Sponsored by: Worcester Women's History Project, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Public Schools
Teachers' Conference is for parents and other adults who are interested in education and who work with Children.
| Friday, October 20th |
| Noon - 1:30pm | Luncheon, College of the Holy Cross |
| 12:30pm | "Four Miles of Women's History in Your Own Backyard:
An Introduction to the Schlesinger Library and The Sophia Smith Collection."
Kathryn Allamong Jacob, Curator of Manuscripts, The Schlesinger Library
Sherrill Redmon, Head of the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College |
| 1:45 - 4:30pm | Workshops
- Speaking Across the Centuries: Bringing History to Today's Girls
Jayne Gordon (Tufts University), Jeannine Atkins (author of historical fiction), Beth Harding (Worcester Public Schools), Susan Curtin (Concord Middle School) - Doing History to Learn History: The Worcester History Workshop on the Web
John F. McClymer (Assumption College) - Making the World Better: The Struggle for Equality in 19th Century America
Peter S. O'Connell (Tsongas Industrial History Center UMASS Lowell), Ellen K. Rothman (Massachusetts Foundation of the Humanities) - Meet Lucy Stone
Judith Black (storyteller - faculty member, Lesley College)-- - Global Issues/Women's Issues: A Teaching Guide for Middle Schools
Janet Kahn (Wellesley College) - Helping Girls Achieve: Mathematics in a Gender-Specific Classroom
Cheryl Gay Gatti (Loveland High School, Colorado) - Writing for Their Lives: Teaching Creative Writing to Middle School and High School Students
John Hodgen (Shrewsbury High School) - Women Artists throughout History: Finding Their Place in Your Classroom
Holly Trostle Brigham (Worcester Art Museum) - Teaching Engineering Problem Solving across the Curriculum
Jacklyn Bonneau and Pauline LaMarche (Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science) - A Tribute to Women Composers: A Performance Workshop
(Musicians: Sheila Reid, violinist and Olga Rogach, pianist)
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For more information, please contact: Cheryl McCrell, 405 Grove Street, Worcester, MA 01605, Telephone: 754-9425 Ext. 28
