There are 11 upcoming classes.
The Historical Geographies of Lisa See’s "The Island of Sea Women"
Date: 09/28/20Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Dr. Patrick Chung, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland, explores the historical places and events that serve as the backdrop of Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women. The title is the 2020 One Maryland One Book selection.
This presentation provides a brief overview of 20th-century Korean history, with particular focus on the Japanese colonization of Korea (1910-1945), the Jeju Uprising (1948-1949), and the Korean War (1950-1953). In doing so, it will highlight the centrality of war and memory in See’s work and, more broadly, modern Korean society.
Hosted by Worchester Library. Click here to register.
Let's Vote (Online)
Date: 09/29/20Time: 7:00pm - 7:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Learn the basics about voting and our US government - including who gets to vote, why it's important to vote, and how you and other kids can start voting...now!
Kindergarten - 2nd grade; 15 min. Registration required.
**This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration.**
The First Amendment
Date: 09/30/20Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Ages 11 - 17 Min 200
Learn why the First Amendment’s five rights and freedoms are so vital to democracy in the U.S. Through case studies, you weigh in on Supreme Court decisions in which these protections were challenged.
Let's Vote (Online)
Date: 09/30/20Time: 7:00pm - 7:15pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 5 - 10 (Grades K-5)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Learn the basics about voting and our US government - including who gets to vote, why it's important to vote, and how you and other kids can start voting...now!
3rd - 5th grade; 15 min. Registration required.
**This class has been prerecorded. You will receive the link to the online class with confirmation of your registration.**
WRITERS LIVE! - Jon Meacham: His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis & the Power of Hope (Online)
Date: 10/06/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
FREE tickets for Zoom Webinar or Facebook Live go on sale September 22 at 9am through EventBrite.
Jon Meacham will talk about his new book, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.
Drawing on decades of wide-ranging interviews with John Lewis, Jon Meacham writes of how this great-grandson of a slave and son of an Alabama tenant farmer was inspired by the Bible and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr., to put his life on the line in the service of what Abraham Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature.” From an early age, Lewis learned that nonviolence was not only a tactic but a philosophy, a biblical imperative, and a transforming reality. At the age of four, Lewis, ambitious to become a minister, practiced by preaching to his family’s chickens. When his mother cooked one of the chickens, the boy refused to eat it—his first act, he wryly recalled, of nonviolent protest. Integral to Lewis’s commitment to bettering the nation was his faith in humanity and in God—and an unshakable belief in the power of hope.
Meacham calls Lewis “as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first-century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the Republic itself in the eighteenth century.”
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer. The author of the New York Times bestsellers Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, Franklin and Winston, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, and The Soul of America, Meacham holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in the American Presidency and is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time, and a fellow of the Society of American Historians.
Send questions for Jon Meacham to [email protected] by October 5, to be answered during the live program.
ASL interpretation will be available to attendees.
Visit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copy of His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.
Presented by Enoch Pratt Free Library with support from: The Ruth Enlow Library, Talbot County Free Library, Carroll County Public Library, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Kent County Public Library, Worcester County Library, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Howard County Library System.
Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.
Brown Lecture Series: Kenyatta Berry
Date: 10/08/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Presented by Enoch Pratt Free Library. FREE tickets for Zoom Webinar or Facebook Live go on sale September 24 at 9am. Click here for more information.
Kenyatta Berry will be in conversation about her work and contributions to the 1619 project.
Kenyatta Berry is a contributor to the groundbreaking “1619 Project” published by the New York Times. She was the 2019 Honorary Chair for Preservation Week and named a “Newsmaker” in American Libraries magazine a publication of the American Library Association. She is an author, attorney, lecturer, professional genealogist and television personality with over 20 years of experience. Kenyatta’s knowledge in the areas of African American Genealogy, Enslaved Ancestral Research and DNA has made her an invaluable “go to” source for information from all parts of the world.
Kenyatta Berry's TV host job on Genealogy Roadshow (PBS) generated enormous buzz surrounding her insight, understanding and expertise by colleagues, genealogy organizations, media and supporters alike. As demand grows for people to learn more about their lineage and DNA, she continues to innovate, transforming the world of genealogy by making it more accessible to the masses.
Send questions for Kenyatta Berry to [email protected] by October 7, to be answered during the live program.
ASL interpretation will be available to attendees.
Visit https://www.theivybookshop.com/ to order your copy of The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide.
Presented by Enoch Pratt Free Library with support from: The Ruth Enlow Library, Talbot County Free Library, Carroll County Public Library, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Kent County Public Library, Worcester County Library, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Howard County Library System.
The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.
This program is part of ongoing 2020 Women's Vote Centennial Initiative conversations at the Pratt Library.
National History Day Thesis Workshop (Online)
Date: 10/12/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), All Ages / Families
Program type: Writing
Description:
A solid thesis is the foundation for any NHD project. Explore the theme Communication in History: The Key to Understanding, and discuss ways to evolve a topic into a working thesis, then into a blueprint for an argument that examines the significance of a historical topic in relation to this year’s theme.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. If you prefer to call in by phone, please register for the class online and then email [email protected] to request the dial-in information at least 1 business day in advance.
National History Day Thesis Workshop (Online)
Date: 10/13/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), All Ages / Families
Program type: Writing
Description:
A solid thesis is the foundation for any NHD project. Explore the theme Communication in History: The Key to Understanding, and discuss ways to evolve a topic into a working thesis, then into a blueprint for an argument that examines the significance of a historical topic in relation to this year’s theme.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. If you prefer to call in by phone, please register for the class online and then email [email protected] to request the dial-in information at least 1 business day in advance.
Maximize Your History Day Research (Online)
Date: 10/19/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Ages 11-17, with parents. 90 min.
Assigned a National History Day project? Our research experts have tips and tools for you. Meet history day judges and learn strategies to locate sources.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone
Voting - Democracy in Action (Online)
Date: 10/21/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 14 - 17 (High School), Ages 18+ (Adults)
Program type: History & Genealogy
Description:
Join Dr. Richard Bell, professor of History at University of Maryland, and Linda Frascarella, Director of Education at League of Women Voters of Howard County for a timely and important conversation about the history of the fight for voting rights in the United States and about how to ensure your voice is heard in the upcoming federal election.
Richard Bell is professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home, which is a finalist for the 2020 Harriet Tubman Book Prize. He serves as a Trustee of the Maryland Historical Society and as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Visit his website to learn more.
The League of Women Voters of Howard County is committed to improving local government by making the processes of decision making more transparent, and including more options for community engagement.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.
In partnership with Worcester County Library.
National History Day Thesis Workshop (Online)
Date: 10/26/20Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Branch: Online Branch
Age group: Ages 11-13 (Middle School), Ages 14 - 17 (High School), All Ages / Families
Program type: Writing
Description:
A solid thesis is the foundation for any NHD project. Explore the theme Communication in History: The Key to Understanding, and discuss ways to evolve a topic into a working thesis, then into a blueprint for an argument that examines the significance of a historical topic in relation to this year’s theme.
Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. If you prefer to call in by phone, please register for the class online and then email [email protected] to request the dial-in information at least 1 business day in advance.
