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When Does History Happen?
• Confluence of Historic Events• 1908 Democratic National Convention• 2008 Democratic National Convention
• Goals of When History Happens:• Study the present• Learn from a comparable past• Chronicle the event for the future
WHH Consortium
• BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)• Council on 21st Century Learning:• Colorado State Library• Denver Newspaper Agency: Educational
Services Department• Teaching with Primary Sources – Colorado
Learning From the Past
• Revisit events of the past• Perspective in the present• Resources:
• Library of Congress – American Memory
• Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
• Professional Development• Using Primary Sources in the
Classroom• Workshops throughout the
State
Learning From the Present
• Involved with Current Events• Electronic newspaper
• Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post
• Coverage Inside Convention• Students and Teachers
– Blogging/Emails/Text Messages to Participants
• Special Convention Coverage• YourHub.com• NextGen• Special Print Additions
How to Participate
• WHH – Teaching with Primary Sources Workshops
• Throughout June and July• Onsite and Online
• WHH Summer Conference• July 30th – August 1st
• Day 1 – Preconference – Technology Training
• Day 2 and 3 – Develop Learning Activities
• WhenHistoryHappens.org• Primary Sources• Convention-related
instructional materials
Participation Options • WHH-Witness
– Essential questions and information via email or text
– Resources from WhenHistoryHappens.org
Participation Options • WHH- Explorer• Witness Level +
– Training and resources to design learning experiences
– Participate in online discussions (blogs, wikis …)• YourHub• NextGen• WhenHistoryHappens.org
Inquiring Minds Want to Know…
• Who can Participate?• All Colorado Educators• Options will be available for
those outside of Colorado
Inquiring Minds Want to Know…
• Training Available?• Free TPS-Colorado
Workshops• WhenHistoryHappens.org:
• Information• Schedules• How to Register
• I’ve taken the TPS-Co Workshops – Now What?
• Ready to Go!• When History Happens
Conference • July 30 – Aug. 1st
When History Happens Conference
• July 30th (Day 1)• Preconference Workshops
• Blogging• Wikis• Mobile Devices• Post-News E-Newspapers• Nextgen/YourHub• Many More
• July 31st and Aug. 1st
• Developing Convention Related Learning Materials
Presented by:
Dr. Laura McCall Professor of History and Honors Faculty
Department of [email protected]
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Reporters will be posting their stories, blogs, photos here
• Your students, ages 8 - 14 may also participate with parental permission.
More Information and Resources at:
http://www.whenhistoryhappens.org