Project Archaeology Professional Development Workshops: Investigating a Ute Rock Shelter

Description

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and heritage education program for everyone interested in learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Project Archaeology includes publications, professional development for educators, networking opportunities, and continuing support for participants. Using an innovative hands-on approach to history, Project Archaeology teaches scientific inquiry, citizenship, personal ethics and character, and cultural understanding. Teacher Workshops are offered to educators who want to use Project Archaeology materials in their classroom.

Contact name
Mary Derbish
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Project Archaeology
Phone number
1 720-254-4493
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Duration
Two days
End Date

Project Archaeology Professional Development Workshops: Investigating a Pawnee Earthlodge

Description

Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and heritage education program for everyone interested in learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Project Archaeology includes publications, professional development for educators, networking opportunities, and continuing support for participants. Using an innovative hands-on approach to history, Project Archaeology teaches scientific inquiry, citizenship, personal ethics and character, and cultural understanding. Teacher Workshops are offered to educators who want to use Project Archaeology materials in their classroom.

Contact name
Tanya Kress
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Project Archaeology
Phone number
1 800-886-5261
Target Audience
Upper elementary through secondary
Start Date
Duration
Two days
End Date

Approaching Walden Summer Seminar

Description

This place-based, interdisciplinary workshop uses Henry David Thoreau’s ethic and his experience at Walden Woods as a model, and features a daily mix of lectures, field trips, readings, discussions and reflection time. The participants encounter speakers from different fields with expertise in the areas of natural history, writing, literary analysis, history, and the environment.

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Walden Woods Project
Target Audience
High school
Start Date
Cost
$100
Course Credit
Offers teachers an opportunity to earn certificates of participation, redeemable for 36 PDPs; Fitchburg State College offers this seminar as a 3 graduate credit course.
Duration
Six days
End Date

From Cold War to Strangelove: Examining Communism in America through Politics and Culture, 1940-1960

Description

The workshop features Dr. Harvey Klehr of Emory University as the keynote speaker and offers sessions on television, toys, fashion, music, art, and literature of the Cold War era.

Contact name
Bernadette May-Beaver (email)
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
The Lovett School
Phone number
1 404-262-3032
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
$300
Course Credit
Participants who successfully complete this workshop will earn 1 SDU (PLU) credit.
Duration
Two days
End Date

Eisenhower Academy

Description

Sponsored by the National Park Service, Gettysburg College, and Mount St. Mary's University, the Academy presents an in-depth perspective of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and world leader. Sessions introduce effective strategies for teaching the Cold War in the classroom and include:

* New scholarship on the Eisenhower Presidency.
* Field trips, lectures, and discussion on the 1950s including the Cold War, civil rights, and popular culture.
* A visit to the Eisenhower National Historic Site to get an intimate glimpse into Eisenhower's life and times.
* Opportunities to learn about and use primary source documents, film and video footage, and the World Wide Web as research tools.
* A walk through historic Gettysburg exploring Eisenhower's life and times in the community.

Contact name
Carol Hegeman
Sponsoring Organization
Gettysburg College, National Park Service, Mount St. Mary's University
Phone number
1 717-338-9114
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$685
Course Credit
Two Pennsylvania Professional Education Credits (60 Act 48 CEUs) are available for attending the Academy; three graduate credits are available for an additional fee of $1035 through the Mount St. Mary's Master of Education program.
Duration
Six days
End Date

Civil War Preservation Trust Annual Teacher Institute

Description

This free weekend will feature “field trip” tours of Antietam and Harpers Ferry, focusing on techniques teachers can use to make a battlefield visit a central part of their Civil War curriculum.

Teachers will attend their choice of workshops on Friday and Sunday, covering a range of military and civilian topics. Past presenters of these workshops have included leading historians and educators, and topics have ranged from tactical military history to strategies for teaching the Civil War to struggling readers. These workshops are designed not only to impart specific information about the era but also a variety of pedagogical strategies to help teachers bring the Civil War to life in their classrooms.

Contact name
John Blanton
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Civil War Preservation Trust
Phone number
1 202-367-1861
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
CWPT is able to offer Continuing Education Unit credits to participating educators.
Duration
Three days
End Date

Motorola Lincoln Grants

Description

The Motorola Foundation is proud to partner with the Chicago History Museum to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Working in collaboration, they will identify projects developed by U.S. civic, educational and cultural organizations that actively engage the public in the lessons from Lincoln's life. Endorsed by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, the US$750,000 grant program will focus on three themes:

* Bringing history into the future: Motorola Lincoln Grants will support individuals or organizations using new technologies to educate students or their broader communities — particularly in civics, history, social studies — or disciplines such as the fine arts. Preference will be given to those integrating lessons from Lincoln's life.
* Engaging in current events: In recognition of Lincoln’s engagement of the public in shaping policy, Motorola Lincoln Grants will support programs engaging young people or community members in national and local public policy issues and providing creative forums and innovative tools to facilitate debate and dialogue in the online and physical worlds.
* Leadership skills: Lincoln's legacy as an agent of change will be honored with support of organizations that are creating change — of perceptions and actions — in their communities with leadership programs for young people or the underserved that are based on collaboration, problem-solving and project management skills.

Sponsoring Organization
Motorola Foundation, Chicago History Museum
Eligibility Requirements

*Potential awardees include schools and school systems; community organizations; arts and culture organizations; museums; universities; and, other non-profit organizations with programming on diversity, freedom, history and leadership.
*Applicants may request up to $25,000. Select organizations may be asked to apply for larger grants.
*Examples of eligible grants include teacher training; curriculum design; speech competitions and debates; seminars; dance or music programs; community-based and library programs.
*Civil war battle reenactments are ineligible.
*Grant evaluation will be conducted by Lincoln scholars and historians as well as Motorola Foundation staff.

Application Deadline
Award Amount
Up to $25,000

John Brown: The Road to Harpers Ferry Summer Institute for Teachers

Description

In June 2008, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and the Harpers Ferry Historical Association will host a one-week workshop that will enable 4th–12th grade teachers to walk in the footsteps of John Brown, John Cook, Shields Green, Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Heyward Shepherd, Fountain Beckham, and many others as they learn about events of national significance that have occurred in Harpers Ferry. Educators will get to interact with historians, curators, museum educators, and other professionals in the field. This institute will prepare teachers to use historic documents, artifacts, and images to enhance their teaching and to inspire students with the stories that make history come alive in the classroom and beyond.

Contact name
Catherine Bragaw
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Phone number
1 304-535-6298
Target Audience
4-12
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
An opportunity for three hours of graduate credit from West Virginia
Contact Title
Education Coordinator
Duration
Five days
End Date

The World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. Summer Institute on International Affairs for High School Educators

Description

The World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. is hosting its annual Summer Institute on International Affairs for High School Educators on The U.S. and the World. Topics will include The New Asia, Globalization and the Economy, Religion and Foreign Policy, Future Conflicts, U.S. Foreign Policy Directions, and more topics to be later announced.

The conference features access to international experts, exciting and interactive seminars, lesson plan sessions, on-site sessions at the U.S. Department of State, the World Bank, Foreign Embassies, and others (with optional Graduate School Credit through Projects in Education and the Catholic University of America), a national network of teachers and free materials for the classroom.

Contact name
Amanda Stamp
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C.
Phone number
1 202-293-1051
Target Audience
High school
Start Date
Cost
$225
Course Credit
Optional Graduate School Credit through Projects in Education and the Catholic University of America
Duration
Five days
End Date

Salvadori Center National Institute

Description

Immerse yourself in the buildings, bridges, monuments, parks, and historic districts of New York City. Through walking tours, visits to architectural and engineering firms and construction sites, and hands-on exploration of Salvadori lesson plans, you will be engaged in projects that address math, science, literacy, technology, social studies, and fine arts. Salvadori educators will help you develop project-based lesson plans specific to your curriculum and your "landscape."

Contact name
Ardizzone, Leonisa
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Salvadori Center
Phone number
1 212-650-5740
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$1000; discount for 2 or more teachers from the same school or district
Contact Title
Executive Director
Duration
One week
End Date