.

The new exhibit unveiling and reception will host press, dignitaries, and members of the PAN AM and Museum families.

The event is free to members and invited guests and free with Museum admission to regular Museum guests. Cake and beverages will be served.

Reflecting PAN AM’s importance to aviation in the Pacific, the exhibit, designed by Southern Custom Exhibits of Anniston, Alabama, and built by Museum staff, will feature artifacts and memorabilia in two modules: the 1930s and 1940s (“The Early Years”), and 1960s, (“The Jet Age”). It was designed to be an

evolving exhibit that changes and grows as more artifacts are contributed by friends of PAN AM.

“We have collected original PAN AM branded items to be viewed in what appears to be the inside cabin of an airliner. It’s a fun concept and an exciting addition to our history of aviation in the Pacific. We’re grateful to all those who helped make it possible,” said Executive Director Kenneth DeHoff.

Included will be uniforms, customer service items, original posters and signage, navigation tools, the maintenance manual for the Boeing 314 China Clipper, maps for routes serviced in the Islands, and biographical information on the founders and pioneers of international air service--Juan Trippe, Charles Lindbergh, and Edward Musick.

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. Its mission is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized aviation museum on historic Ford Island that educates young and old alike, honors aviators and their support personnel who defended freedom in The Pacific Region, and to preserve Pacific aviation history.

The Museum, located at 319 Lexington Boulevard in Hangars 37 and 79 on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor, recently, was ranked one of the “top ten aviation attractions” nationally by TripAdvisor. Phone (808) 441-1000 or visit www.PacificAviationMuseum.org for tickets and more information.

Wall Street Journal: The Education Our Economy Needs; We lag in science, but students' historical illiteracy hurts our politics and our businesses.

2011-09-21T07:59:00.002-10:00

America's historical illiteracy is once again highlighted, this time in this piece in today's Wall Street Journal. Norm Augustine is the author. Our favorite quote:

“It’s the other things that subjects like history impart: critical thinking, research skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and cogently. Such skills are certainly important for those at the top, but in today’s economy they are fundamental to performance at nearly every level....Now is a time to re-establish history’s importance in American education.”

Go to this link to read the article and offer your comments.

The Education Our Economy Needs

We lag in science, but students' historical illiteracy hurts our politics and our businesses.

By NORM AUGUSTINE

In the spirit of the new school year, here's a quiz for readers: In which of the following subjects is the performance of American 12th-graders the worst? a) science, b) economics, c) history, or d) math?

With all the talk of America's very real weaknesses in the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and math), you might be surprised to learn that the answer—according to the federal government's National Assessment of Educational Progress—is neither science nor math. And despite what might be suggested by the number of underwater home loans, high-school seniors actually fare best in economics.

Which leaves history as the answer, the subject in which students perform the most poorly. It's a result that puts American employers and America's freedoms in a worrisome spot.

But why should a C grade in history matter to the C-suite? After all, if a leader can make the numbers, does it really matter if he or she can recite the birthdates of all the presidents?

Well, it's not primarily the memorized facts that have current and former CEOs like me concerned. It's the other things that subjects like history impart: critical thinking, research skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and cogently. Such skills are certainly important for those at the top, but in today's economy they are fundamental to performance at nearly every level. A failing grade in history suggests that students are not only failing to comprehend our nation's story and that of our world, but also failing to develop skills that are crucial to employment across sectors. Having traveled in 109 countries in this global economy, I have developed a considerable appreciation for the importance of knowing a country's history and politics.

The good news is that a candidate who demonstrates capabilities in critical thinking, creative problem-solving and communication has a far greater chance of being employed today than his or her counterpart without those skills. The better news is these are not skills that only a graduate education or a stint at McKinsey can confer. They are competencies that our public elementary and high schools can and should be developing through subjects like history.

Far more than simply conveying the story of a country or civilization, an education in history can create critical thinkers who can digest, analyze and synthesize information and articulate their findings. These are skills needed across a broad range of subjects and disciplines.

In fact, students who are exposed to more modern methods of history education—where critical thinking and research are emphasized—tend to perform better in math and science. As a case in point, students who participate in National History Day—actually a year-long program that gets students in grades 6-12 doing historical research—consistently outperform their peers on state standardized tests, not only in social studies but in science and math as well.

In my position as CEO of a firm employing over 80,000 engineers, I can testify that most were excellent engineers—but the factor that most distinguished those who advanced in the organization was the ability to think broadly and read and write clearly.

Now is a time to re-establish history's importance in American education. We need to take this opportunity to ensure that today's history teachers are teaching in a more enlightened fashion, going beyond rote memorization and requiring students to conduct original research, develop a viewpoint and defend it.

If the American economy is to recover from the Great Recession—and I believe it can—it will be because of a ready supply of workers with the critical thinking, creative problem-solving, technological and communications skills needed to fuel productivity and growth. The subject of history is an important part of that foundation.

Mr. Augustine, a former under secretary of the Army, is the retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.

Teaching American History Grant Program Funding Update

2011-09-20T13:10:00.002-10:00

History Education Hawaii has just received encouraging news from NCHE Executive Director Peter Seibert.

The Senate Committee on Appropriation’s Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies has proposed $47 million for 2012 in support of the Teaching American History Grant program.

"We will need to stay highly focused on the next steps. The House has voted to eliminate TAH along with nearly all the other similar DoE programs so they will not support this request. Thus, our focus will need to be on keeping our support very, very strong in the Senate so when the conference committee meets to work on this issue that TAH can be kept alive."

Constitution Week: Constitutional History of Hawaii 1840

2011-09-19T09:45:00.005-10:00

The February 16, 1840 edition of The Polynesian led with the following letter from "The Translator," an anonymous writer to J. Jarves, editor:

SIR: -A few months since, your readers were informed that the King and Chiefs of the Hawaiian Islands were engaged in framing a Constitution for the government and also revising the laws.

The Constitution has been issued from the press, and there are embraced on the same pamphlet a number of laws which many of your readers would doubtless be pleased to peruse; I have therefore commenced a translation into English, which I will continue if you think best to publish it.

A considerable portion of the pamphlet consists of a revised edition of the laws relating to taxation published in June 1839.

Those laws, as the public were informed in the Hawaiian Spectator, were originally drawn up, by a graduate of the Seminary at Lahainaluna, and after being revised by the chiefs were re-written by himself. The other laws were drawn up by several different persons, but all have been revised by the King and a council of those chiefs whose names are mentioned in the Constitution. The attendance however has not been universal. The Constitution, after it had been approved by the other chiefs, was sent by a messenger appointed for that object, to Gov. Adams, of Hawaii. He approved of the whole except that part which limits the powers of the Governors. The King and Chiefs who have been together, have been unanimous in the acts which they have passed.

The have received many suggestions both by letter and orally, from foreign residents and visitors. They have also received suggestions in both these ways from their own subjects.

The translation which I send you is a free one, not adhering strictly to the letter, as that would materially violate the English idiom. But I have attempted always to convey the sense in the clearest and most concise manner.

Yours truly,

THE TRANSLATOR

The text of the 1840 Constitution of the then-Kingdom of Hawaii is available online. Click here to read the English and Hawaiian language versions.

Constitution Day September 17, 2011: National Constitution Center

2011-09-17T10:53:00.004-10:00

This day marks Constitution Day on our history calendars. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who, are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.

During the coming week of September 19-23, 2011, History Education Hawaii will be sharing various online-based resources and reminders celebrating the significance of constitutional history.

Teachers, history students, historians and all the history buffs will, we hope, find these materials enriching.

To start us off we draw your attention to the National Constitution Center. We recommend that teachers visit this link for innovative resources and professional development opportunities. Go to this link for interactive activities specially designed for students.

We also recommend the Center's Interactive Constitution at this link. This Interactive Constitution is based on The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution by Linda R. Monk (Hyperion/A Stonesong Press Book).

Stay tuned for more this coming week from History Education Hawaii!

1852: Chinese Sophomore Wins Yale College English Composition Prize

2011-09-08T09:38:00.002-10:00

Well done, Chinaman!

The Friend (Honolulu). July, 1852, page 20

A friend has recently allowed us to copy the following letter, dated March 6^th, New Haven, Ct.

“Only within a few days the prize in the sophmore class, Yale College, for English Composition has been taken by a Chinaman –a Simon-pure Celestial named YOUNG WING. This speaks well for the capacities of the Chinese, and shows what they might become under civilized culture.”

We were not aware as any Chinaman had ever become a student in an American College. May the success of this one induce hundreds and thousands more, to go to America for an education, and contest the palm of scholarship with the youth of the land.

Constitution Day 'Gift to the Nation' from Colonial Williamsburg

2011-09-08T08:21:00.003-10:00

This week's mail brought exciting news from Colonial Williamsburg! Occasionally opportunities for professional development come across our desks that we feel will be worth your attention. History Education Hawaii hopes that you will find this offer of interest.

Colonial Williamsburg's Gift to the Nation is another one of its outstanding electronic field trip. This one, entitled "A More Perfect Union" is available via complimentary access September 6-30, 2011. Take advantage of this FREE opportunity to bring this exciting, relevant program into your school or home.

Go to this link today to learn more about this electronic field trip and others available today!

Colonial Williamsburg's Gift to the Nation for Constitution Day offers students an opportunity to interact virtually with historical characters and provides teachers with unique resources to engage students in the study of our United States Constitution.

The Electronic Field Trip, "A More Perfect Union", tells the story of the ratification of the Constitution and has as the first person narrator a young student from the late 1700s. This Electronic Field Trip builds background knowledge for educators and students, leading to better understanding of the challenges and choices made during the ratification of our Constitution.

Available online 24/7 from September 6 to September 30, 2011
On-demand video streaming over the web
Email historical character, Benjamin Franklin
Interactive online games
Downloadable resources, such as the teacher guide and program script (PDF)
Comprehensive lesson plans

Common-place publishes Extra Edition Vol. 11, Number 45

2011-09-06T08:51:00.004-10:00

How could the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia possibly share anything in common with the indigenous peoples of both America and Australia, illusionistic art that proliferated throughout the early republic, or a modern-day museum exhibit displaying texts from the American "Enlightenment" at Stanford University?

To find this out and discover much, much more, point your browser to this link to Common-place, and online journal of history. It is published by the American Antiquarian Society with the University of Oklahoma.

Click here to join its mailing list.

Interested in contributing an article? Go to this link and learn how to do so.

Education Week: Congress Returns to Face ESEA, Ed. Funding Issues

2011-09-06T06:11:00.001-10:00

Education Week
September 6, 2011
Congress Returns to Face ESEA, Ed. Funding Issues
By Alyson Klein

Congress returns from its summer recess this week with a full plate of unfinished business on the future of K-12 spending and policy—a tall order in Washington’s polarized political climate.

Federal lawmakers, who have already had two protracted battles this year over budget issues, must finish the appropriations bills for fiscal 2012. The budget process is complicated by the work of a new panel created as part of a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling and charged with finding ways to significantly cut the deficit over the next decade.

The panel’s recommendations, due in November, could have a dramatic impact on discretionary federal spending, including for education.

Lawmakers are also continuing to ponder reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, although the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are taking far different approaches to the long-stalled renewal, which few observers expect to be completed this year.

At the same time, the Obama administration is preparing to offer states waivers of parts of the current version of the law—the No Child Left Behind Act—if they are willing to embrace reform priorities expected to be outlined later this month.

The upcoming spending battles have broad implications for the waiver plan and for ESEA reauthorization in general, said Kate Tromble, the director of government relations for the Education Trust, a Washington-based advocacy group for disadvantaged and minority students.
“What happens with the funding is going to be the biggest thing to watch this fall,” she said. Creating “a new generation” of the NCLB law will “require some money. It’s difficult to figure out how you continue moving forward” on education redesign if there are significant cuts, she added.

And advocates are keeping a close eye on President Barack Obama’s scheduled Sept. 8 address to Congress, in which he is expected to outline his plan for jump-starting the nation’s sluggish economy and putting more Americans back to work. Some are pressing for new money for K-12 schools, including funds to prevent further teacher layoffs and to revamp aging school facilities.

‘Supercommittee’
The deficit-reduction panel, nicknamed the “supercommittee,” was created this summer as part of a compromise between President Obama and congressional leaders on raising the debt ceiling.

It is made up of 12 lawmakers—three Democrats and three Republicans from each chamber—and is tasked with drafting legislation to carve at least $1.2 trillion out of the budget deficit over the next 10 years.

Members of the panel have until Nov. 23 to come up with a plan. Their colleagues can then pass it or reject it, without the opportunity to make changes.

The committee has broad authority and is permitted to suggest specific spending levels for domestic programs, including education. But few expect the panel will take that route. Instead, committee members are more likely to consider education in the context of overall domestic, discretionary spending, which also includes many health, jobs, and environmental programs.
Regardless, education proponents are watching the panel’s work closely. If the committee can’t reach agreement—or if Congress rejects its plan—deep cuts kick in that would affect almost every federal program.

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, is predicting an across-the-board cut of 9 percent for affected programs in nondefense agencies—including the U.S. Department of Education—if the committee doesn’t come up with a viable alternative.

That would amount to roughly a $4 billion slice out of the Education Department’s nearly $70 billion budget, according to the Committee for Education Funding, a Washington-based lobbying coalition.

“The biggest threat to education is if the [supercommittee] doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do,” said Joel Packer, the executive director of the CEF.

Budget Battles
Meanwhile, advocates also are keeping a wary eye on fiscal 2012 appropriations legislation. Mr. Obama asked for $77.4 billion for education, a 10.7 percent increase, in part to help cover the rising cost of Pell Grants, which help low-income students pay for college.

But supporters agree that the overall increase is unlikely to materialize

“At best, we will wind up with a freeze,” Mr. Packer said. “There will probably be cuts to some programs.”

What would be particularly vulnerable are programs that the president slated for consolidation in his budget request for fiscal 2012, which begins Oct. 1. Many long-standing Education Department programs, such as state grants for educational technology, were scrapped after a budget standoff earlier this year that nearly resulted in a government shutdown.

But some programs that House Republicans and the Obama administration sought to eliminate skated by, including the $52 million Elementary and Secondary School Counseling program.
Now, champions of those programs are worried their luck may not hold.

For instance, the American School Counselors Association is informing lawmakers about the impact the counseling program has in their districts, said Amanda Fitzgerald, the organization’s director of public policy.

Even some of the president’s priorities are on shaky ground. The high-profile Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation grant programs, originally part of the 2009 federal economic-stimulus program, received small increases in fiscal 2011. But those programs may be susceptible this year, as lawmakers seek to significantly reduce spending.

To get new money for those programs last year, administration officials likely made it clear to Congress that they were his highest priority, said Jennifer Cohen, a senior policy analyst for the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank.
“It’s hard to say whether the president is going to put all his weight behind the same program two years in a row,” she said.

Job Creation
The first part of what could be another spending showdown could begin this week, when President Obama is expected to unveil his plan for spurring job creation.

School construction proponents are urging the administration to close certain tax loopholes and funnel the savings to school maintenance and repair. The 21st Century Schools Fund, a research and advocacy organization in Washington that promotes high-quality facilities, would like to see Mr. Obama put $50 billion toward upgrading schools.

“There is an enormous backlog” of construction projects, said Mary Filardo, the group’s executive director. “At the same time, we have skilled trades people out of work in communities across the United States.”

Mr. Obama gave those advocates reason to be optimistic during an Aug. 30 interview on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” a nationally syndicated radio program.

“We’ve got a lot of stuff that needs to get done,” he said. “There are schools all across the country that right now you could put people to work fixing up.”

The president even hinted at the possibility of federal funding to stave off further teacher-job cuts.

“We’ve got the capacity right now to help local school districts make sure that they’re not laying off more teachers,” Mr. Obama said. “We haven’t been as aggressive as we need to, both at the state and federal level.”

Still, any school construction proposal is likely to face significant hurdles, particularly among Republicans who believe school facilities should be a local expenditure.

In fact, school construction funding was a major sticking point when a Democratic-controlled Congress negotiated the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the 2009 stimulus law that provided some $100 billion for education.

The legislation’s sponsors initially sought to include a new school construction grant program in the bill, but it was jettisoned to garner support from moderate Democrats and Republicans. Now, with the GOP in control of the House, a school construction program would face even longer political odds.

Finding money to stave off layoffs could also be an uphill battle. The administration had a tough time securing $10 billion for the Education Jobs Fund in the summer of 2010, also at a time when both chambers of Congress were in Democratic hands.

ESEA Stalled
The House, meanwhile, is likely to consider at least three bills this fall aimed at reworking targeted pieces of the ESEA, all of which have already gotten a stamp of approval from the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

But only one of the measures—a bill to bolster charter schools—has support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The other two pieces of legislation caused division in the committee and were approved along strict party lines.

One of those measures would eliminate more than 40 programs in the Education Department. Many of them have been on the books for years, but haven’t received federal money recently, such as the Star Schools Distance Learning program. But others, such as the $46 million Teaching American History initiative, are still operating

Another, more controversial measure, which passed out of the education committee on a party-line vote in July, would offer districts expanded flexibility in using federal dollars. The bill would permit districts to shift money aimed at particular populations of students, such as children in poverty, and direct it to other activities or groups of students, such as those in special education.

Republicans argue the measure would make it easier for districts and states to direct federal money where it is needed most, while Democrats maintain that it would allow districts to ignore poor and minority children.

Although all three bills would make important changes to federal K-12 policy, none gets at the accountability and teacher-quality issues at the heart of the NCLB law. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House education committee, is planning to introduce a pair of new ESEA-related bills this fall that would address such issues.

On the Senate side, Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., its ranking member, have been meeting regularly to consider comprehensive legislation.

Mr. Harkin initially set a goal of considering an ESEA reauthorization bill in committee last spring. But lawmakers have struggled to reach agreement on key issues, including accountability and the scope of the federal role in K-12 education.

Call for Papers: 1st Annual Conference of the World History Association of Hawaii

2011-09-02T15:13:00.000-10:00

“From APEC to Polynesia: Regionalism in World History”

The First Annual Conference
of the
World History Association of Hawaii

October 15, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

The World History Association of Hawaii (WHAH), with the support of the History Department of Hawaii Pacific University and in cooperation with the Pacific and Asia Affairs Council, is issuing a call for papers for a conference on world history whose theme is regionalism in world history, but which welcomes scholarship and teaching workshops on any world history theme or topic.

The late notice of this conference arises from the need to coordinate it with the many other academic activities in Honolulu related to the meeting of APEC in that city this November. To suit the growing audience for APEC related briefings and curriculum development education in Hawaii, this meeting, open to the public, seeks to offer scholarly presentations and teacher-training workshops that will address APEC related topics, such China's relations with its neighbors, alongside subjects that may be found at any conference in world history.

The conference, the first convened by WHAH, a new affiliate of the 1,200 member World History Association, will be held Saturday, October 15th, 2011 beginning at 9:30 am at Hawaii Pacific University’s Warmer Auditorium, top floor (Penthouse), 1166 Bishop St: the building is Eva-side, just mauka of the intersection of Bishop and King Streets. Those who wish to contribute single presentations, entire panels or workshop proposals on APEC, regionalism or any world history topic, should submit contact information and a brief abstract by October 1, 2011 to Marc Jason Gilbert, mgilbert@hpu.edu with following in the subject line: WHAH 2011. For further information, please send an e-mail to the above address, or call 808-544-1169 or visit the World History Association's website at http://www.thewha.org/affiliate_news.php.

Details about the downtown Honolulu location and parking information (always critical in Honolulu) will soon be posted on the WHA website and circulated along with the announcement of the program.

All panelists must register to be on the program.

A rolling acceptance process will be in place to assist panelists to solicit travel support from their home institutions and organizations.

The deadline for the submission of paper and panel proposals is, again, October 1st, 2011, but late submissions will be considered as conditions allow.

The registration fee for the conference is $10.00 and includes a one year membership in the Hawaii World History Association.

Call for Papers Deadline Extended! - 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education

2011-08-23T08:02:00.002-10:00

Call for Papers Deadline Extended to September 9, 2011!

10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education

The 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education will be held from January 5th (Thursday) to January 8th (Sunday), 2012 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from education related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome.

To submit a paper or proposal go to this link today!

Topic Areas (All Areas of Education are Invited):

*Academic Advising and Counseling

*Art Education

*Adult Education

*Business Education

*Counselor Education

*Curriculum, Research and Development

*Distance Education

*Early Childhood Education

*Educational Administration

*Educational Foundations

*Educational Measurement and Evaluation

*Educational Psychology

*Educational Technology

*Education Policy and Leadership

*Elementary Education

*ESL/TESL

*Health Education

*Higher Education

*Human Resource Development

*Indigenous Education

*Kinesiology & Leisure Science

*Language Education

*Mathematics Education

*Music Education

*Reading Education

*Rural Education

*Science Education

*Secondary Education

*Social Studies Education

*Special Education

*Student Affairs

*Teacher Education

*Cross-disciplinary areas of Education

*Other Areas of Education

University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies: "Modern Perspective on Ancient East Asian Texts"

2011-08-22T15:15:00.003-10:00

We've learned that the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Center for Korean Studies will hold an international workshop entitled Modern Perspective on Ancient East Asian Texts.

It is scheduled for September 15-16, 2011 in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium.

The workshop will host four major specialists in ancient East Asian texts:
1) Prof. Ross King from the UBC,
2) Prof. Moriyo Shimabukuro from the University of the Ryukyus,
3) Prof. Mehmet Ölmez from the Istanbul Yildiz Teknik University,
4) Dr. Stefan Georg from the University of Bonn.

Prof. Haeree Park and Prof. Alexander Vovin will also give presentations.

During the two days of the workshop, all presenters will give lectures on a variety of subjects related to ancient East Asian texts and languages (please refer to the flyer and tentative program in the attachment for the details).

Th is workshop is open to the public.

Registration is free of charge, but attendees must register to participate due to the limited capacity of the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, where the workshop will be held.

If you are interested in participating, pl ease register online no later than noon on September 5, 2011.

Call for Proposals: NCHE 2012 Conference, Reading the Past: Literature and Literacy in History

2011-08-20T08:54:00.002-10:00

The National Council for History Education has issued a Call for Proposals for the 2012 Annual Conference. The deadline for submitting a proposal is September 26, 2011.

Reading the Past: Literature and Literacy in History

Kansas City, MO

Because history is narrative and story, not simply a string of facts, the best works in our field are part of a proud literary tradition. From the accounts of the Ancient Greeks and Hebrews to those written by scholars of the American Revolution and World War II, the appeal of history lies in the power of the storyteller to capture our imagination and carry us back to another moment in time. The worlds they reconstruct are inhabited by heroes and villains, women and men of great wisdom and great foolishness, brilliant leaders and fatally flawed ones—and ordinary men and women whose experiences enrich our understanding of the past.

The past is read through art and fiction as well as through the work of historians. From Longfellow and Washington Irving to Charles Dickens and Harriet Beecher Stowe, to Leo Tolstoy and Jane Austin, to E.L. Doctorow and Margaret Atwood , novelists and poets have drawn their inspiration from history, creating a literature that also ‘reads the past.’ And artists from the cave painters to Michelangelo, to Louis David and Charles Wilson Peale, to Goya and Picasso have captured and interpreted critical events and key figures in history. Even in dance choreography like Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations,” history has been the stuff that art is made of.

Who, then, should read the past? Is literacy in history critical for every citizen? Can the argument be made that no generation can secure its future without first knowing its past? Does reading the past help develop the analytic skills, critical judgment, and empathy, needed in our modern, complex world—and if so, how best can these goals be pursued? Questions such as these arise from the conference theme for 2012 and wait to be answered.

The NCHE invites proposals for presentations and poster sessions on this conference theme, but we welcome as well proposals on any other topic of broad interest to teachers. All proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their intellectual content – that is, whether they are historically accurate and ask interesting questions appropriate to historical inquiry – as well as their ability to engage the audience and their overall contribution to the teaching of history.

NCHE Announces 2012 Paul Gagnon Prize Applications

2011-08-19T07:41:00.002-10:00

The National Council for History Education has announced that applications are being accepted for the Paul Gagnon Prize. The 2012 prize will be presented to an individual or group "that has made a significant contribution to the promotion of history education."

Application deadline is December 1, 2011.

The winner will be notified by the NCHE Office by January 13, 2012.

For more information go to this link.

Hawaii DOT Launches Annual Beat the School Jam Campaign

2011-08-16T17:31:00.004-10:00

Summer is winding down very quickly in Hawaii. We've heard that the Hawaii Department of Transportation has launched its annual 'Beat the School Jam' Campaign.

The reason? Next week -between Monday, August 22 and Friday, August 26- approximately 43,500 university, college and private school students and teachers begin the fall semester. As many who live here can attest, traffic jams can grow to epic and historic proportions.

We advise all to be prepared ahead of time. Good luck and safe driving!

History Education Does Not Have to be Dull...

2011-08-15T12:28:00.003-10:00

As summer winds down and a new school year is set to begin I was reminded that some still seem intent on making history as dull a subject as possible. Why? Is it burnout? Has the teaching of history lost its luster to some?

“I have come to a frightening conclusion,” wrote Haim Ginott in Between Teacher and Child. “I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or dehumanized.”

Something to think about...

Jeffrey Bingham Mead, Director and Co-Founder

History Education Hawaii, Inc.

Oral History Symposium: University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies

2011-08-13T08:56:00.002-10:00

We received word that the University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies is co-sponsoring an international symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Oral History Data Sunday, August 28 from 8:30am to 6:30pm in Physical Sciences 217. The event is free and open to the public.
Speakers

Panel I: Purpose of the Symposium – 9:15-9:45am

Yoshiyuki Asahi (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)

Panel II: Oral history records in Hawaiʻi – 9:50am-12:00pm

Warren Nishimoto and Michiko Nishimoto (UH Oral History Project)
Brian Niiya（Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i)
Yosihiko Sinoto (Bishop Museum)

Panel III: History of Japanese immigrants and oral records – 1:30-2:10pm

Kosuke Harayama (National Museum of Japanese History)

Panel IV: Influence of Japanese language in Hawaiʻi – 2:10-2:50pm

Gavin Furukawa (UH Dept. of Second Language Studies)

Mie Hiramoto (National University of Singapore)

Panel V: Research based on oral history data – 3:20-4:50pm

Katie Drager (UH Dept. of Linguistics)
Timothy J. Vance (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)

Common-place publishes its latest edition

2011-08-10T11:40:00.001-10:00

Common-place is an online journal of history published by the American Antiquarian Society. The newest edition has been released:

To learn how New England’s Puritans turned death into Scrabble, why antebellum New Yorkers were fixated on the Mexican isthmus, or how one nineteenth-century teenager reckoned with love, head over to Common-place 11:4.

Once you’re there, you can also enjoy ghostly verse from acclaimed poet Cole Swensen and peruse the latest installment of Ithaca, Josh Brown’s graphic novella.

Fourth Annual Asia Pacific Leadership Luncheon Lecture Series

2011-08-10T11:38:00.002-10:00

Asia Pacific College Presents:
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The Leadership Luncheon Lecture Series
Lecture: _Twenty-One Days_
September 7, 2011
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You are invited to the fourth Asia Pacific College Leadership Luncheon Lecture Series. These lectures are meant to give you a chance to learn more about leadership styles and issues in the Asia-Pacific region, just in the time it takes to eat lunch.

Our fourth scheduled speaker will be Henk B. Rogers, founder and chairman of Blue Planet Software, Inc, speaking on the importance of changing Hawaii_s energy profile so it uses reliable, environmentally sustainable sources to replace oil.

Twenty-One Days

That is how long we would have before life in Hawaii went from comfort to chaos, if we ran out of stored oil because re-supply lines had been cut off. This presentation will explore the ways that Hawaii must change its energy game in a world of changing economies, changing world order, and changing climate, and shows that Hawaii has the opportunity to set an example for the globe in clean energy, with the help of the Blue Planet Foundation.

Henk B. Rogers is a Dutch-born computer game designer and entrepreneur, best known for bringing Tetris to the United States and world markets. Currently, Rogers leads multiple software companies, and is the founder of the Blue Planet Foundation, whose mission is to end the use of carbon based fuel in the world, starting with Hawaii. Rogers currently serves on multiple boards including, among others, the Hawaii Science and Technology Council/Institute and The East-West Center Foundation.

Come and join us for a good lunch and a fascinating talk on September 7, 2011!

Future speakers will include academic, business, and government professionals with proven expertise in their fields. We hope you will be able to attend what promises to be an interesting and informative series of talks.

Place: The Willows Restaurant
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Call for Papers - 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education

2011-08-10T11:36:00.002-10:00

FRIDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION/PROPOSALS

A Call for Papers was issued for the 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education. The conference is co-sponsored by Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology; the University of Louisville - Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods; New Horizons in Education - The Journal of Education; Hong Kong Teachers' Association; and the California State University, East Bay - Educational Leadership Program.

The 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education will be held from January 5 (Thursday) to January 8, (Sunday), 2012 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and the Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The conference will provide many opportunities for academicians and professionals from education related fields to interact with members inside and outside their own particular disciplines. Cross-disciplinary submissions with other fields are welcome.

Topic Areas (All Areas of Education are Invited):*Academic Advising and Counseling*Art Education *Adult Education *Business Education *Counselor Education *Curriculum, Research and Development *Distance Education *Early Childhood Education *Educational Administration *Educational Foundations *Educational Measurement and Evaluation*Educational Psychology *Educational Technology *Education Policy and Leadership*Elementary Education*ESL/TESL *Health Education *Higher Education*Human Resource Development*Indigenous Education*Kinesiology & Leisure Science*Language Education *Mathematics Education*Music Education *Reading Education*Rural Education *Science Education*Secondary Education *Social Studies Education*Special Education*Student Affairs *Teacher Education *Cross-disciplinary areas of Education*Other Areas of Education

Submitting a Proposal/Paper: You may submit your paper/proposal by following the instructions on our website. To make a submission, and for detailed information about submitting see this link.

Where Did the Summer Go? Were Back in Session!

2011-08-09T06:51:00.003-10:00

Some refer to Hawaii as the 'Land of Endless Summer.'

For us at History Education Hawaii summer was certainly fleeting and fast. Last week schools in the islands started to return to business, and so have we!

Stay tuned to this news-blog for important announcements, learning opportunities for history teachers, students and history buffs alike, and so much more!

"All great change in America begins at the dinner table."

2011-07-16T10:11:00.000-10:00

"So, we've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important--why the "Pilgrims came here, who Jimmy Doolittle was, and what those 30 seconds over Tokyo meant. You know, 4 years ago on the 40th anniversary of D-Day, I read a letter from a young woman writing to her late father, who'd fought on Omaha Beach. Her name was Lisa Zanatta Henn, and she said, "We will always remember, we will never forget what the boys of Normandy did." Well, let's help her keep her word.

If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. I'm warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit. Let's start with some basics: more attention to American history and a greater emphasis on civic ritual.

"And let me offer lesson number one about America: All great change in America begins at the dinner table. So, tomorrow night in the kitchen, I hope the talking begins. And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do."

From President Ronald Reagan's Farewell Speech

January 11, 1989

Historian David McCullough: Bastille Day Piece

2011-07-14T09:11:00.002-10:00

We wanted to bring to your attention Historian David McCullough's piece on Bastille Day, which is celebrated today. The piece appears in today's edition of the New York Times.

A Pulitzer Prize winning author, Mr. McCullough -long regarded as 'America's Historian-' is a member of the National Council for History Education's advisory board. His newest book is entitled The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. Click this link for the review in the New York Times.

National Merit Scholarship Winners from Hawaii Announced

2011-07-13T09:38:00.003-10:00

Today's Honolulu Star Advertiser features this story on eight Oahu high schools students earning scholarships up to $2,000 each through the National Merit Scholarship Program.

History Education Hawaii, Inc., offers its congratulations to the winners, their teachers and families:

Gabriella E. Henrie of Kahuku High received the National Merit Herbert A. Templeton Scholarship.

Zhenghua Huang of ‘Iolani received the National Merit New York University Scholarship.

Sho Kenneth Kajima of ‘Iolani received the National Merit Claremont McKenna College Scholarship.

Jeffrey Y. Kawahara of ‘Iolani received the National Merit Oberlin College Scholarship.

Alexander W. Pang of Punahou received the National Merit Kenyon College Scholarship.

David M. Pham of ‘Iolani received the National Merit Arizona State University Scholarship.

Colin C. Tseng of ‘Iolani received the National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship.

Jamie S. K. Takayesu of ‘Iolani also received the National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship.

On C-SPAN: USCHS Spring Symposium 'Emancipation during the Civil War'

2011-07-09T08:58:00.005-10:00

C-SPAN Begins Airing Spring Symposium:

Emancipation during the Civil War

The eighth annual conference in the series The National Capital in a Nation Divided: Congress and the District of Columbia Confront Sectionalism and Slavery

C-SPAN recorded the May 5th and 6th Symposium in the Dirksen Senate Office Building and the Capitol Visitor Center and is beginning to broadcast individual talks on American History TV.

For a full American History TV schedule, click here and see the box on the right (scroll down in the box for later times).

Talks are listed by the speaker's name. For more information about all the symposium speakers, including their names and topics, visit the USCHS page announcing the event.

Currently, C-SPAN3's schedule includes:

John Stauffer (Harvard University)

"The Process and Meaning of Emancipation during the War"

Airing: Saturday, July 9 at 6 pm and 10pm; Sunday, July 10 at 11 am

Michael Burlingame (University of Illinois at Springfield)

"Abraham Lincoln: Reluctant Emancipator?"

Airing: Sunday, July 10 at 10 am, 9 pm, and 12 am

C-SPAN aired Gary Gallagher (University of Virginia, "'Wherever our Army Has Been, There Remain No Slaves': Union Military Forces in the Equation of Emancipation") previously, and it is archived on C-SPAN's website.

C-SPAN has tentatively scheduled the remaining symposium presentations:

August 6: Paul Finkelman (Albany Law School, "Constitutionalizing Freedom: Lincoln's Road to Emancipation") and L. Diane Barnes (Youngstown State University and Frederick Douglass Papers, "Frederick Douglass and the Complications of Emancipation")

August 20: Kate Masur (Northwestern University, "The Fugitive Slave Crisis in Washington, D.C.") and Beverly Palmer (Pomona College, Charles Sumner Correspondance, and Thaddeus Stevens Papers; "Stevens, Sumner, and the Journey to Full Emancipation")

September 3: Jenny Wahl (Carleton College, "Double Take: Abolition and the Size of Transferred Property Rights") and Seymour Drescher (University of Pittsburgh, "People and Legislators: Emancipators in Comparative Perspective")

Programs stream online as they air and are available for online viewing anytime the Tuesday after they are broadcast.

Check our website or on American History TV's schedule for future broadcasts.