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Expanding Freedom
Preliminary Outline of Year Two
Campus Coordinator: Jeffrey W. Pickron (Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
The first year institute on the definition of freedom will demonstrate the evolving nature of American Freedom. Building on that theme, the second year summer institute will explore how those definitions changed as different groups of Americans across the 19th and 20th centuries embraced, transformed and expanded notions of American Freedom. Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms will provide a conceptual “hinge,” between early and modern American understandings of freedom. Early American concepts of “negative liberty,” such as “freedom of speech” and “freedom of religion” guided 19th century Americans in their efforts to expand citizenship (women and African Americans) as well as protections against the encroachment of governmental authority (farmers, small producers). However, while these concepts continued to evolve, by the 20th century new concepts of “positive liberty,” such as “freedom from want” and “freedom from fear” developed as ways of making freedom meaningful in the modern world. Struggles by laborers for “economic freedom,” African Americans for “civil rights” and cold warriors’ defense of the “free world” will be some of the areas explored. Understanding the dynamic nature of American Freedom, how and why it has expanded and how it can illuminate all subjects of American history will be the ultimate goal of this summer institute.
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Day/Time
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Grade 4-8 Teacher Scholars
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Grade 9-12 Teacher Scholars
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Day 1 Intro.
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Plenary Session: Guest Historian (Expanding Freedom in Antebellum America)
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Day 1 AM
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Teaching with Regional Primary Sources
(Area Research Center Workshop) or Oral History Workshop
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Sectional Crisis, Farmers, Early Industrialization and the Expansion of American Freedom
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Day 1 PM
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Sectional Crisis, Farmers, Early Industrialization and the Expansion of American Freedom
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Teaching with Regional Primary Sources
(Area Research Center Workshop) or Oral History Workshop
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Day 2 Intro.
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Pedagogical Session
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Day 2 AM
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Civil War, Emancipation and the Expansion of American Freedom
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Expanding American Citizenship: Women, African Americans and Immigrants
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Day 2 PM
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Expanding American Citizenship: Women, African Americans and Immigrants
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Civil War, Emancipation and the Expansion of American Freedom
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Day 3 Intro.
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Plenary Session: The Four Freedoms and the Transformation of American Freedom
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Day 3 AM
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Expanding Modern Freedom: Wisconsin and Progressive Reform (UW Milwaukee)
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Expanding Modern Freedom: Wisconsin and Progressive Reform (UW Milwaukee)
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Day 3 PM
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The Expansion of Economic Freedom: The Labor Movement in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Labor History Tour)
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The Expansion of Economic Freedom: The Labor Movement in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Labor History Tour)
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Day 4 Intro.
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Plenary Session: Guest Historian (Expanding Freedom in Postwar America)
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Day 4 AM
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Modern Civil Rights and the Expansion of American Freedom
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The Cold War and the Struggle for Freedom at Home and Abroad
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Day 4 PM
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The Cold War and the Struggle for Freedom at Home and Abroad
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Modern Civil Rights and the Expansion of American Freedom
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Day 5 Intro
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Plenary Session: Connecting the Past and the Present of American Freedom
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Day 5 AM
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Lesson Plan Research
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Day 5 PM
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Wrapping Up and Follow-up Planning
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