Mississippi Studies
A Program for Teachers, June 8-13

   This summer, the Center will offer a new version of its summer seminar for teachers. This team-taught interdisciplinary seminar will consider five ways of teaching Mississippi Studies at the secondary school level. Five Southern Studies faculty members will conduct one-day programs on their fields of expertise. Each will assign readings on a topic in Mississippi Studies and will discuss content, potential sources, and teaching strategies related to that topic. 

   The five units are Native Americans in Mississippi History, taught by Robbie Ethridge, McMullan assistant professor of Southern Studies and assistant professor of anthropology; The Blues, taught by Adam Gussow, assistant professor of English and Southern Studies; Mississippi Writers, taught by Kathryn Burgess McKee, McMullan assistant professor of Southern Studies and assistant professsor of English; Mississippi Social History, 1830s-1950s, taught by Ted Ownby, professor of history and Southern Studies; and Visual Approaches to Mississippi Studies, taught by David Wharton, assistant professor of Southern Studies and director of documentary projects at the Center. The seminar will take place in Barnard Observatory.

   The seminar should be especially useful for teachers of Mississippi Studies, but all interested teachers are welcome. Participants will do the readings, take part in discussions, and prepare projects about strategies for teaching at least one of the topics. Teachers participating in the program may receive course credit for Southern Studies 598.

   For information on enrollment, course credit, and housing, contact Ginger Thurlow, at 662-915-7957 or ginger@olemiss.edu, Outreach and Continuing Education, University of Mississippi, University, MS  38677.