BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170210T000000Z DTEND:20170210T013000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Denison: ‘From the Scopes Trial of 1925 to Battles Over Intelligent Design' DESCRIPTION:The Department of Educational Studies welcomes James W. Fraser\, professor of history and education at the Steinhardt School of Culture\, Education\, and Human Development at New York University\, presenting "From the Scopes Trial of 1925 to Battles Over Intelligent Design: Ninety Years of Unresolved Efforts to Come to Terms with Teaching Evolution in Schools" at 7 p.m. on Thursday\, Feb. 9\, in the lecture hall of Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). This talk is free and open to the public. For more information\, contact Karen Graves at 740-587-6680 or visit Denison.edu. Fraser's teaching and research is motivated by his concern with the challenges facing future social studies and history teachers who must find ways of engaging students with American and world history. His most recent book\, "By the People: A History of the United States" is designed to help make U.S. history courses more lively\, with a focus on the agency of everyday Americans of many different communities\, times\, and places. Fraser's work also reflects his concern with complex debates about the place of religion in public schools\, especially in the U.S.\, but also internationally. He has written\, taught\, and consulted about the state of teacher education in the U.S. and elsewhere\, and also written and spoken about the future of the history of education as an academic field of study. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Department of Educational Studies welcomes James W. Fraser\, professor of history and education at the Steinhardt School of Culture\, Education\, and Human Development at New York University\, presenting "\;From the Scopes Trial of 1925 to Battles Over Intelligent Design: Ninety Years of Unresolved Efforts to Come to Terms with Teaching Evolution in Schools"\; at 7 p.m. on Thursday\, Feb. 9\, in the lecture hall of Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). This talk is free and open to the public. For more information\, contact Karen Graves at 740-587-6680 or visit Denison.edu. Fraser&rsquo\;s teaching and research is motivated by his concern with the challenges facing future social studies and history teachers who must find ways of engaging students with American and world history. His most recent book\, &ldquo\;By the People: A History of the United States&rdquo\; is designed to help make U.S. history courses more lively\, with a focus on the agency of everyday Americans of many different communities\, times\, and places. Fraser&rsquo\;s work also reflects his concern with complex debates about the place of religion in public schools\, especially in the U.S.\, but also internationally. He has written\, taught\, and consulted about the state of teacher education in the U.S. and elsewhere\, and also written and spoken about the future of the history of education as an academic field of study. LOCATION:Denison University Burton D. Morgan Center Lecture Hall 150 Ridge Road Granville\, Ohio 43023 UID:e.180.11200 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260418T124826Z URL:http://business.granvilleoh.com/events/details/denison-from-the-scopes-trial-of-1925-to-battles-over-intelligent-design-11200 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR