Teacher Workshops
The Center for Columbia River History presents two free springtime teacher workshops: February 20, 2010--"Words, Water, and Work: Literature and History in the Columbia Basin"
March 6, 2010--"The Civil War in the Pacific Northwest"
Educator's Workshop: Words, Water, and Work
Literature and History in the Columbia River Basin
Chad WriglesworthFeb 20 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tex Rankin Theater
Pearson Air Museum
1115 E. 5th St.
Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone: 360-258-3289
Bonneville Dam, under construction. Image courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers
Chad Wriglesworth, the 2008 Center for Columbia River History James B. Castles Fellow will present a free workshop for history, English, social studies and language arts teachers.
"Words, Water, and Work: Literature and History in the Columbia River Basin" will introduce educators to poets, novelists and essayists who have written about the social and ecological transformation of the Columbia River Basin, from the 1930s to the present.
Words, Water, and Work Agenda and Bibliography
Participants will be provided with illustrative examples of ways that regional history and literature can be integrated into the classroom by investigating places such as Grand Coulee Dam, Bonneville Dam, The Dalles Dam, and Hanford Engineering Works. Teachers will leave the session with a practical teaching bibliography and online resources for future projects and curriculum development. This workshop is open to everyone, but will be of particular interest to language arts and social studies teachers.
Wriglesworth is a former public school teacher with a master's degree in English from Portland State University and an interdisciplinary master's degree from Regent College in British Columbia. He has published on Wallace Stegner, Frederick Buechner, Raymond Carver, and C.S. Lewis, with recent publications focused on Pacific Northwest literature and history. This workshop is based on the research he conducted during his fellowship year with the Center for Columbia River History.
Chad Wriglesworth will also be speaking at Willamette University on February 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. For more information go to Willamette University English Department
To register, contact Donna Sinclair, info@ccrh.org, 360-258-3289
History on Location
Neither North Nor South: The Pacific Northwest in the Civil War
Dr. Richard Etulain and othersMar 06 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
E.B. Hamilton Hall
Fort Vancouver National Site
605 Barnes Road
Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone: 360-258-3289
Brevet Major John F. Reynolds and Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery on parade at Fort Vancouver in 1860. Reynolds was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. Image #111SC 89759, courtesy of the National Archives
Lead Historian, Dr. Richard Etulain, University of New Mexico, Emeritus
This workshop is free to teachers but seating is limited and advanced registration is required. To register, please contact Matt Karlsen at matt.karlsen@esd112.org.
Teachers in this workshop will explore "History on Location" as part of the ESD 112 Teaching American History grant "Causes of Conflict: Digging Deep to Understand American History."
Description
Recognizing the linkages between Civil War and Pacific Northwest history provides us with a dynamic and more accurate way of relating regional and national history to our students. The advancement of slavery and other economic and political factors historians attribute to causing the Civil War, also influenced Northwestern development. Moreover, 19th century sectional sentiments ran high in Oregon and Washington, with social and political impacts that included racial exclusion. Many connections exist between these geographically distant and seemingly disparate histories, including: Abraham Lincoln's interest in the Trans-Mississippi West and his Northwestern political connections; the divergent roads to statehood in Oregon and Washington; the Western training of Civil War soldiers in the pre-war era; the military role in facilitating Northwestern expansion and the transportation infrastructure; and the displacement and dispossession of the region's Native people.
Program partners include Washington's Educational Service District 112, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and Washington's Office of Public Instruction.
Lincoln and the American West
Dr. Richard Etulain
Mar 04 - 7:00 p.m.Washington County Historical Society & Museum
17677 NW Springville Rd.
Portland, Oregon 97229
Phone: 503-645-5353
More than 16,000 books have been written about Abraham Lincoln, more than on any other American, but not one provides a thorough overview of Lincoln's strong connections to the American West--until now.
Dr. Richard Etulain's slide-illustrated presentation deals with several links that tied Lincoln to the West--during his pre-presidential and presidential years. Slavery and its controversies, territorial expansion, and political competitions were Lincoln's first dealings with the West. Later, western politics and patronage, railroads, land policies, and military decisions also linked the president to the trans- Mississippi West. Finally, he also had to deal with western upsets involving Indians and Mormons. Another section of the talk treats Lincoln's intriguing ties to Oregon. The talk is based on the speaker's new book, Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific (2010).
Richard W. Etulain is professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. A specialist on the history and literature of the American West, he has authored or edited more than forty books on western and U.S. cultural topics. Among his best-known books are Conversations with Wallace Stegner on Western History and Literature (1983, 1996), The American West: A Twentieth-Century History (with Michael P. Malone, 1989, 2007), Re-imagining the Modern American West: A Century of Fiction, History, and Art (1996), and Beyond the Missouri: The Story of the American West (2006). His writings have won several awards, and he has served as president of both the Western Literature and Western History associations. Lincoln Looks West (2010), on Abraham Lincoln, is his latest book.
Click here for directions to the Washington County Historical Society
People, Place, and Voice: Oral History Basics
The Center for Columbia River History will partner with the Northwest Oral History Association and the Oral History Program at University of California San Bernardino to present an oral history workshop at the joint conference of the American Society for Environmental History and the National Council for Public History in Portland, Oregon.
An Interactive Oral History Workshop
Dr. Katrine Barber, Donna Sinclair, and Dr. Cherstin LyonMar 10 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Portland Hilton Hotel
921 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Cost: $65 per person
Lunch included; limited to 30 participants
Presenters:
Dr. Katrine Barber, Director, Center for Columbia River History, Portland State University
Donna Sinclair, Program Manager, Center for Columbia River History, President, Northwest Oral History Association
Dr. Cherstin Lyon, Public/Oral History Coordinator, California State University, San Bernardino
This workshop will focus on the collection and use of oral history by public historians, environmental historians, and the broader heritage and history community. Emphasis will be on the role of oral history in documenting and interpreting the past and the practical skills and knowledge needed to conduct and preserve recorded interviews. Attendees will share project experience and ideas, explore oral history strategy, conduct practice interviews, and participate in group discussion. The workshop will examine oral history preparation, choosing and using equipment, interview techniques, and the role of archives in oral history production and use.
Attendees will receive a copy of the Idaho "Field Notebook for Oral History" and a one-year membership in the Northwest Oral History Association. This will be an ideal learning experience for the novice and a great review and networking opportunity for public and environmental historians.