2nd Annual Walter Prescott Webb Teacher Workshop

Flight Culture and the Human Experience

Saturday, 18 April 2020 @ American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum

Dr. Scott W. Palmer (ProfessorandChairofHistoryatUTArlington)drawsupontwodecadesofexperienceresearching,wri>ng,andteachingavia>onhistorytohelpjunior-andhigh-schoolteachersincorporateboththehistoryof technology and the history of flight culture into their own instruc>onalrepertoires. Directly aligned with TEKS standards, Dr. Palmer’s twopresenta>onsprovideessen>al informa>on,concepts,andkey termsalongwith access to mul>media materials and lesson plans that may be easilyadaptedforuseinany7th-12thgradesocialstudiesclassroom.

SCHEDULE

9:30 am - Check in; light breakfast included  10:30 am- “The ‘Look and Feel’ of the Modern: The DC-3 and the Rise of 20th-Century America”

TheDouglasDC-3wasamarveloftwen>eth-centuryAmericantechnologyandindustry.CombiningcuPngedge design and a raQ of innova>ve features, the airplane revolu>onized flight and gave rise to thepassenger airline industry. But its success was by no means a foregone conclusion. In this firstpresenta>on, par>cipants will learn how a disparate combina>on of public and private ins>tu>ons,cuVhroatbusinesscompe>>on,visionaryengineers,andblindluckcontributedtothecrea>onofarguablythemost beau>ful aircraQ ever to grace the skies. The talk concludeswith an evalua>on of theDC-3’scentral role in defining how mid-century Americans came to understand and represent the “modern”through reference to the airplane’s influence on “streamlined” industrial design and minimalistarchitecture.

12:30 pm - LUNCH provided 1:30 pm - “Teaching Texas History through the History of Aviation”

RemembertheAlamo?Ofcourseyoudo!ButdoyourememberKatherineS>nson?WileyPost?OrFrankLorenzo?Thesepioneeringavia>onfiguresareasmuchapartofTexashistoryasSantaAna, JimBowie,andWilliamTravis. In this secondpresenta>onDr.Palmer introducespar>cipants to leading individuals,events,andins>tu>onsthatshapedthestateofavia>onandtheStateofTexasfromc.1900totheearlytwenty-first century. In addi>on to iden>fying key milestones and resources related to the history of(Texas) avia>on, this presenta>on will provide mul>ple examples of how these liVle covered, butfascina>ng,subjectscanbeembeddedintotheTEKSperiodiza>onforteachingTexasHistory.

FOUR (4) FREE HOURS of CPE for History and Social Studies Teachers!

LOCATION: 4601 Texas HWY 360 Blvd.

Fort Worth, Texas 76155

For more information and to reserve your place, please call: (817) 272-2861

https://www.uta.edu/history/research/webb-lecture-series/