Frederick
D. Drake
Associate Professor, History
Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty
Year of
Appointment: 1997
Academic Degrees: Doctoral, Master's, and Bachelor's in History
Illinois State University 1984, 1975, 1970
Professional Experience:
1997-1999
Assistant Professor, Illinois State
University
1989-1997 Administrative Professional, Illinois State University
1969-1989 Teacher, Dwight High School, Dwight, Illinois, Certification,
Type 09 and Type 10
1987-1989 Adjunct Faculty, National College of Education
1985-1992 Adjunct Faculty, Joliet Junior College
Faculty
and Administrative Load:
Spring
Semester, 2001
HIS 392 Instructional Technology for
Historians
HIS 300 History and Social Sciences Teaching Methodology II
HIS 407 Mentorship in the Teaching of
History
Fall Semester, 2000
HIS 300.01 Social Sciences Seminar:
Origins of the Cold War from International Perspectives
HIS 405 Practicum in Teaching History
HIS 407 Mentorship in the Teaching of History,
Spring Semester, 2000
HIS 390 History and Social Sciences
Teaching Methodology II, Sections 001 and 002
HIS 392 Instructional Technology for
Historians
Summer, 2000
HIS 249 U.S. History Since 1945
Fall Semester, 1999
HIS 390 History and Social Sciences
Teaching Methodology II, Sections 001 and 002
HIS 405 Practicum in the Teaching of
History
HIS 407 Mentorship in the Teaching of
History,
Summer, 1999
HIS 249 U.S. History Since 1945
Spring Semester, 1999
HIS 390 History and Social Sciences
Teaching Methodology II, Sections 001 and 002
HIS 392 Instructional Technology for
Historians
Other Collegiate
Assignments:
Department
Faculty Status Committee, 1999-Present
Performance-Based Assessment Task Force, 1999-Present
Council for Teacher Education, 2000-Present
National Network for Educational Renewal, 2000-Present
Current Professional and Academic Association or Society Memberships
(*Meetings Attended):
*American Historical Association *National Council for History
Education
* National Council for the Social Studies *Illinois Council for
the Social Studies
* Society for History Teachers *NCSS College and University Faculty
Assembly
Organization of American Historians Society for Historians of
American Foreign Relations
Current Professional Assignment, Activities, and School Involvement:
Executive Director, Illinois Council for the Social Studies
Consultant, Alternative Assessment, Illinois State Board of Education
CIVITAS: An International Civic Education Exchange Program
Presenter, National Council for History Education
Founding Member, Delta Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Delta
Advisory Board Member, National Clearinghouse Advisory Committee
of the ERIC
Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Social
Studies Development Center, Indiana University, 1998-Present.
Publications
(Select):
Books and
Chapters
States’
Rights and American Federalism: A Documentary History. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. With Lynn R. Nelson; “Alternative
Assessment in the Social Sciences,” Chapter in The Active
Classroom: Ideas and Practices for Teaching Civics. Edited
by Stephen L. Schechter and Natalya Voskrenskaya. Washington,
D.C.: The American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation,
1998. Pages 183-189. Translation in Russian, Pages 165-173. With
Lawrence W. McBride and Marcel Lewinski; and Alternative Assessment
in the Social Sciences. Illinois State Board of Education. 1996.
With Lawrence W. McBride and Marcel Lewinski.
Articles
“Partnership
Schools and Mentoring in a History Education Program,” Perspectives
38, No. 9 (December 2000): 27-32; “The Summative Teaching
Portfolio and the Reflective Practitioner of History,” The
History Teacher 34, No. 1 (November 2000): 41-60. With Lawrence
W. McBride; “Civic Education: The Role of History and the
Social Sciences in a Civil Society,” The Journal of the
International Society for History Didactics, Information Mitteilungen
Communications 20, No. 1 (1999): 18-30. With Lynn R. Nelson;
“Encountering New Cultures in History and Civic Education,”
Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Comparative Research Endeavors in
Pedagogy and Psychology (1999): 29-35; “Reinvigorating
the Teaching of History through Alternative Assessment,”
The History Teacher (February 1997). With Lawrence W. McBride;
“Earthquake in South Dakota: Does the Controversy Surrounding
National Standards Matter?” The New England Journal of
History (Winter 1997). With Lynn R. Nelson and Anne Pooler;
“Secondary Teachers’ Reactions to the New Social Studies.”
Theory and Research in Social Education (Winter 1994):
44-73. With Lynn R. Nelson; and “Use of Primary Sources and
Historians’ Interpretations in the Classroom.” Teaching
History (Fall 1986).
Awards:
College Outstanding
Teacher (Social Sciences), 2000-2001, Illinois State University;
University Teaching Initiative Award, 1998-1999, Illinois State
University; College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Initiative Award,
Illinois State University, 1998-1999; Best Paper Award (Regional).
“Social Studies Teaching, 1949-1989.” Paper Presented
at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.
San Francisco, California, 1995. With Lynn R. Nelson. Published
as “Secondary Teachers’ Reactions to the New Social
Studies.” Theory and Research in Social Education
22, No. 1 (Winter 1994): 44-73; Master Class for Teachers. “James
Madison and the Federalist Papers.” Sponsored by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation and funded by the U.S. Department
of Education. Montpelier, Virginia: June 21-July 1, 1989; and
James Madison Fellowship. Indiana University. American Political
Science Association and the American Historical Association: Project
’87, 1986-1987.
Research:
History of
Progressive Education and Struggle for the Curriculum in Schools:
A Case Study of Implementation in Springfield, Missouri schools;
Research on qualities administrators look for in hiring history
and social sciences teachers; The Best and the Brightest, research
on the qualities and characteristics of the best first-year social
studies teachers as compared to science and mathematics teachers;
and Curriculum development in U.S. and world history and civic
education. Contract to write for Merril Prentice Hall, Engagement
in History. With Lynn R. Nelson.
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