The Slave Trade to Brown v Board of Education: Race in America

Summer Institute - Brown University - July 6-13

2:00 Welcome, Introduction, and Goals
2:45 An Introduction to the Brown Brothers and the Slave Trade
3:15 Activity: Making Connections – From the Brown Brothers to Brown v Board of Education
6:30 Opening Dinner

8:30 Workshop on the Triangular Trade and Slavery in New England (Part I)
10:15 Scholar Presentation: Slavery in New England — John Wood Sweet, Assistant Professor of History, UNC Chapel Hill
11:15 Workshop on the Triangular Trade and Slavery in New England (Part II)
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Workshop Deconstruction and Reflection by Participants of Workshop Experiences
1:45-4:30 Concurrent Working Sessions [Two Groups]
1. Modifying Choices in the Classroom (veterans to program)
2. Introduction to Planning District Workshops (teachers new to program)

8:30 Scholar Presentation: Slave Trade, Reparations, Responsibility, and the Concept of Race — James Campbell, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and American Civilization, Brown University; Joanne Pope Melish, Associate Professor of 19th Century U.S. History, University of Kentucky
10:30 Review of Institute, Expectations and Deadlines: Participating Scholars, Development of Race Lessons (and scholar review), Modifications for Special Needs, Practice Workshops for Brown MATs
11:00 Curriculum Development: Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race — Introduction to the Project
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Curriculum Development: Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race — Working Session #1
3:00 Best Practices Discussion: Using Choices in the Classroom
4:00 Scholar Presentation: Reconstruction and Plessy v Ferguson — Michael Vorenberg, Assistant Professor of History, Brown University
6:30 Dinner - Watson Institute

9:00 Scholar Presentation: The Impact of Race on Decisionmaking in Foreign Policy— Richard Payne, Professor of Politics and Government, Illinois State University
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Curriculum Development: Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race — Working Session #2
3:00 John Brown on Trial: Activity and Debriefing
5:30 Reception

8:45 Concurrent Working Sessions (continuation)
1. Modifying Choices in the Classroom
2. Introduction to Planning District Workshops
10:00 Field Trip to Newport—Scholar-Guided Walking Tour
6:15 Ferry Returns to Providence (field trip completed by 3:15 ferry — additional time to explore)

9:30 Curriculum Development: Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race — Working Session #3
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Concurrent Working Sessions (continuation)
1. Modifying Choices in the Classroom
2. Introduction to Planning District Workshops
2:00 District Workshops: Workshop Groups lead programs for peers and Brown student teachers
4:30 Debriefing Workshops
6:00 Dinner – Watson Institute
7:00 Peer Presentations: Modifying Choices Groups

Tuesday, July 13

8:45 Curriculum Development: Presentation of Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race (Part I) — Commentary: James Campbell and Joanne Pope Melish
10:00 Scholar Presentation: Brown v Board of Education and Desegregation — James Patterson, Professor Emeritus of History, Brown University
11:30 Curriculum Development: Presentation of Supplemental Lesson Plans on Race (Part II)
— Commentary: James Campbell and Joanne Pope Melish
12:30 Lunch
1:30 The Year Ahead: Expectations & Plans
3:00 Closure: The Legacy of the Slave Trade — James Campbell and Joanne Pope Melish
4:00 Reflections on the Institute and the Year Ahead — Peer Led Discussion
6:00 Dinner at Watson and Institute Evaluation

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