2009 OAH Community College Workshop Series

2009 Workshops Home

Florida Workshop
• Sessions and Schedule
• Hotel Information
• Hillsborough Program [pdf]
• Hillsborough Community College
• Visit Ybor City

Rhode Island Workshop
• Sessions and Schedule
• Hotel Information
• Warwick Program [pdf]
• Community College of Rhode Island
• Visit Warwick

Apply for Workshops
• Procedures and Application

Workshop Sponsors

More students take the U.S. history survey course at community colleges than at any other institution of higher education. To assist community college professors, the Organization of American Historians has developed a new series of regional workshops to provide professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors teaching the survey course. Spanning three days, the regional workshops will include plenary-style panels and small group break-out sessions focused on seven core subjects related to teaching the U.S. History Survey course, and three regional issues, as well as hands-on curriculum development. One day will feature off site sessions utilizing local history sites and resources.

The format allows time and space for both formal and informal networking, examining critical issues in teaching the survey course, and other activities essential to building collegiality, assimilating lessons learned, and setting the stage for follow-up activities.

The first workshop was held in the spring of 2007 at El Camino College in Torrance California to positive reviews. The second workshop was held at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, May 29-31, 2008) and the third at Mountain View in Dallas, Texas (June 19-21, 2008).

New Online Group for
Community College Historians
As part of its activities, the OAH Community College Committee has created a new online group for community college historians. For more information, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CCHistory.

09:55 AM, 06/18/09