Wednesday, July 15
MORNING
Using Primary Source Material in the Classroom - Lee Ann Potter, National Archives.
Eisenhower’s Economic Policy - Dr. David Sicilia, University of Maryland.
AFTERNOON
Film Segment: Suburban America: Park Forest, Illinois, Levittown, NY.
Discussion with Dr. David Schuyler, Franklin and Marshall College; Dr. Sharon Ullman, Bryn Mawr College; Birkner and Hegeman.
Film Segment: Film and Cold War Culture in the 1950s.
Discussion with Ullman, Schuyler, Birkner and Hegeman.
Popular Culture Q & A, Schuyler, Ullman, Birkner and Hegeman.
EVENING
Dinner at the Gettysburg Hotel.
Eisenhower as Leader - Susan Eisenhower.
Thursday, July 16
MORNING
Hike with Ike - Explore Eisenhower’s life in Gettysburg – John Joyce, Park Ranger
Making a film documentary - Dr. George Colburn, Historian, Producer, Filmmaker.
Film segment: Eisenhower and Civil Rights.
Discussion with Dr. Keith Olson, University of Maryland; Dr. David Nichols, Southwestern College; Dr. Irwin Gellman, Independent Scholar; Colburn and Birkner.
AFTERNOON
Film segment: Eisenhower & McCarthy.
Discussion with Olson, Nichols, Gellman, Colburn, Birkner.
Film segment: Eisenhower & Suez.
Discussion with Olson, Nichols, Gellman, Colburn, Birkner.
EVENING
Gala picnic at Eisenhower NHS.
Meet Eisenhower associate Art Kennell.
Friday, July 17
MORNING
Lesson Plan Ideas for the Classroom - Hegeman.
Eisenhower’s Leadership - Dr. Birkner.
AFTERNOON
Gettysburg Battlefield Tour (Optional)
Travel to National Park Service Visitor Center.
Electric Map Orientation program.
Gettysburg Battlefield Tour with Licensed Battlefield Guide.
Post Course Assignment
Use the ideas, techniques and knowledge gained at the Academy to prepare a lesson plan for your school curriculum. Lesson plans should be mailed to Carol Hegeman, Eisenhower National Historic Site, 250 Eisenhower Farm Lane, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. Required for students seeking Pennsylvania Profession Education Credits, suggested for other students.
