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This one-week Institute will take place July 10-14, 2023, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule is subject to change.
Overall objectives
To promote a deeper understanding of U.S. wars through a three-part framework:
1. What are the causes and origins of U.S. wars?
2. What have been the first-hand experiences of U.S. military personnel during war?
3. How have memories of war shaped U.S. culture and public discourse?
Expected outcomes
Drawing from talks, discussions, and materials from the Institute, participants will each develop an implementation plan on how to teach students about a U.S. war based on the Institute’s three-part framework model. Typically 4-5 pages in length, the plan is not a lesson plan. Instead, the plan is a statement of how to apply the framework in teaching U.S. wars that can be shared with your colleagues.
Readings
The readings include, but are not limited to scholarship from the Institute’s academic facilitators. In early June 2023, participants will receive an email that provides access to the Institute’s readings and an Annotated Table of Contents that introduces the assigned, recommended, and additional (optional) readings.
I. Monday, July 10, 2023: A Framework for Teaching about War: Origins and Causes, First Person Experiences, Historical Memory
Room 202, Friedman Hall, College Green, Brown University
Key Thematic Questions
1. How should we teach the origins and causes of wars?
2. What is the civic importance of historical memory?
3. How can we use history archives in the classroom?
9:00 am: Welcome (Choices Faculty Director Professor Rebecca Nedostup and NEH Institute Director Professor Naoko Shibusawa)
9:15 am: Greetings (Brown History Department Chair, Professor Ethan Pollock)
9:30 am: Introducing the Framework (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
12:00 pm: Lunch on your own/with fellow participants
2:00 pm: Practicum – Using Archives and Special Collections in Your Teaching, The John Hay Library (Head of Special Collections Instruction Heather Cole)
5:00 pm: Optional – Explore Providence
II. Tuesday, July 11, 2023: The “Good War”: Remembering World War II
Room 202, Friedman Hall, College Green, Brown University
Key Thematic Questions
1. How did soldiers view the “Good War” as they served in it?
2. What motivated soldiers of different backgrounds to serve in the war?
8:30 am: Coffee/tea
9:00 am: Framework: Key Themes and Ideas for Day Two (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
10:00 am: Project Faculty Presentation and Facilitated Discussion – World War II at home and abroad (Professor Kara Dixon Vuic)
11:45 am: Lunch on your own/with fellow participants
2:00 pm: Project Faculty Presentation and Facilitated Discussion – The Double-V Campaign Challenges Jim Crow: World War II (Professor Françoise N. Hamlin)
4:00 pm: Practicum – Teaching with First Person Sources on Japanese American Incarceration during World War II (Professor Naoko Shibusawa)
5:00 pm: Review and Implementation
5:30 pm: Dinner on your own/with fellow participants
III. Wednesday, July 12, 2023: The Vietnam War: Memories and Myths
Room 202, Friedman Hall, College Green, Brown University
Key Thematic Questions
1. Who served in the Vietnam War?
2. How did the war’s portrayal in popular culture affect historical memory of the war?
8:30 am: Coffee/tea
9:00 am: Framework: Key Themes and Ideas for Day Three (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
10:00 am: Choices-led Discussion – The Vietnam War at Home and Abroad (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
11:45 am: Lunch on your own/with fellow participants
2:00 pm: Project Faculty Presentation and Facilitated Discussion – How First Person Accounts Shape Historical Understanding (Professor Christian Appy)
4:00 pm: Practicum – Creating Historical Narratives: 1960s Social Change At Home and In the Military (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
5:00 pm: Review and Implementation
5:30 pm: Dinner on your own/with fellow participants
IV. Thursday, July 13, 2023: The Long War: Iraq and Afghanistan
Room 202, Friedman Hall, College Green, Brown University
Key Thematic Questions
1. How has military service changed in the era of “long wars”?
2. How can we teach about recent conflicts in a politicized environment?
3. How can we teach with public memorials?
8:30 am: Coffee/tea
9:00 am: Framework: Key Themes and Ideas for Day Four (Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
10:00 am: Project Faculty Presentation and Facilitated Discussion – The Costs of War, Post-9/11 (Dr. Stephanie Savell)
11:45 am: Lunch on your own/with fellow participants
2:00 pm: Analyzing Public Memorials – The Choices Method (Professor Rebecca Nedostup, Andy Blackadar, Leah Burgin)
3:30 pm: Practicum – Teaching Historical Memory in and out of the Classroom, Visit to Providence Memorial Park and Memorial Sites (Professor Rebecca Nedostup, Dr. Kevin Hoskins, Leah Burgin, Andy Blackadar)
5:30 pm: Dinner on your own/with fellow participants (Reminder to do Review and Implementation on your own)
V. Friday, July 14, 2023: Putting the Three-Part Framework into Action
Room 202, Friedman Hall, College Green, Brown University
Key Thematic Question
1. How can we implement the Institute’s three-part framework in the classroom?
8:30 am: Coffee/tea
9:00 am: NEH Institute Director Capstone Lecture (Professor Naoko Shibusawa)
10:15 am: Workshop to draft final implementation plans (Choices Staff: Andy Blackadar, Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
11:45 am: Group Lunch, sponsored by the Choices Program
2:00 pm: Presentations of Plans and Feedback (Choices Staff: Andy Blackadar, Susannah Bechtel, Dr. Kevin Hoskins)
3:30 pm: Wrap-Up and and Next Steps (Choices Staff)
4:00 pm: Institute ends