American Transitions from Rural to Urban Life Picturing America August 11th, 2011
Today’s Agenda 9-9:30AM – Breakfast and Welcome at the Ohio Historical Society 9:30-10:30AM – Work Shopping Lesson Plans 10:30-11:30AM – Discussion and Hands-on Quilting Activity, Molly Uline-Olmstead, Project Coordinator 11:45-12:45PM – Discussion and Hands-on Paper Making Activity, Bill Mahon, The Ohio Historical Society 12:45–2PM – Lunch at North Market 2-3:30PM – Scholar Panel Discussion with Dr. Melissa Wolf, Dr. Stuart Hobbs, Dr. Tracy Teslow, and James Tichgelaar 3:30-3:45PM – Wrap-up
Lesson Plan Assignment Your final lesson plan should: Use the Picturing America collection Use primary source materials related to the collection Be something you will actually use! Lesson Plans with any attachments or worksheets will be due Sept. 16th 2011 as a PDF or Word.doc.
To get you thinking… First two images from Primary Source CD Peter A. Juley & Son, photographic firm. Title: Edward Hopper [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son). Bio Note: Edward Hopper, American painter and printmaker, 1882-1967. Image: Black-and-white study print (8x10). Repository: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Physical Details: Letter : 3 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 28 x 22 cm. Sender: Edward Hopper Recipient: Frank Knox Morton Rehn Forms part of: Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries records 1858-1969, bulk 1919-1968 Citation: Edward Hopper to Frank Knox Morton Rehn, 1926 Sept. 15 . Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Digital ID: 6078 Ready to ride Time Period: 1920s Description: Local Dublinites preparing for an afternoon bicycle ride; May Coffman Smith is second from left in photo. Creator: Unknown Date of Original: 1920s circa Collection: Dublin Memories Digital Collection Source: Dublin Historical Society Submitting Institution: Dublin Historical Society Ready for School Time Period 1920s Description: Wooden-rim wheel school bus c 1929 Date of Original: 1929 circa Source:Dublin Historical Society
Lesson Plan Hints Consider the information and techniques we have covered with the understanding that not all of you teach this time period or these topics. There is probably a broader theme you can still utilize, i.e. identity, mapping, migration… Don’t forget the primary sources on your CD and in the presentations
Materials American Quilts: The Democratic Art, 1780-2007, by Robert Shaw Trash-to-treasure Papermaking, by Arnold Grummer
Assorted Stipend and CEUs Stipend = $300; CEUs = 22 hours You will receive both of these at the end of the program after the final lesson plan is submitted.
Questions?