MEDAL of HONOR LEGACY: WAR on TERROR FREEDOMS FOUNDATION July 8 – 13, 2018

MEDAL OF HONOR LEGACY: WAR ON TERROR FREEDOMS FOUNDATION July 8 – 13, 2018

Subject to Change – updated 5/22/18 Course Description Over five days, participants will study the events surrounding the War on Terror and the rise of radical Islam. Each day will be comprised of four hours of lecture and discussion led by top historians and academic scholars. Program participants will also interact with Medal of Honor Recipients who will share oral histories of their experience in these conflicts and whose actions represent the character development virtues disappearing from instruction in our schools. Teachers will visit the 9/11 Museum and Memorial to better understand American values and principles that motivated and inspired those who fought and fight for our country. A master teacher will provide instruction on the use of the Medal of Honor Character Development Program curriculum and digital tools developed by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. Teachers will be required to develop supplementary curriculum guided by American history common core standards. To augment curriculum design, in-person narratives by Medal of Honor Recipients and tours of the Freedoms Foundation Medal of Honor Grove and Archives will serve as primary source materials to be used in the development of participant-designed curriculum. The Medal of Honor archives compiled by and housed on the Freedoms Foundation campus represents the most comprehensive collection that we know.

Course Themes More than a chronological examination of dates and events, and in order to provide an in-depth understanding of the historical legacy of the Medal of Honor Recipients, this course will include several over-arching themes, providing a more comprehensive examination of American history:  Constitutional democracy as inspiration for the military

 Value-based character development in contemporary American students across the educational spectrum

 The importance of the historiography of individuals like Medal of Honor Recipients and other veterans in examining major events in U.S. history

Course Goals

 Facilitate an understanding of the modern era in American history in primary and secondary school teachers through a combination of experiential learning and lecture.

 Develop an understanding of the rise of radical Islam and terrorism and the role both have played in the War on Terror and the challenges of maintaining a democratic republic.

 Understand the role of character both in the sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients and in the propagation and preservation of democracy.  Understand international relations have changed with the end of the Cold War and the continuation of the war on terrorism.

 Investigate oral history as a method of classroom historiography while hearing from witnesses involved in making modern history.

 Teachers are expected to be able to take what they learn and incorporate their experiences directly into a classroom curriculum that will serve to relay this information clearly and concisely to students, and become a source of clarity and understanding with regard to current events.

 Teachers are expected to be able to speak upon all facets of the course

 Supplemental reading and interpretation by teachers after the daily sessions will reinforce and extend the general knowledge derived from lectures and discussions.

 Exploration of technological tools and methods will be included, specifically to their adaption to augmentation of the setting. Methods  Lectures will establish a foundation of general knowledge and understanding to facilitate progressively more in-depth study.

 Group discussions will provide teachers with the interpretive tools to examine primary sources and utilize those sources in the classroom setting.

 Oral histories will be provided by individuals who participated in government or have a special connection to a particular area of study.

 Pedagogy discussion and development in small groups will allow teacher to analyze how to use what they learn in their class room.

© Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 2  Supplemental reading and interpretation by teachers after the daily sessions will reinforce and extend the general knowledge derived from lectures and discussions. Materials

Course Texts- choose one of the five following texts:

Couch, Dick. Sherriff of Ramadi: Navy Seals and the Winning of al-Anbar, Naval Institute Press, 2010. Giunta, Sal and Joe Layden. Living with Honor: A Memoir. Threshold Editions, 2012. Romesha, Clinton, Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor, Dutton, 2016. (You will receive a copy of this book during the program at no charge) Tapper, Jake. The Outpost. Little Brown & Co, 2012. Williams, Gary. SEAL of Honor. Naval Institute Press, 2010.

Recommended Reading – all books listed below should be read sometime during your career! Abbas, Amanat. Iran: A Modern History. Yale University Press, 2017. Barfield, Thomas. Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History. Princeton University Press, 2012. Caldwell, Dan. Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Towards Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Stanford Security Studies, 2011. Cook, Steven. The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahir Square. Oxford University Press, 2013. Davis, Eric. Memories of State: Politics, History and Collective Identity in Iraq. University of California, 2005. Di Giovanni, Janine. The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria. New York: Liveright, 2017. Dodge, Toby. Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and History. Columbia University Press, 2005. Emerson, Steven. American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us. New York: Free Press, 2002. Franks, Tommy. American Soldier. New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Jalal, Ayesha. The Struggle for Pakistan. Belknap, Harvard University Press, 2014. Keddie, Nikki. Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution. Yale University Press, 2006. Kepel, Gilles. Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West. Princeton, 2017. Langewiesche, William. American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center. North Point Press, 2003.

© Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 3 Lewis, Bernard. The Emergence of Modern Turkey, Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2001. Mukhopadhyay, Dipali. Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State of Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press, 2016. Nagl, John A. Knifefight: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice. New York: Penguin, 2015. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks. The 9/11 Commission on Terrorist Attacks. W.W. Norton, 2004. Norton, Alexander. Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement. Princeton University Press, 2017. O’Connell, Aaron B., Editor. Our Latest and Longest War. University of Chicago, 2017. Rashid, Rashid. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Yale University Press, 2010. Robinson, Linda. One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare. Public Affairs, 2013. Sheeler, James. Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives. New York: Penguin Press, 2008. Singer, P.W. Singer and August Cole. Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Soner, Cagaptay. The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey. London: I.B. Tauris, 2017. Soufan, Ali. From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of Islamic State. W.W. Norton, 2017. Soufan, Ali. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al- Queda. W.W. Norton, 2011. Stanton, Doug. Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan. New York: Scribner, 2010. Van Dan, Nikolaos. Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria. London: I.B. Tauris, 2017. Welle, Joshua; Ennis, John, et.al. In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2012. Williams, Gary. Heart of a Lion: The Leadership of LT Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL. West Chester, OH: Lakota Press, 2012. Wright, Lawrence. The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11. New York: Vintage, 2007 Wright, Lawrence. The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islam State, New York: Vintage, 2017. Zimmerman, Dwight Jon; Gresham, John D. Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and the Six Warriors Who Earned It in Afghanistan and Iraq. New York: St. Martin’s, 2010.

© Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge 4 Daily Reading: The course will also have a daily scholarly article which will pertain to that day’s lectures and discussions and will be distributed in the morning.

Evaluation Required for all attendees:  Participate in all lectures, activities, read the assigned text and supplementary readings.

1 Credit  Participate in all activities.

 Read one of the five course texts.

 Read the citation of a living Medal of Honor Recipient, and write him a letter explaining what you learned in the program.

 Prepare a single class teaching on modern American history incorporating the story of the Medal of Honor Recipient that you are writing a letter (see preceding).

 A PowerPoint/Prezi presentation providing students with a visual reference for your lecture. (Or appropriate, grade specific presentation.)

 Your lecture/curriculum notes with background information.

 An assignment that will broaden students’ understanding of the Medal of Honor in modern American conflicts.

 This effort can be directed at any specific age group/grade you choose.

3 Credits  For 3 graduate level general education credits to be awarded, a participant must complete all of the requirements listed above for 1 graduate level history credit plus the following additional requirements listed below.

 Participate in all activities.

 Read two of the five course texts.

 Write a letter to an MOH Recipient (see preceding.)

 Review the Library of Congress initiative on veterans’ stories and write a recommendation how teachers might or might not utilize the project in their classroom.

 Develop an online curriculum unit, with lecture, discussions starters, assignments, etc., on one or more Medal of Honor Recipients from the

 Write a 7 – 10 page scholarly book review as a response to two of the five course texts.

All papers should be thoroughly researched and carefully written. Papers missing citations or proper grammar will have their grade reduced accordingly.

All credit work is due by July 27, 2018 by 5:00 PM.

Schedule is subject to change without notice!

Schedule

Sunday, July 8, 2018 – Commuters must attend orientation!

2:00 PM – 5:30 PM Philadelphia Airport shuttle

4:00 PM Room registration

6:00 PM Orientation and Welcome

7:00 PM Dinner

8:00 PM “Introduction to the Medal of Honor” Cory Etchberger, Ph.D. Teaching time: 2.5 hours Monday, July 9, 2018

9/11 and Its Aftermath 7:30 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM Welcome, announcements and credits

8:30 AM Lecture: “9/11: Terrorism on U.S. Soil” Ed Turzanski, M.A.

10:00 AM Leave for 9/11 Memorial in New York City – boxed lunch included

8:00 PM Return to Freedoms Foundation for dinner

Teaching time: 9 hours

The War in Iraq

7:45 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Announcements

8:45 AM Lecture: “Iraqi Youth and the Generational Divide” Eric Davis, Ph.D. Department of Political Science Rutgers University

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM Lecture: “Being Mayor of Babylon” Dr. Emilio Marrero, USNR Senior Pastor, Berachah Church, Cheltenham, PA

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Lecture: “The War on Terror from an Iraqi Perspective” Muhamed Almaliky, M.D. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Harvard University

3:00 PM Pedagogical Session Gary Williams and Cory Etchberger

4:30 PM Dismissal

6:00 PM Dinner

6:45 PM Knox Building Medal of Honor Archives and the Medal of Honor Grove Gary Williams and Cory Etchberger Teaching time: 8 hours

7:45 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Announcements

8:45 AM Lecture: “The War on Terror from an Afghani Perspetive” Mohammad Omar Sharifi, M.D., Ph.D. American institute of Afghanistan Studies and Boston University

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM Medal of Honor Presentation Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, USA Ret.

12:00 PM Lunch with Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, USA Ret.

1:00 PM Lecture: “Counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan” John Nagl, D. Phil. Haverford School

3:00 PM Medal of Honor Presentation Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, USA Ret.

4:00 PM Lecture: “Coordinating the War on Terror: Reflections from the Field” Jack Tamarchio

6:00 PM Dinner

6:45 PM Film: “MURPH, the Protector – Operation Red Wing, the Life of Lt. Michael Murphy” Gary Williams

Teaching time: 10 hours

Character Development and the Medal of Honor

7:45 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Announcements

8:45 AM Presentation: “Lessons in Personal Bravery and Self Sacrifice”

Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM Presentation: “Lessons in Personal Bravery…” (Continued)

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00pm Citizen Honors

4:00 PM Dismissal

5:30 PM Dinner and “Citizenship and Civic Engagement”

Teaching time: 8.5 hours

Friday, July 13, 2018

Terrorism and the World Today

7:45 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Announcements

8:45 AM “Drones as Military Force in Iraq and Afghanistan” Michael Boyle, Ph.D. Department of Political Science La Salle University

11:00 AM Break

11:30 AM Board bus to leave for Philadelphia International Airport

Teaching time: 4 hours Grand Total: 42.5 hour