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Popular Music and American Culture //**
 * // March History Forum //**
 * // Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 4:15 PM to 6:30 PM //**
 * // Gilder Lehrman Center, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT //**

The Teaching American History program **// Democratic Vistas //** invites all interested teachers to attend our March History Forum: “Popular Music and American Culture.” This forum will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT.

Our guest is Stephen Armstrong. Professor Armstrong has taught at Central Connecticut State University, Trinity College, and the University of Connecticut. His scholarly and teaching interests are post-war popular culture and Connecticut History. He is the author of the //Student Guide to AP United States History// and the teacher's manual "Using Popular Music in the Social Studies Classroom."

Professor Armstrong will discuss the history of popular music and how it can be used in the classroom.

Popular Music and American Culture: A Lecture and Discussion
 * Program: **
 * 4:15 to 6:00 PM **

Dinner
 * 6:00 to 6:30 PM **

A forty dollar stipend and CEUs are available for participating teachers. We are accepting sixty participants to this forum. Dinner will be included. Registration is required; deadline for registration is March 10th. Please complete an application at this, Democratic Vistas, site on the Forums page. Special consideration will be given to social studies, language arts and special education teachers. You will be notified by March 11th as to whether or not you have been accepted to participate in this monthly forum.