The Presidential Primary Sources Project

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1 The Presidential Primary Sources Project An Interactive Videoconferencing Program Series Human and Civil Rights January March 2015 The Presidential Primary Sources Project (PPSP) offers a series of free, fifty-minute, interactive videoconferencing programs to students all over the world. PPSP is a collaboration between the National Park Service, U.S. Presidential Libraries and Museums, other cultural and historic organizations, and the Internet2 community. Presented By: Ø Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Ø President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Ø Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Ø President Woodrow Wilson House Ø The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Ø Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and The White House Historical Association Ø Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Ø Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Ø The National Mall and Memorial Parks How do these programs benefit teachers and students? Students will interact live with presidential historians at museums and Presidential Libraries and park rangers at our National Presidential Historic Sites to explore historical themes and events. This year s central theme will be Human and Civil Rights. In addition to live interactive discussion, primary source documents will be used extensively during the presentations. Each program will also be live streamed (no registration required) and archived for on demand viewing.

2 Presentation Schedule The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza o January 28, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum o February 4, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST National Mall and Memorial Parks o March 4, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST Jimmy Carter National Historic Site o March 5, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 12:00-12:50pm CST Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site o March 11, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and The White House Historical Association o March 13, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST President Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC o March 17, 2015: 9:00-9:50am and 1:00-1:50pm CST President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site o March 25, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park o March 26, 2015: 10:00-10:50am and 2:00-2:50pm CST Ø Program Registration:

3 National Standards: With the focus on historical events and extensive use of supporting primary source documents, teachers will find the presentations coincide with a number of national standards related to historical thinking and reading history. Specifically: National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) National History Standards Historical Thinking Standard 1: Chronological Thinking Historical Thinking Standard 2: Historical Comprehension Historical Thinking Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities Historical Thinking Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making Common Core Reading History (RH) - Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ; RH Reading History (RH) - Key Ideas and Details Reading History (RH) Determine Central Ideas Reading History (RH) Integrate and Evaluate Multiple Sources of Info Reading Informational Text (RI) - Craft and Structure 5.6 Speaking and Listening (SL) Pose questions that connect with the ideas of several speakers and respond to other s questions and comments with relevant evidence, observations and ideas 8.1.C Speaking and Listening (SL) Acknowledge new information expressed by others and when warranted, qualify or justify their own views in light of the evidence presented 8.1.D Speaking and Listening (SL) Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats and evaluate the motives behind its presentation. Program contacts, details on the live webstream, and technical requirements for participation in the interactive videoconference can be found on the last page of this flyer.

4 John F. Kennedy, Dallas, and The Civil Rights Movement January 28, :00am and 2:00pm CST Dallas Times Herald Collec0on/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Grades 5-12 Discover how President Kennedy's legacy continued to have an effect on the Dallas Civil Rights Movement after his death in Through speeches, photographs, oral history testimony, and documents in the Museum's collection, discover how the Dallas story is connected to the national struggle for equality. Students can draw conclusions about how the movement plays a role in their lives today. Presented by The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

5 President Truman and Civil Rights February 4, :00am and 2:00pm CST Grades 9-12 President Truman served in the military during World War I. Truman s experience as a soldier gave him respect for soldiers. He was outraged when he heard African American World War II veterans were being mistreated shortly after coming back home in 1945 and 1946, especially in the southern states. This presentation will examine primary sources from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum and evaluate Truman s response to the mistreatment of African American veterans. Presented by Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

6 Civil Rights and the Lincoln Memorial: On the 150 th Anniversary of Lincoln s Second Inaugural Address March 4, :00am and 2:00pm CST Grades 6-12 In honor of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Second Inauguration, we would like students to use Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address as a starting point for a conversation about Lincoln's views and what he hoped for the country with the ending of the Civil War. We hope to use this speech as a way to begin looking at the legacy of Lincoln and his memorial, and what the memorial has meant through the years in the context of civil rights. Presented by the National Mall and Memorial Parks

7 Jimmy Carter: Champion for Human Rights Students will explore how growing up in a small, rural, culturally diverse community in Southwest Georgia during the Great Depression helped shape the life, character, values and ultimately the political policies of Jimmy Carter, 39 th President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner. President Carter has been an untiring champion of human rights, and through the use of photographs, oral history and documents in the museum s collection, students will draw conclusions of how they, too, can make a difference locally, nationally, and internationally. Grades 8-12 March 5, :00am and 12:00pm CST Presented by Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

8 Ulysses S. Grant: A President Committed to Civil Rights Students will have the opportunity to examine President Ulysses S. Grant s actions relative to the rights of the newly freed African- Americans. Topics discussed will include his support for the 15th Amendment and use of federal troops to quell the Ku Klux Klan in the South. March 11, :00am and 2:00pm CST Grades 6-12 Presented by Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

9 Segregation and a Controversial Tea Party at the White House In 1929, First Lady Lou Hoover invited Jessie DePriest, wife of African American Congressmen Oscar DePriest, to a White House tea party. The political and social ramifications were intense - some letters even called for the lynching and impeachment of the First Lady. This program will discuss segregation and the political ramifications of the DePriest tea. The program will draw from Herbert and Lou Hoover s papers, letters from the public, oral history interviews, memoirs from White House staff, newspapers, and political cartoons. Teachers can request access to all of the primary source materials, summative assessments, and lesson plans, which are digitized and in a Google folder. Presented by Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and The White House Historical Association Grades 7-12 March 13, :00am and 2:00pm CST

10 Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations March 17, :00am and 1:00pm CST Grades 9-12 Woodrow Wilson served as our 28th President from 1913 to 1921, a time of great challenges and changes regarding civil and human rights. President Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in establishing the League of Nations at the end of World War I. The establishment of the League of Nations laid the foundation for the modern vision of global human rights. However, The League of Nations generated controversy. After a great national debate, ultimately the United States decided not to join the League. Only after World War II was the United States persuaded to join the United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations. The Wilson era saw many other events that affected civil and human rights, including the growth of the American labor movement, the institutionalization of racial segregation, the Great Migration" of agricultural workers from the South to Northern cities, the restriction of civil rights during WWI, and the assimilation of a large and varied immigrant population. In his time, President Wilson framed many of the questions about civil and human rights that our nation continues to address today. Presented by President Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC A Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation

11 President William Jefferson Clinton: Civil Rights Lessons from the Cassidy s Through an interactive presentation, we will engage students in the stories of President Clinton's childhood that shaped his views on race relations that ultimately led to legislation passed through his tenure in the White House. March 25, :00am and 2:00pm CST Grades 6-12 Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home Historic Site

12 Abraham Lincoln: Naturally Anti-Slavery This program will demonstrate how Abraham Lincoln s lifelong view of slavery was shaped by his Kentucky roots. The presentation will include primary sources and interactive activities to explore Lincoln s enduring legacy as the Great Emancipator. March 26, :00am and 2:00pm CST Grades 6-8 Presented by the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

13 Ø Program Registration: (Required for classrooms participating as an interactive site.) Ø Live Stream: (Each program will also be streamed live and archived for on-demand viewing. No registration is required to watch the live stream.) Program Questions? Contact James Werle, Director, Internet2 K20 Initiative, Technical Questions? Contact Mike Costa, Program Specialist, Idaho Education Network, Technical Requirements: Each classroom wishing to participate as an interactive videoconferencing site will need access to a H.323 compliant desktop video conferencing software program or room system. The video conferencing system should be able to operate at a minimum of 384kbps. Every interactive site must successfully complete a videoconferencing test with the PPSP technical lead, Mike Costa (mike.costa@ien.idaho.gov) at Idaho Education Network, at least 48 hours prior to the program start date.