Board of Regents- proposed education models

During a recent retreat, the USG Core Curriculum Initiative committees jointly considered the question of what our students should be learning through their studies in the core curriculum to prepare them to work, live well and lead in the technologically interconnected global environment of the 21^st century. See the link below and scroll down the site till you find the links for the two proposed models. These were recently discussed at Faculty Discipline Day. WS

http://www.strongfoundations.usg.edu/news/news.html

From Joel McMahon--look no hands!

Georgia Perimeter College Streaming Media Library

HIST 2111 Streaming Media Library

Comments and Instructions

The digitally reproduced videos and clips below are suited to accompany your virtual or traditional classroom instruction. For presenting in your virtual classroom, copy-and-paste the URL to the location you desire via the appropriate WebCT tool. For presenting in your traditional classroom, copy-and-paste the URL of the film of your choice into your presentation and point your browser to the link for a streaming presentation during your class. For technical support or to report a broken link, contact Joel McMahon (jmcmahon@gpc.edu).

The McGraw-Hill American History Lecture Launcher Series:

America Before Americans

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/america_before_americans.wmv

Early Explorers

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/early_explorers.wmv

The Middle Passage

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/middle_passage.wmv

Andrew Jackson: Battle of New Orleans

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/battle_new_orleans.wmv

The Spirit of Reform

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/spirit_of_reform.wmv

Manifest Destiny

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/manifest_destiny.wmv

The Aftermath of War

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/aftermath_of_war.wmv

Building America

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/building_america.wmv

Life in the West

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/life_in_the_west.wmv

Black Robe:

Set in New France in the 1640s, this 1991 film tells the story of a Jesuit missionary, called “Black Robe” by the indigenous, who hires an Algonquin tribe to guide him and his companion 1500 miles into the Canadian frontier to convert the “savage and godless creatures.” Along the way, they are captured by a rival Huron tribe and forced to run “the gauntlet.” A story of colliding and changing worlds. These two chapters depict well the material culture of the Huron. Both are quite graphic.

Chapter 12: The Gauntlet

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/br_chap_12.wmv

Chapter 13: Why do I want your heaven? There are only Black Robes.

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/br_chap_13.wmv

HIST 2112 Streaming Media Library

The McGraw-Hill American History Lecture Launcher Series:

Yellow Journalism

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/yellow_journalism.wmv

Harlem Renaissance

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/harlem_renaissance.wmv

Tuning in the Radio in the 1920s

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/radio_in_the_20s.wmv

The New Deal

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/the_new_deal.wmv

Japanese-American Internment

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/japanese_american_internment.wmv

America Takes to the Roads

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/america_take_to_the_road.wmv

Civil Rights

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/civil_rights_movement.wmv

Caesar Chavez

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/ceasar_chavez.wmv

The Nam

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/vietnam_a_different_war.wmv

Watergate

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/mh_series/watergate_breakin.wmv

Saving Private Ryan – D-Day: Omaha Beach

The stunning and startling first scenes of “Saving Private Ryan,” Stephen Spielberg’s nostalgic glimpse of a war-hardened band of brothers during the invasion.

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/spr_ch_2-6.wmv

Found Voices: The Slave Narratives

Ted Koppel chronicles the slave narratives digitally re-mastered rebirth. A 20/20 special.

http://gpc-wm1.gpc.edu/dun/jmcmahon/found_voices.wmv

Compiled by Joel McMahon and Nelson Young: Spring 2008

Georgia Association of Historians

Register now!

Annual Meeting

"Crossing Boundaries"

Feb. 22 - 23, 2008

[click logo for link]

Members are invited to attend a Lecture at Fort Valley State, in the Pettigrew Auditorium on Feb. 21 at 5 PM.

The speaker is Robert A. Pratt, professor of history and department chair at the University of Georgia. He is author of The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89 (1992)— named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States—and We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia (2002).

Our conference will begin on Friday, and on that evening we will hear a talk by Vernon Burton, who is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. He is the author of the new award-winning book The Age of Lincoln. A reception will follow.

A Plenary Session at mid-day on Saturday will feature Gary M Fink who is Professor Emeritus at Georgia State University, where he was on the history faculty from 1970 to 1998. Fink was a leader in the development of the field of southern labor history, author and editor of nine books in labor and political history, and a promoter of the Southern Labor Archives at GSU and the Atlanta Seminar in the Comparative History of Labor, Industry, and Technology (SCHLITZ). He is a long-time member and Past President of the Georgia Association of Historians.

Gary and Mary Fink

All sessions will be held at the Pettigrew Conference Center on Friday and continue on Saturday morning; then the noon luncheon and business meeting will conclude our meeting.

As usual, our President-elect is the program chair; this year's it is Gene Hatfield of Clayton State University. Local arrangements are under the leadership of Fred van Hartesveldt and his colleagues at Fort Valley State University. Of course, our current president, Jamil Zainaldin of the Georgia Humanities Council will be facilitating everything.

Planning is under way; so check back to this site for more developments, which will include:

	conference program
	tour information
	registration information and form
	accommodations information

Our last meeting in Milledgeville was a great success, with over 100 registrants. Let's try to bring even more historians who work in Georgia to meet one another at Fort Valley.

Glory--Dunwoody History and Politics Club

The Dunwoody History and Politics Club will view the classic movie "Glory"
(regarding the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War) on Thursday, February 21 at 2 PM in C 1100 (Dunwoody). Hope to see you there.

Dunwoody Politics and History Club

The Dunwoody History and Politics Club will view the documentary "The Murder of Emmett Till" on Thursday, February 7 at 2 PM in C 1100 (Dunwoody). The film lasts one hour. Hope to see you there.