Adapting Project HISTORY

Thursday, August 26, 2010: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Proctor High School

 

Professor Ralph Ketcham, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, History Department:

The Revolution and the New Nation (1763—1791)

 

8:30 am

 

 

Coffee/Danish

9:00 am

Ketcham discusses dissatisfaction under British rule, the background to the American Revolution, and the Revolutionary War

10:00 am

 

10:15 a.m.

 

BREAK

 

Questions and Comments

10:40 am

 

Ketcham continues his presentation with a discussion of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the need for a Constitution, the debates in Philadelphia in creating the Constitution, and the subsequent Ratification Debates period.

 

11:25 a.m.

 

Questions and Comments

 

12:00 p.m.

 

LUNCH

 

1:00 p.m.

 

Professor Ralph Ketcham, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, History Department and Research Associate Professor James Carroll, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Project LEGAL

The Ratification Debates: A Participatory Reenactment with Alexander Hamilton (Federalist) and George Clinton (Anti-Federalist)

 

2:00 p.m.

 

Distribution of J. Carroll with D. Challenger, The Ratification Debates: A Dynamic Approach to Understanding the Principles and Concepts in the United States Constitution (Syracuse, NY: 1989)*  Following a brief overview of the structure of the text and the accompanying Teacher Guide, volunteers will be selected to participate in the teaching of some of these lessons on Friday

 

Selected Lessons presented from The Ratification Debates: A Dynamic Approach to Understanding the Principles and Concepts in the United States Constitution

Choosing a Good Classroom Representative” (page 28 of The Ratification Debates text):

 

3:00 p.m.

ADJOURN

 

 

Wednesday August 25

Friday August 27