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Represent your state in the Summer 2009 Congressional Academy.

Telling America's Story:
A Congressional Academy on the Founding, Development, and Future of American Self-Government

Sunday, June 28, 2009 to Friday, July 10, 2009

Sunday, June 28

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Arrive at Congressional Academy
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Welcome and Academy Overview
6:30 pm – 7:30pm: Dinner
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Common Session #1 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: "The American mind"

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Class Meeting #1 –
Topic: "Our True Ground": Foundations of the Declaration

9:00 pm – 10:30 pm: Study Time

Monday, June 29

8:00 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am: Welcome
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #2 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: "One people"

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #2
Topic: "Laws of nature and of nature's God"

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Class Meeting #3
Topic: "All men are created equal"

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm: Common Session #3 –
Topic: The Tradition of Liberty

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm: The National Archives
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Free Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Common Session #4 – Professor Burkett
Topic: "The Art of Liberty"

8:00 pm – 10:30 pm: Study Time

Tuesday, June 30

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #5 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: "To secure these rights"

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #4
Topic: The Constitutional Convention: Writing a New Constitution

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Class Meeting #5
Topic: The Constitutional Convention: Addressing the Problem

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm: Common Session #6 – Professor Marlowe
Topic: "George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the Constitution's Executive"

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Afternoon Session: Visit to Mount Vernon
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Free Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm: Evening Event: Academic Jeopardy
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm: Study Time

Wednesday, July 1

6:30 am – 7:00 am: Breakfast
7:00 am – 1:00 pm: Morning Session: Visit the Capitol
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Common Session #7 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: "Constitutional Reverence?"

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Class Meeting #6
Topic: Defending the Constitution: The Federalist/Antifederalist Debate Over Virtue, Liberty, and the Size of a Good Republic

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Class Meeting #7
Topic: Defending the Constitution: The Federalist/Antifederalist Debate Over a Bill of Rights

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Free Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Evening Event: Concert
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm: Study Time

Thursday, July 2

7:00 am – 8:00 am: Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30 am: Common Session #8 – Professor Atto
Topic: "The Miracle at Philadelphia"

8:30 am – 10:00 pm: Trip to Philadelphia
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Friday, July 3

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 1:00 pm: Morning Session: The Library of Congress
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Common Session #9 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: The Founders' Hopes for Slavery

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Class Meeting #8
Topic: The Missouri Compromise and the Problem of Slavery

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Class Meeting #9
Topic: Abolitionism and the Constitution: William Lloyd Garrison vs. Frederick Douglass

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Study Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Evening Event: "Glory"
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Saturday, July 4

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #10 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: The Rule of Law, Slavery, and the Future of Self-Government: Lincoln on Prudent Statesmanship

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #10
Topic: Dred Scott

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Class Meeting #11
Topic: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Afternoon Session: Arlington Cemetery
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Study Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Free Time
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm: Evening Event: Fireworks

Sunday, July 5

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 12:00 pm: Free Time
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm: Class Meeting #12
Topic: Secession and Union

1:50 pm – 2:00 pm: Break
2:00 pm – 2:50 pm: Class Meeting #13
Topic: Lincoln's Understanding of the Civil War

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Monument Tour
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Evening Event: Thinking about College
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Study Time
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Monday, July 6

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 1:00 pm: Morning Session: Ford's Theater and the Supreme Court
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Common Session #13 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: Executive Action in Times of Crisis

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Class Meeting #14
Topic: Lincoln and Civil Liberties

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Class Meeting #15
Topic: Lincoln's Vision for America

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Study Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm: Common Session #14 – Professor Sands
Topic: "Lincoln and Political Humor"

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Study Time
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Tuesday, July 7

8:00 am – 8:45 am: Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #15 – Professor Portteus
Topic: "Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Gettysburgr"

9:30 am – 8:00 pm: Trip to Gettysburg
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Study Time
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Wednesday, July 8

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #16 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: Moral Reconstruction after the Civil War

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #16
Topic: Douglass on the Options for America after the Civil War

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Class Meeting #17
Topic: Douglass and Statesmanship

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Lunch
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm: Class Meeting #18
Topic: The Debate over Attaining Equality after Douglass: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Afternoon Session: The Smithsonian
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Free Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Evening Event: Review and Questions
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm: Study Time

Thursday, July 9

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #17 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: Equality and Brown v. Board of Education

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #19
Topic: MLK on Non-Violence and Civil Disobedience

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Class Meeting #20
Topic: Debating MLK's Vision for America

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Study Time
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Final Exam
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm: Free Time
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Dinner
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Evening Event: Talent Show
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm: Free Time

Friday, July 10

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Common Session #18 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: Self-Government and Education

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Class Meeting #21
Topic: Citizenship and the Need for Liberal Education

10:45 am – 11:00 am: Evaluations
11:00 am – 11:45 am: Lunch
11:45 am – 12:15 pm: Common Session #19 – Professor Sikkenga
Topic: "A republic, if you can keep it"

12:30pm: Depart Congressional Academy