| Course Number: | EDU 5515 C29 |
| Instructor: | Bill Holiday |
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Location: |
Online synchronous and asynchronous utilizing Zoom video meetings and virtual field visits to selected sites. Two - four hours per week of synchronous meetings via Zoom. The remainder of the course will take place in an asynchronous format to fulfill the 45 hour requirement. |
| Dates and Times: |
October 15, 2020- January 29, 2021 |
| Credits: | 3 graduate credits |
| Tuition: | $975 |
Note: Course payment of $975 by check or purchase order, payable to Castleton University, is due at the time of registration. A purchase order number can be entered into the online registration form and the purchase order can be uploaded to the registration form. If paying by check, please mail the check to Financial & Registration Services, Castleton University, 62 Alumni Drive, Castleton, VT 05735. To help us ensure that your payment is applied to the correct course, PLEASE WRITE “CFS” IN THE CHECK MEMO LINE. Thank you.
This course of study will include a selection of topics related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and include academic disciplines based on the needs and interests of the participants. It is intended for students, administrators, middle school and high school educators seeking continuing study and advanced study in content areas.
Through Zoom presentations, readings and virtual fieldwork, participants will explore the environment and history of the Kennedy assassination. The course will include virtual tours of selected sites in Dallas such as Dealey Plaza and Oak Cliff, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and the Texas Theater. Participants will work to produce and develop integrated and differentiated standards based lessons, complete with assessment products for implementation in a classroom. This course is designed to be adaptable for all grade levels and content areas, and for veteran and aspiring teachers and administrators.
Participants will develop integrated lessons to be shared.
The lesson plans will be based upon instruction and through readings and will be wholly reproducible as digital resources made available for Castleton University and the public domain.
Course Goals:
Texts, Readings
Each participant will develop a bibliography that will identify materials that are grade-level specific and will be used by teachers participating in grade level groups.
Readings will include sources applicable to instructor’s topics and to differentiated instruction techniques and theory:
Required Reading – EITHER of the two listed books below.
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