From the Massachusetts Historical Society website:

"In the spring of 1775, the towns of Lexington and Concord became targets, scenes, and symbols of actions which would ignite a war culminating in the birth of a new country. In those towns were people caught at the crossroads of Revolution. This institute is designed to immerse our participants in the evocative eighteenth-century landscapes of those towns, as well as the port city of Boston, to examine the decisions and dilemmas involved in the events of 1775 and the subsequent interpretations and uses of those events. We want to put you, the educator, at the crossroads of the American Revolution.

"Our Massachusetts institution, the nation's oldest historical society (1791), is world-renowned for the strengths of its document-based collections and online resources. We will introduce you to the landscapes, structures, objects and exhibitions that connect those treasured documents to real places where events unfolded that irrevocably affected the course of human history."

From the Massachusetts Historical Society website:

"In the spring of 1775, the towns of Lexington and Concord became targets, scenes, and symbols of actions which would ignite a war culminating in the birth of a new country. In those towns were people caught at the crossroads of Revolution. This institute is designed to immerse our participants in the evocative eighteenth-century landscapes of those towns, as well as the port city of Boston, to examine the decisions and dilemmas involved in the events of 1775 and the subsequent interpretations and uses of those events. We want to put you, the educator, at the crossroads of the American Revolution.

"Our Massachusetts institution, the nation's oldest historical society (1791), is world-renowned for the strengths of its document-based collections and online resources. We will introduce you to the landscapes, structures, objects and exhibitions that connect those treasured documents to real places where events unfolded that irrevocably affected the course of human history."

From the University of Missouri-Kansas City website:

"Crossroads of Conflict: Contested Visions of Freedom and the Missouri-Kansas Border Wars is a Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Teachers that explores historic homes and public buildings, townscapes and museum collections in light of recent research to understand the clash of cultures and differing definitions of 'freedom' that played out on the Missouri-Kansas border. Workshop participants will consider the forces and events that led to the abandonment of the understandings reached in the Missouri Compromise, the rejection of popular sovereignty in the Kansas Territory and the establishment of the shadow 'Free State' government. They will examine the nature and intensity of the struggles between the Kansas Jayhawkers and Missouri Bushwhackers and the general mayhem these vicious disputes engendered along the Missouri-Kansas border during Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.

"The Crossroads of Conflict workshop will give K-12 teachers fresh tools for using historical settings, architecture, material culture, art and drama, along with historical documents and records to enable students to engage the past and gain a better understanding of the forces that shaped and continue to influence national and regional history."

From the University of Missouri-Kansas City website:

"Crossroads of Conflict: Contested Visions of Freedom and the Missouri-Kansas Border Wars is a Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Teachers that explores historic homes and public buildings, townscapes and museum collections in light of recent research to understand the clash of cultures and differing definitions of 'freedom' that played out on the Missouri-Kansas border. Workshop participants will consider the forces and events that led to the abandonment of the understandings reached in the Missouri Compromise, the rejection of popular sovereignty in the Kansas Territory and the establishment of the shadow 'Free State' government. They will examine the nature and intensity of the struggles between the Kansas Jayhawkers and Missouri Bushwhackers and the general mayhem these vicious disputes engendered along the Missouri-Kansas border during Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.

"The Crossroads of Conflict workshop will give K-12 teachers fresh tools for using historical settings, architecture, material culture, art and drama, along with historical documents and records to enable students to engage the past and gain a better understanding of the forces that shaped and continue to influence national and regional history."

From the DuPage Regional Office of Education website:

"The McCormick Freedom Project presents its initial 'Teaching with Controversy' course, a ten week exploration of one of the six pillars of the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition's Democracy Schools Initiative, "Structured Engagement with Current and Controversial Issues." Participants will learn from experts in the field, partake in related lesson plan demonstrations, and develop materials and pedagogical guidance for immediate employment in secondary classrooms. This course is geared toward social studies teachers at the secondary level, but the overarching goal is to integrate the teaching of current and controversial issues across the curriculum, so other disciplines are encouraged to enroll.

"It delves specifically into seven proven methodologies for teaching controversial issues, with lesson plans modeled to illustrate their execution. The work of a handful of Illinois civic education organizations will also be featured. Featured methodologies include concept formation, parliamentary procedure, structured academic controversies, simulations, seminars, news literacy, primary sources, and service learning.

Course participants will:

• Understand how to structure student engagement with current and controversial issues.
• Recognize the benefits of controversial issues discussions in heterogeneous classrooms.
• Avoid the pitfalls of controversial classroom discussions.
• Synthesize proven methodologies within the parameters and curriculum of courses they currently teach.
• Apply pedagogy through related peer-tested lesson plans demonstrated throughout the course.
• Learn about the work of statewide civic education organizations and the resources they offer to students, teachers, and schools."

From the University of New Mexico website:

"The intended impact of the Contested Homelands workshop is to strengthen teacher content knowledge about Pre-colonial America and to stretch understandings about the scope of European Colonial America. The sessions will take place on the road, in museums, in historic buildings, and in classrooms.

The workshop will consist of lectures from distinguished scholars, site visits to: the Camino Real Trail, the Palace of the Governors, Taos Pueblo, and area museums. Curriculum work sessions will be incorporated into the workshop agenda. A special art experience will also be part of the workshop itinerary. An award winning artist from the Santa Fe Market will lead participants in an art creation experience related to a traditional Spanish New Mexican art form. All parts of the workshop will build on the concept of homelands."

From the University of New Mexico website:

"The intended impact of the Contested Homelands workshop is to strengthen teacher content knowledge about Pre-colonial America and to stretch understandings about the scope of European Colonial America. The sessions will take place on the road, in museums, in historic buildings, and in classrooms.

The workshop will consist of lectures from distinguished scholars, site visits to: the Camino Real Trail, the Palace of the Governors, Taos Pueblo, and area museums. Curriculum work sessions will be incorporated into the workshop agenda. A special art experience will also be part of the workshop itinerary. An award winning artist from the Santa Fe Market will lead participants in an art creation experience related to a traditional Spanish New Mexican art form. All parts of the workshop will build on the concept of homelands."

From the Minnesota Humanities Center website:

"How would you like to spend a week discussing your passion for American history with distinguished university professors, traversing Minnesota's historic Iron Range, and planning activities for your students? Would you like to experience the geography, geology, the mines and their contributions to American history, as well as the differing ethnic and immigrant populations in order to bring the learning out of the books and into living history?

"The story of Minnesota's Iron Range is rarely, if ever told. It is absent from general treatments of American history, absent from examinations of industrial America, and absent from studies of the U.S. military build-ups in the first and second World Wars; the Iron Range appears as only a footnote in historical treatments of the American steel industry. The history of the people who came to work these mines is part of the history of Americans; it is the story of immigrants, of conflict and assimilation, of people creating lives for themselves, their families, and for others.

"School teachers, university scholars, and museum curators will explore this story during [this] week-long teacher workshop developed by the Minnesota Humanities Center."

From the Minnesota Humanities Center website:

"How would you like to spend a week discussing your passion for American history with distinguished university professors, traversing Minnesota's historic Iron Range, and planning activities for your students? Would you like to experience the geography, geology, the mines and their contributions to American history, as well as the differing ethnic and immigrant populations in order to bring the learning out of the books and into living history?

"The story of Minnesota's Iron Range is rarely, if ever told. It is absent from general treatments of American history, absent from examinations of industrial America, and absent from studies of the U.S. military build-ups in the first and second World Wars; the Iron Range appears as only a footnote in historical treatments of the American steel industry. The history of the people who came to work these mines is part of the history of Americans; it is the story of immigrants, of conflict and assimilation, of people creating lives for themselves, their families, and for others.

"School teachers, university scholars, and museum curators will explore this story during [this] week-long teacher workshop developed by the Minnesota Humanities Center."

From the Churchill Centre and Museum website:

"The study of Churchill remains a vital force in political and historical scholarship today because Churchill's life, writings, and political career continue to fascinate citizens, scholars, and statesmen, and to provide them with sources of reflection. This Institute seeks participants who are curious about Churchill and who possess a keen interest in original documents and historical research. Visits to important Churchill sites will provoke the interest of participants and deepen their understanding of his life and career."