Save the Date! Call for Proposals! The 2017 CASE Conference Is Now Open ...

[Council on American Studies Education]

Friends of the Council on American Studies Education- 

This year's CASE conference planning committee from Lake Zurich High School is pleased to announce that the 2017 CASE Conference will be held Friday, Feb. 24, at Roosevelt University in Chicago. The conference theme will explore “Only in America” — how we can teach the whole, unvarnished truth about America.

To register, submit a session proposal, or find more information, go to www.casechicago.org or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/casechicago 

Also, please do your part to spread word about the conference through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. 

Here is an overview of this year's theme: 

America is the home of the skyscraper, blues music, and the poetry of Walt Whitman; something in the American character has led to great discoveries, innovations, and art. Our underlying optimism and idealism have led the world in the direction of democracy, freedom, and human rights. Meanwhile, our country has great divides—political, social, racial, economic—that often seem unbridgeable. As teachers, we need to walk a line between showing our students the beautiful and the ugly, the positive and the negative, of the world into which they will soon graduate, all while balancing the need to give them a unbiased and fair vision yet staying true to many of our own beliefs and values. How do we teach the whole, unvarnished truth about America?

Early registration: 

Register now for the reduced rate of $75 ($85 after January 13). Please visit www.casechicago.org/conference/registration/ 

If you prefer to pay by check, click on "Show other payment options” when you reach the Eventbrite page. Also note there is small processing fee added to this price. 

Conference fee includes: keynote speaker/program, breakout sessions, continental breakfast and luncheon, and time to meet with fellow American Studies teachers. 

Call for proposals: 

Proposals are due January 13! You can submit them online at www.casechicago.org/conference/call-for-proposals/ or e-mail Ian Silverman -- ian.si...@lz95.org

-Names of Presenters 

-School 

-Contact person and e-mail address 

-Title of Presentation 

-Proposal description 

-Special equipment needed 

Some possible session topics: 

-Truth vs. Fiction: How to Conduct Scholarly Research in the Age of Information Overload

-The End of Rhetoric: What’s the Point of Teaching Argumentation in Post-Truth America?

-Literature Will Save Us (Again): The Power of Empathy to Bridge American Divides

-How to Teach Bias Without Bias

-The Politics of Teaching

-Teaching American Paradoxes: Order vs. Freedom and Beyond

-A Call to Arms: “Good” vs. “Bad” Wars

-Manifest Destiny: Teaching the Truth about Westward Expansion

-Language of Hope: Teaching the Founding Documents in Contemporary America

-American Dream vs. Reality

-Suggest your own!