2005-2006 Schedule
for Workshops and Summer Seminar
Past Events: High
School | Middle
School | Summer
Sessions
For 2005-2006 there are three weekend Workshops
scheduled and one week-long Summer Seminar. Attendance
at all sessions is mandatory for
the participants. See below for the exact
dates and the itinerary for each session.
Immigration and Migration
in American History
Upcoming Workshops:
- The Impact
of Immigration in American History:
Processes and Policies
December 2 - 3, 2005 at the Virden
Center, Lewes, DE
Historian: Dr.
Mark Miller
Learn how immigration has pertetually played a crucial role in determining
who we are as a unique people. Professor Miller will help you connect this
process to the experiences of those who continue to journey to America.
Directions | Itinerary | Reading
List
- Migration
into the American West
February 17 - 18, 2006 at
the Virden
Center, Lewes, DE
Historian: Dr.
Barry Joyce
Join Professor Joyce in studying the swirling and diverse migrations into
and throughout the American West.
Directions | Itinerary | Key
Questions | Reading
List
- The Huddled
Masses: European Immigration in the
Era of Industrialization
April 28 - 29, 2006 at the Virden
Center, Lewes, DE
Historian: Dr.
Alan Kraut
Immigration historian Alan Kraut will shed new light on the Ellis Island
immigrants coming to America from 1880 to 1921.
Directions | Itinerary | Reading
List
Summer Seminar:
- The Changing
Face of America: New Opportunities;
Old and New Antagonisms
July 9 - 14, 2006 at the Newark
Campus Conferences Services, Newark, DE
Historian: Dr.
Roger Daniels
Guest Historians: Dr.
Madeline Hsu and Dr.
Stephen Pitti
Authors: Gary
Soto and Lensey
Namioka
The hopes and dreams of all Americans can be recognized in the motivations
and experiences of the diverse people who have seen America as a unique land
of opportunity. Join the Dean of American Immigration historians, Roger Daniels,
and other noted historians and children's authors to understand and appreciate
the challenges that immigrants have faced while striving for those hopes
and dreams.
Directions |
Itinerary | Reading
List
- Road
Trip to Philadelphia!!
July 13 - 14, 2006 leaving
from Newark Campus, Newark, DE
Eat well, stay overnight at the Sheraton Hotel and visit Immigration-related
sites, including two of the city's wonderful cultural enclaves - South Philly
and Chinatown.
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