Teaching Lessons Learned from the AHA's Bridging Cultures Program, Part 5: PechaKucha 2, Incorporating the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds into the U.S. History Survey Course

AHA Session 295
Monday, January 5, 2015: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Gramercy Suite A (New York Hilton, Second Floor)
Chair:
Cheryll A. Cody, Houston Community College
Following an introduction by the session chair, participating speakers will give short visual presentations in "PechaKucha" format. Each presenter will show and discuss 20 slides for 20 seconds (six minutes and 40 seconds per person). After the six "PechaKucha" presentations, speakers will discuss common themes of their work followed by questions and comments from the audience, offering a chance for dialogue about how to incorporate the Atlantic and Pacific worlds into the U.S. history survey course.
Papers:
European and Native American Encounters
Sarah Boyle, Johnson County Community College
Conceptualizing U.S. History within the Wider Context of the Pacific
Brian L. Cassity, Kapi'olani Community College
Online Activities to Explain Migration and Trade in the Atlantic World
Kimberly DeJoie Hill, University of Texas at Dallas
Migration Patterns of Asians into the Americas
Tracy Lai, Seattle Central Community College

Session Abstract

Six Community College participants from the three-year AHA/NEH Bridging Cultures program will present six PechaKucha demonstrations to explain the overall theme of incorporating the Atlantic and Pacific worlds in the U.S. History survey course. Participants will also share the archival materials they researched as part of Bridging Cultures spending a week at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The PechaKucha topics will be: Conceptualizing U.S. History within the Wider Context of the Pacific, the Process of Integrating Pacific and Atlantic Histories into the U.S. History Survey, Using Maps to Bring the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds into the U.S. History Survey Course, the Migration Patterns of Asians into the Americas, Online Activities to Explain Migration and Trade in the Atlantic World, and European and Native American Encounters. A discussion of best practices to better incorporate Atlantic and Pacific World histories into the U.S. History survey course will follow the presentations.