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Media Advisory
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
901 South Bond Street, Suite 540
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920
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August 1, 2005 |
To: |
Education Reporters, Editors, Producers |
From: |
Amy Cowles — (443) 287-9904 —
amycowles@jhu.edu |
Re: |
New approaches to teaching U.S.
history
How will the next generation of kids learn about
United States history? An innovative two-day conference in
Baltimore will provide a detailed preview of how the
nation's teachers will take on the challenge of teaching
U.S. history in the digital age. Hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center
for Social Organization of Schools, the conference will
bring together 65 history and social studies teachers from
10 states; these educators will review the new edition of
"A History of US" (Oxford University Press) along with the
accompanying curriculum materials developed by Johns
Hopkins curriculum writers at CSOS.
"A History of US" is an acclaimed and approachable
series of 10 books written by Joy Hakim, a former reporter,
editor and teacher, who was inspired to write the books
after seeing how bored her own kids were with their history
textbooks.
Hakim will give the keynote address at 2 p.m. on
Friday, when she'll talk about the impact narrative history
techniques can have in the classroom. The conference is
open to reporters interested in covering this event. To
attend, please contact Amy Cowles at 443-287-9960 or Mary
Maushard at 410-516-8810. For background on the
teaching materials, see:
www.csos.jhu.edu/tdms/new/conferences/history.pdf. |
WHEN: |
Thursday, August 4, and Friday, August
5 |
WHERE: |
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys
100 Village Square
Baltimore, Md. 21210 |
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