{"id":628,"date":"2021-07-12T02:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T02:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/?page_id=628"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:44:51","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule and Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>This tentative 2026 schedule is subject to change<\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Summer 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Knowledge for Freedom Seminar<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dickinson College \/ Summer 2026<br \/>\nSeminar:\u00a0 M\/T\/W\/TH\/F 930am to 12pm<br \/>\nClassrooms: Denny 317 (lecture), Denny 212 (discussion)<br \/>\nPlus various afternoon and weekend activities and field trips<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>[ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2025\/07\/2025-KFF-Syllabus.pdf\">PRINTABLE SYLLABUS<\/a><\/span>]<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The least a man can do at such a time is to declare himself and tell where he stands. I believe in freedom with the same burning delight, the same faith, the same intense abandon which attended its birth on this continent more than a century and a half ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/e-b-white-on-freedom-and-democracy\/\">E.B. White, September 1940<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Faculty\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Director:<\/em> Prof. Matthew Pinsker \/\/ Email: pinskerm@dickinson.edu<\/li>\n<li><em>Assistant Director:<\/em> Prof. Todd Mealy\u00a0 \/\/ Email: tmmealy@comcast.net<\/li>\n<li><em>Assistant Director:\u00a0 <\/em>Prof. Cooper Wingert<em> \/\/\u00a0<\/em>Email: cwingert@fordham.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Slavery, or the idea of holding people as property, might well be the most insidious repudiation of American democratic ideals. And yet, slaveholding was both widespread and long-entrenched in the United States, a country that has always prided itself on embracing individualism and universal natural rights. How was such a fundamental contradiction even possible? That is the kind of searing question that will help open a gateway toward both deeper learning and more engaged citizenship in the Knowledge for Freedom seminar. Students who successfully conclude this program and complete their final web-based projects will receive free Dickinson College credit for the equivalent of a History 101 general topical survey course.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Required Books<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Delbanco, ed., <em>The Portable Abraham Lincoln<\/em> (Penguin, 2009 ed.)<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Pinsker, <em>Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln<\/em> (WW Norton, 2026)<\/li>\n<li>John\u00a0<span class=\"mark0208hmcxb\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Stauffer<\/span>\u00a0and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds.,\u00a0<i>The Portable Frederick\u00a0Douglass<\/i> (Penguin, 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus\u00a0<em>Knowledge for Freedom Source Book<\/em> (2026) [<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PDF<\/span><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/course-policies\/\"><strong>Course Policies<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>For details on course policies, especially those regarding attendance, participation, accommodations for disabilities, plagiarism and general learning objectives, visit the link above.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/activities\/\">Workshops, Activities<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/field-trips\/\">Field Trips<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each afternoon, seminar participants will participate in various workshops, covering topics such as the college admissions process, research, writing and multi-media production.\u00a0 Seminar participants will also undertake historical walking tours on campus and in town and will enjoy extended field trips to places such as Gettysburg, Harrisburg, and Washington, DC.\u00a0 For details on these trips, visit the links above.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Participation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Students will be responsible for regular attendance and participation in the daily seminar sessions for two weeks, about 2.5 hours per day.\u00a0 In addition, students will be expected to fully attend separate afternoon workshop sessions and various other program activities. The best way to participate in this seminar (and in most college classes) is to come prepared with thoughtful questions.\u00a0 The most important questions usually concern possible connections with other texts or experiences, designed to draw broader insights and deeper understanding about context and meaning.\u00a0 All participants will receive a written evaluation of their participation.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/close-reading-reflections\/\"><strong>Close Reading Reflections<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>During the July seminar, all students will produce one short close reading reflection essay with document video, posted at the 2026 student project website &#8211;with first draft due to grad TAs by Sunday afternoon, July 19 and final draft due by Monday night, July 20.\u00a0 \u00a0Students are expected to begin working with both undergrad tutors and grad TAs in daily workshop sessions during the first week of class to ensure that they are making good progress in the development of their reflection essay posts.\u00a0 Reflections should analyze one of the course texts in close reading style, about 500 to 1,000 words or 2 to 3 pages (single spaced), with 2-3 images (properly credited and captioned) and with one short video or podcast reading (link included in post) that attempts to bring to life a short snippet (20 to 60 seconds) from the assigned text. Students may select ANY document from the <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/\">course texts list<\/a> &#8211;from 2026 or from previous years. These assignments will be evaluated for analysis, prose and multi-media effort. Models for these reflections are available on the assignment page.\u00a0 The best close reading reflection posts will be published online.\u00a0 \u00a0Students pursuing optional college credit will also produce a second close reading reflection post with document video (due by mid-August.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/final-website-projects\/\"><strong>Final Essays<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Students seeking optional college credit will need to continue to meet remotely with Prof. Pinsker at weekly one-hour Zoom office hour sessions for four weeks following the conclusion of the residential seminar experience .\u00a0 They will work with him to produce a second close reading reflection post (see above) and\u00a0 a final essay (about 1,000 to 1,500 words or roughly 4 to 6 pages, single spaced) that draws lessons about how best to achieve change in American democracy through comparing and contrasting the antislavery strategies of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 \u00a0All post-campus work will be due by the end of August posted at the 2026 student project site.\u00a0 Final essays should include properly captioned and credited images as well as Chicago-style footnotes, citing wherever relevant the primary source texts from the course syllabus as well as secondary sources provided by the program, including James Oakes&#8217;s dual biography. Outside research beyond these materials is allowed but not required. Final essays will be graded on prose quality, research, and depth of analysis. Models for these final essays will be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/final-website-projects\/\">the assignment page<\/a>. The best student essays will also be considered as models for future seminar students and for inclusion in Prof. Pinsker&#8217;s online Student Hall of Fame gallery. Late\u00a0 projects will be penalized up to 5 points each day.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Grade Distribution<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>NOTE:\u00a0 all participants will receive comments on their participation and grades on their first close reading post shortly after the regular program concludes.\u00a0 Other grades and an overall course grade will only be distributed in early September for those seeking college credit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seminar Participation&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;35 percent<br \/>\nFirst close reading post&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;15 percent<br \/>\nSecond close reading post&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;15 percent<br \/>\nFinal Essay&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;35 percent<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong>Full daily schedule (subject to change)<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>[Site for our daily blog for Summer 2026]<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Week 1:\u00a0 Background on Slavery and Freedom<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Sunday 7\/12 -Arrival Day (Dickinson College campus)<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a02pm to 4pm = Participants arrive to House Divided studio (61. N. West St)<\/li>\n<li>2pm to 430pm = Move in at High Street dorm (450 W. High Street)<\/li>\n<li>430pm to 5pm = Quick campus orientation (STAFF)<\/li>\n<li>5pm to 630pm = Dinner with STAFF (Holland Union Building \/ HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/framing-freedom\/\"><u>Monday 7\/13\u00a0 \u2013Framing Freedom<\/u><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/phillis-wheatley-on-being-brought-from-africa-1773\/\">Phillis Wheatley, On Being Brought From Africa (1773)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/abigail-and-john-adams-letters-1776\/\">Abigail and John Adams, Letters (1776)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/enlightenment\/\">Age of Enlightenment<\/a> (Pinsker)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Mealy \/ Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>130pm to 245pm = Workshop: Close Reading (staff \/ Denny 112)\n<ul>\n<li>Register laptops and devices on campus network<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dickinson.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_40HgCXHmuREVOqp\">Kline Center online fitness orientation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Activity: Campus tour (Admissions \/ outside Old West)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities (Massey&#8217;s ice cream &#8211;free)<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Tuesday 7\/14\u00a0 -\u2013Declaring Freedom<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-independence-1776\/\">Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (1776)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/declaration-of-sentiments-1848\/\">Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments (1848)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 Remembering 1776 (Pinsker)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Pinsker \/ Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>115pm<\/strong><\/span> to 245pm = Field trip:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historicalsociety.com\/\">CCHS<\/a> (21 N. Pitt St) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(Meet at Denny)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Admissions Activity: Finding Your College (Denny 112)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Wednesday 7\/15\u00a0 \u2013Feminism and Abolitionism<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930 to 945am = Announcements (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/sojourner-truth-womans-rights-speech-1851\/\">Sojourner Truth, woman&#8217;s rights speech (1851)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/frances-harper-bury-me-in-a-free-land-1858\/\">Frances Harper, Bury Me in a Free Land (1858)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/abolitionism\/\">Abolitionism<\/a> (Mealy)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1pm<\/span><\/strong> = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>115pm<\/strong><\/span> to 430pm =\u00a0 Visit to State Capitol (meet outside Denny)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities (<strong>Optional<\/strong> Brainstorming meetings)<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thursday 7\/16\u2013 Douglass and Lincoln<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements\u00a0 (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/frederick-douglass-fifth-of-july-speech-1852\/\">Douglass, Fifth of July Speech (1852)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/lincoln-house-divided-speech-1858\/\">Lincoln, House Divided speech (1858)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context Lecture: <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/lincoln-and-republicans\/\">Republicans and Antislavery<\/a> (Pinsker)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Mealy \/ Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">115pm to 245pm<\/span><\/strong> = Field trip:\u00a0 UGRR\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/slavery\/tour\/\">Dickinson &amp; Slavery<\/a> (Meet at Old West)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lM1o6JeEB8w?feature=shared\">Old Courthouse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Admissions Activity:\u00a0 Application Process (Denny 112)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities (<strong>Required<\/strong> Brainstorming meetings)<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>Friday 7\/17 \u2013Lincoln&#8217;s Secession Crisis, and Ours<\/u><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930 to 945am = Announcements\u00a0 (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/lincolns-first-inaugural-1861\/\">Lincoln, First Inaugural (1861)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/selections-from-frederick-douglass-editorials-1860-61\/\">Douglass Editorials (1860-61)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2025\/07\/Lincolns-First-Inaugural.pdf\">Secession Crisis<\/a> (Pinsker)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/close-reading-reflections\/\">Close Reading session<\/a> (Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>130pm to 245pm = Workshop:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwvpacapreg.org\/\">League of Women Voters<\/a> (Denny 112)<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Activity:\u00a0 Scavenger Hunt<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 10pm = Dorm activities<\/li>\n<li>10pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Saturday 7\/18 \u2013 Field Trip to Gettysburg<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am =\u00a0 Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>9am to 4pm = Activity: <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/field-trip-to-gettysburg\/\">Field trip to Gettysburg<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>(Outside Denny at 9am)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 10pm\u00a0 = Dorm activities<\/li>\n<li>10pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Sunday 7\/19 \u2013Close Reading assignments<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 430pm = Denny 112 computer lab available<\/li>\n<li>10am to 12pm = <strong>Optional<\/strong> Close Reading support (Tutors)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>1pm to 4pm = <strong>Required<\/strong> Close Reading Draft Review (Grad TAs)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 10pm\u00a0 = Reading &amp; writing time<\/li>\n<li>10pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Week 2: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/lincoln-and-douglass\/\">The Other Lincoln-Douglass Debates<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/lincoln-and-emancipation\/\"><u>Monday 7\/20 \u2013New Birth of Freedom<\/u><\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/gettysburg-address-1863\/\">Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/frederick-douglass-mission-of-the-war-1864\/\">Douglass, Mission of the War (1864)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/anna-dickinson-perils-of-the-hour-1864\/\">Anna Dickinson, Perils of the Hour (1864)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/unionism\/\">Defining Unionism<\/a> (Pinsker)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Mealy \/ Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>130pm to 230pm = Debate prep\u00a0 (TBD)<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Project work\u00a0 (TBD)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li><b>7pm = <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2024teagle\/\">Close reading reflections due Monday night<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities (Massey\u2019s ice cream \u2013free)<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Tuesday 7\/21 \u2013 American Voices<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements (Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8211;Walt Whitman, I Sing America (1860)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/emma-lazarus-new-colossus-1883\/\">Emma Lazarus, New Colossus (1883)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/e-b-white-on-freedom-and-democracy\/\"><strong>E.B. White on Freedom and Democracy (1940, 1943)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context Lecture: Immigration (Mealy)<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>130pm to 245pm = Debate prep (TBD)<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Admissions Activity: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/files\/2025\/07\/Teagle-Essay-and-Interview-Presentation-2025.pdf\">Essays and Interviews<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (Denny 112)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm = Dorm activities<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Wednesday 7\/22 \u2013Field Trip to DC<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7am to 730am = EARLY Breakfast only (HUB)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>730am to 9pm = Activity: Field trip to Washington DC<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Thursday 7\/23 \u2013Reflecting on Freedom and Equality<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>7am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 945am = Announcements (Pinsker \/ Denny 317)\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/esther-popel-flag-salute-1934\/\">Esther Popel, \u201cFlag Salute&#8221; (1934)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8211;Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream (1963)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featured text &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/texts\/amanda-gorman-the-hill-we-climb-2021\/\">Amanda Gorman, \u201cThe Hill We Climb\u201d (2021)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>945am to 1045am = Context lecture:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/civil-rights\/\">Civil Rights, Then &amp; Now<\/a> (Mealy)<\/li>\n<li>1045am to 11am = Break<\/li>\n<li>11am to 12pm = Subtext discussion (Pinsker \/ Denny 212)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm = Lunch available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>130pm to 245pm = Debate prep (TBD)<\/li>\n<li>3pm to 430pm = Admissions Activity: Financial Aid (Denny 112)<\/li>\n<li>445pm to 630pm = Dinner available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>7pm to 9pm =\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b>Dorm activities (PowerPoint presentations)<\/li>\n<li>9pm to 11pm = Personal time \/ lights out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Friday 7\/24 \u2013Closing Activities<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li>8am to 9am = Breakfast available (HUB)<\/li>\n<li>930am to 10am\u00a0 = Gettysburg Address Lectern + Artifacts with Craig Caba (Stern 102)<\/li>\n<li>10am to 1130am = <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/syllabus\/team-lincoln-vs-team-douglass-debates\/\"><strong>Team Lincoln vs. Team Douglass Debates<\/strong><\/a> (Stern 102)<\/li>\n<li>1130am to 12pm\u00a0 = <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/gettysburg-address-lectern\/\">Photos with Gettysburg Address lectern<\/a> (Stern 102)<\/li>\n<li>12pm to 1pm =\u00a0 Luncheon with parents \/ guardians (Stern Great Room)<\/li>\n<li>1pm to 2pm = Departure from dorm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Draft dates for OPTIONAL online college credit sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wed July 29: 10am to 11am<\/li>\n<li>Wed Aug 5: 10am to 11am<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/close-reading-reflections\/\"><strong>Friday Aug 7:\u00a0 Second close reading due<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thu Aug 13: 7pm to 8pm<\/li>\n<li>Wed Aug 19: 7pm to 8pm<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/final-website-projects\/\"><strong>Friday Aug 21:\u00a0 Final Projects due<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Attendance at these Zoom sessions is not strictly mandatory but students who must miss any of the sessions for vacations or work conflicts or other reasons, such as illness, must communicate with Prof. Pinsker by email.\u00a0 Each session will include some instructions and guidance from Prof. Pinsker, discussion about the Oakes book, and plenty of opportunities for questions from students. There will be notes available and also partial recordings.\u00a0 The project deadlines are fixed, though students who desire to do so, may submit assignments earlier. All grades will be recorded and transcripts available by September 1.<\/p>\n<p>Students should email Prof. Pinsker by Monday, July 28, indicating whether or not they will be participating in the online course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tentative 2026 schedule is subject to change Summer 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Knowledge for Freedom Seminar Dickinson College \/ Summer 2026 Seminar:\u00a0 M\/T\/W\/TH\/F 930am to 12pm Classrooms: Denny 317 (lecture), Denny 212 (discussion) Plus various afternoon and weekend activities and field trips [ PRINTABLE SYLLABUS] &nbsp; &#8220;The least a man can do at such a time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/syllabus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Schedule and Syllabus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":283,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3322,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628\/revisions\/3322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}