2010 OAH Community College Workshop

Community College of Philadelphia
June 15 to 17, 2010

The OAH workshop will meet at the Center for Business & Industry, at 18th and Callowhill Streets in Philadelphia. A map of the campus is available here. We will begin the day in Conference room C3-5 on the third floor.

Parking is available on campus or in metered spaces near the Center for Business & Industry.

This year's workshop is aimed at providing professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the U.S. history survey. The workshops provide faculty an opportunity to reflect actively on new scholarship, pedagogy, and regional resources, and to establish new collaborative networks with fellow historians at two- and four-year colleges and universities, and at public history institutions.

Speakers for the 2010 workshop include:

• Thomas Sugrue, University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the civil rights movement in American history.
  
  
• Rebecca Edwards, Vassar College, will present, "Will the Real Progressive Era Please Stand Up?  Rethinking the 'Gilded Age' and  'Progressive Era.'"
  
  
• Michael W. Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University, will give the 2010 Merck Lecture, "The Rise, Reception, and Regulation of Radio, 1920-1945."
  
  
• Other presentations, including sessions on feature films in the classroom, using maps and geography to teach American history, and working with underprepared students will also be offered.

By the conclusion of the workshop participants will have an increased knowledge of historical content, pedagogical strategies, and local resources. The workshop will also provide you with materials to take what you learned back to your colleagues and classrooms.