Roosevelt University will conduct its second annual High School Teachers’ Academy on the History and Principles of the American Founding from July 11-15, with support from theJMC.
The program will bring together high school teachers from the Chicago area for a one-week series of lectures, workshops, and seminars designed to foster effective teaching of the American Founding. These daily sessions are led by JMC faculty partners, all of whom are prominent scholars in history and political thought. The program is modeled after the successful faculty development summer institutes for young college professors that the JMC conducts in association with leading universities and colleges.
The 20 participants will focus on the theme Liberty and Constitutionalism: Five Founding Freedoms. Returning faculty instructors are Professors Michael Zuckert (University of Notre Dame), Ralph Lerner (University of Chicago), and Maura Jane Farrelly (Brandeis University). New faculty instructors for the 2011 Academy are Professors Nathan Tarcov (University of Chicago) and Pauline Maier (MIT).
The American Democracy Forum (ADF) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a JMC partner program, will also host a program for seventh to twelfth grade social studies teachers from August 1-2, 2011. Participants will examine the understandings for popular sovereignty in the history of American political thought through discussions of shared readings and presentations by UW scholars. Teachers will have the opportunity to develop research-based curricula and build a professional learning community that will inform and enhance their current educations practices.
In addition, teachers will receive two credits from UW-Madison, ongoing engagement with the ADF during the 2011-2012 school year, and opportunities to develop and lead professional development activities at future ADF events.
