THE STANTON SHARP TEACHING SYMPOSIUM
FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSORS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008
8:30 a.m. -3:15 p.m.

Dallas Hall
3225 University
First Floor Classrooms
Click here for campus map.

 

SPONSORED BY
The Clements Department of History
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750176
Dallas, TX  75275
Telephone 214-768-2984


The William P. Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University will host the Stanton Sharp Teaching Symposium on Saturday, February 9, 2008, for high school teachers and community college professors. The symposium will offer a series of discussions by some of the most distinguished teachers in the History Department. They will treat new scholarship and research materials in their areas of expertise and discuss ways of presenting this material to students. The schedule of the day's events are listed below.  To register or to learn more about the individual sessions and presenters, click on the links below (registration, seminar title, faculty name). Teachers may earn continuing education credit if enrolled in each of the three sessions.

 8:30 a.m.                       REGISTRATION — 121 Dallas Hall
                                        
$15 registration fee includes lunch ($7.50 for graduate students)
                                       Click here to register. 
                                         On-line registration is closed
.
                                         Call 214-768-2967 to inquire about open classes and
                                         in-person registration.


 

9:00-10:30 a.m.            SESSION  I — Dallas Hall

                                        Click class title for seminar description.   Click Professor’s name for bio information.

 

 

 


“The Russian Revolution
 and its Legacies”

Prof. Daniel Orlovsky

101 Dallas Hall

 

 
“Uncovering the Mexicans in
 American History”

Prof. John Chávez

102 Dallas Hall

 

 
“Using the World Wide Web to
Teach US Cultural History”

Prof. Alexis McCrossen

156 Dallas Hall



10:30-11:00 a.m.            COFFEE BREAK — 121 Dallas Hall

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.    SESSION  II — Dallas Hall

 

 

 

 
“The Nations Within:  Native Americans in the 20th Century”

Prof. Sherry Smith

101 Dallas Hall

 

 
“Approaches to Teaching Nazi
 Germany and the Holocaust”

Prof. Donald Niewyk

102 Dallas Hall

 

 
“How to Understand the
 American Revolution”

Prof. Edward Countryman

156 Dallas Hall

 

12:30-1:45 P.M.              LUNCH — Grand Ballroom, Umphrey Lee Center

1:45-3:15 p.m.                SESSION  III — Dallas Hall

 

 

 


“Americans from Africa”
 

Prof. Kenneth Hamilton

101 Dallas Hall

 


“Egypt in the Age
of Tutankhamen”

Prof. Melissa Dowling

102 Dallas Hall

 

 
“Facing up to the Vietnam
War  in the Classroom”

Prof. Thomas Knock

156 Dallas Hall

 

The Stanton Sharp Symposium is supported by a generous gift from Ruth Sharp Altshuler honoring her son, Stanton Sharp.  Inaugurated in 1991, the Sharp Symposium and Lectures bring to the SMU campus some of the nation's most distinguished scholars for lectures, discussions, and interaction with students, faculty, and members of the community.  For further information on this year's teaching symposium, please call 214-768-2984.