Call For Participation: Congress in the Classroom 2007
DEADLINE EXTENDED: April 15, 2007
Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program now in its
15th year. Developed and sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the
workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about
Congress. This year, for the first time, The Center will join with the new
Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service in conducting the workshop.
Congress in the Classroom is designed for high school or middle school teachers who
teach U.S. history, government, civics, political science, or social studies. Forty
teachers will be selected in 2007 to take part in the program.
The 2007 program will feature a broad overview of Congress with special attention
to the new 110th Congress with the Democrats in charge for the first time in more
than a decade.
The workshop will be held Monday, July 30 - Thursday, August 2, at the Hotel Pere
Marquette, Peoria, Illinois, with workshop sessions to take place in the Peoria
Civic Center's new addition.
Participants are responsible for (1) a non-refundable $135 registration fee
(required to confirm acceptance after notice of selection) and (2) transportation
to and from Peoria, Illinois. Many school districts will pay all or a portion of
these costs. The Center pays for three nights lodging at the headquarters hotel
(providing a single room for each participant), workshop materials, local
transportation, all but three meals, and presenter honoraria and expenses.
Tentative session titles are listed below. (NOTE: Additional sessions will be
listed as presenters are confirmed. More information about the content of each
session will be posted as it becomes available.)
Opening Remarks: A View from Capitol Hill -- The Honorable Ray LaHood, (R-IL, 18th
District, U.S. House of Representatives)
Congressional Insight: An Interactive Simulation of a Member's First Term in the
House of Representatives -- Bethany Dame, National Association of Manufacturers
Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public Service -- Grant Reeher, Associate
Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University
Rules, Rules, Rules: Congress Relies on Them -- Don Wolfensberger, Director of the
Congress Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
Electoral College Strategy 2008 -- Thomas F. Schaller, Professor of Political
Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A Former Staff Member's Perspective on Congress -- Brian D. Posler, Assistant Vice
President for Academic Affairs, University of Southern Indiana
What Every New Senator Should Know about the U.S. Senate -- Richard A. Baker,
Historian, U.S. Senate Historical Office
How to Get Your Point Across to Congress Members -- Stephanie Vance, AdVanced
Communications, Washington DC
Reporting from Congress -- Seth Stern, "Congressional Quarterly"
How Women in Congress have Transformed It -- Debra L. Dodson, Visiting Research
Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics,
Rutgers University
Teaching with Editorial Cartoons -- Workshop teachers
Congress Members’ Playbook -- Steve Frantzich, U.S. Naval Academy
The Dirksen Center Web Suite as a Resource for Teachers -- Cindy Koeppel, The
Dirksen Congressional Center
Other Program Highlights
In addition to the hour-long sessions described above, we will offer what we call
"Sound Bites," or 15-minute sessions, on campaign commercials, campaign literature,
a film clip of Senator Dirksen explaining the nature of congressional leadership, a
new Web feature dealing with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, among other
possibilities.
Take a look at The Dirksen Center Web site -
http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_programs_CongressClassroom.htm -- to see what
participants say about the program and to learn more about the scheduled sessions
and presenters.
Registration
If you are interested in registering for the Congress in the Classroom 2007
workshop, you can complete an online registration form found at:
http://www.dirksencenter.org/programs_CiCapplication.htm.
For additional information contact:
Lynn Kasinger
The Dirksen Congressional Center
2815 Broadway
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: (309) 347-7113
Fax: (309) 347-6432
Email: mailto:lkasinger@dirksencenter.org
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