Teaching Election 2024
This Saturday symposium, held at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, will examine the 2024 election and provide strategies for helping students engage in constructive conversations about it. Through an exploration of the issues, the candidates, and the electorate, specialists from UVA’s Department of Politics, the Miller Center, and the University of Richmond’s New American History project will highlight key facets of the coming contest. They will also highlight ways to facilitate difficult conversations across the partisan divide, an important skill in an increasingly polarized political environment.
In order for this program to give attendees enough activity hours to count towards recertification, we are asking you to do the following Pre-program exploration:
Before attending the program, please spend an hour exploring this interactive map, Electing the President. We will work with the map during the day, alongside a suite of free learning resources designed to engage your students as they investigate the history of presidential elections. Please come prepared to share your questions and ideas about using the map in your classroom.
We look forward to seeing you!
Organizer:
Marc Selverstone
UVA Miller Center
CLA Project Director; Professor and Director of Presidential Studies and Co-Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program
Presenters:
Jennifer Lawless
Chair, UVA Department of Politics
UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics and Professor of Public Policy
Mary Kate Cary
UVA Department of Politics
Adjunct Professor
Annie Evans, MEd
Director of Education & Outreach, New American History, University of Richmond
Agenda
10:00 - 10:30
Registration, coffee/breakfast
10:30 – 10:35
Welcome and Introductions by Prof. Marc Selverstone
10:35 - 11:20
"Teaching Election 2024: What could possibly go wrong?"
Prof. Mary Kate Cary and Prof. Jen Lawless
11:20 - 11:50
Q&A with Prof. Mary Kate Cary and Prof. Jen Lawless
11:50 - 11:55
Bathroom break
11:55 - 12:10
"Where do we go from here?" - Debrief scholars' session/resources
Annie Evans, MEd
12:10 - 12:50
Lunch
12:50 – 1:50
"Visualizing the Presidency" - Explore purposeful ways to employ data literacy in the humanities via OER digital scholarship tools and resources.
Annie Evans, MEd
1:50 - 2:00
Evaluation, goodbye
Additional Resources:
UVA Miller Center Election Blog
UVA Miller Center U.S. Presidents
This program is sponsored by:
