Daily sessions of the workshop will each be devoted to investigating a particular theme. The topics include:

1. Henry Ford and Manufacturing History,

2. Henry Ford and Labor History,

3. Henry Ford as Icon,

4. The Detroit Industrial Murals of Diego Rivera, and

5. The Contemporary Rouge

(For a detailed daily schedule, click on the daily schedule link.)

Morning seminars on these topics featuring distinguished scholars and commentators will convene at the M-TEC (Michigan Technical Education Center). Each session will be followed by a tour that will enhance the morning’s dialogue.  Participants will visit sites such as the Ford Rouge Plant, the Diego Rivera Detroit Industrial Murals (at the Detroit Institute of Arts), Greenfield Village, the Henry Ford Museum, and the Walter Reuther Labor Archives.

Late afternoons will be reserved for free time, recreation, and mingling or independent research.   After supper, teachers will convene to collaborate in curricular planning, drawing from the commentaries and tours that constituted the day’s activity. 

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