Southeastern history faculty to teach at A+PEL American Studies Conference June 10
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Two members of Southeastern Louisiana University’s history faculty will
lead the annual American Studies Conference of the Associate Professional Educators
of Louisiana (A+PEL). This year’s theme is “From Chalmette to Chapultepec: (Re) Considering
American Continentalism in the Age of Old and Young Hickory (1815-1848) and in Your
Classroom.”
The conference will be held Friday, June 10, at the LABI Conference Center, 3113
Valley Creek Drive in Baton Rouge. Cost to attend the conference, which is intended
for elementary and secondary social studies teachers, is $25. Lunch will be provided
and eight CLUs awarded. Reservations should be made as soon as possible at the website
www.apeleducators.org, as slots are filled on a first come, first served basis.
The program will include presentations on “There Can Be No Binding Oaths Between
Man and Lions: The Mexican War’s Manifest Destiny in American Continentalism” by Charles
Elliott, Southeastern instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses in Louisiana,
American Frontier, and 19th Century American History; and “The British (Maybe) are
Coming: England and the United States as Old Enemies and New Friends at Mid-century”
by William B. Robison, professor of history and head of the Southeastern Department
of History and Political Science.
The program will conclude with a panel discussion “Heads-ups, Hands-ons, and Hand-outs:
Taking (and Talking) American Continentalism into Your Classroom with Articles and
Primary Documents” led by Tangipahoa Parish School System Curriculum Supervisor Ann
Trappey and Dana Morrison of the Sherwood Middle Academic School in East Baton Rouge
Parish. Participating in the panel will be conference faculty, staff and attending
teachers.
Also participating is Southeastern graduate Chase Tomlin, now a doctoral candidate
at LSU.
For more information, visit the website www.apeleducators.org.
