Emily Dickinson: Person, Poetry and Place

Description

During this workshop, participants will consider three major topics. First, they will examine Dickinson the writer. Emily Dickinson is now considered one of the greatest poets in the English language, yet her work was not known outside of a small circle of family and friends until after her death. Because Dickinson herself gave few explicit clues about her attitude toward publication, scholars debate reasons that she did not share her poetry with a wider audience. Ongoing discussion about the authenticity of Dickinson's manuscripts versus the printed poems, which were edited by others, lies at the heart of that debate. Second, they will consider Dickinson, a woman in 19th-century America. Because Dickinson's poems resonate in style and content with the 21st-century reader, her work is often described as "ahead of its time." Critics are often tempted to read her work out of its historical context, to focus on its universal connections to the exclusion of its 19th-century origins. Yet, as recent scholarship asserts, Dickinson's poetry is inseparable from the times in which it was written. Several new essay collections about the poet are devoted to questions of Dickinson's experience of the Civil War, her political opinions, her response to religious movements, and her interest in and connections to her literary contemporaries. Finally, participants will consdier Dickinson, resident of rural New England. Dickinson ended a poem with "I see New Englandly." Dickinson's ancestors settled in western New England in the 1600s. Her world was defined by its character and landscape, and the imagery and diction of her poetry reveal her deep connections to place. This aspect of Dickinson's poetry has long attracted the attention of readers and scholars, yet it has sometimes limited their appreciation for her artistic achievements, marking her as a quaint New England poetess. By modeling different approaches to inquiry-based and object-based learning, the workshop will equip educators with new pedagogical tools and will help them address national standards in English and social studies. They will explore their own interests in Dickinson's life and work through a series of meetings with mentor teachers that will culminate in an outline for a new or revised curriculum unit or a plan for new classroom resources.

Contact name
Dickinson, Cindy
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Emily Dickinson Museum
Phone number
413-542-8429
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
Participants who complete all workshop sessions will receive a certificate confirming their participation and a detailed description of the Workshop, which will specify the number of contact hours undertaken as well as outline the reading assignments and session topics. Participants may use these documents to apply for Continuing Education Unit credits in their home states.
Contact Title
Project Director for the Landmarks Workshop and Director of Interpretation and Programming
Duration
Six days
End Date
Ellis Island: Public Health and the American Workforce, 1891–1924 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/21/2008 - 16:06
Description

At this workshop, educators will be joined by immigration scholars and public health historians, visit related historic sites in New York City that vividly tell the story of immigration in the early part of the 20th century, and investigate Ellis Island's unrestored hospital buildings with an architectural historian to uncover their significance. This workshop will specifically address the impact of the 1891 immigration legislation mandating health as a criterion for admission to the U.S., precipitating construction of the U.S. Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island to screen and treat arriving immigrants.

Contact name
Frazier, Jan
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Save Ellis Island, Inc.
Phone number
973-347-8428
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
Although the workshop cannot arrange for individual professional development credit certifications, it will supply a certificate with equivalent professional development hours for each participant. Participants will be responsible for submitting the certificate to any certifying agency or organization. A New Jersey professional development provider number will be included for reference. This year, through partnership with the Bank Street College of Education, participants may receive one graduate credit for the workshop. There will be a fee and additional assignments to complete to receive this credit.
Duration
Five days
End Date
Ellis Island: Public Health and the American Workforce, 1891–1924 Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/21/2008 - 15:42
Description

At this workshop, educators will be joined by immigration scholars and public health historians, visit related historic sites in New York City that vividly tell the story of immigration in the early part of the 20th century, and investigate Ellis Island's unrestored hospital buildings with an architectural historian to uncover their significance. This workshop will specifically address the impact of the 1891 immigration legislation mandating health as a criterion for admission to the U.S., precipitating construction of the U.S. Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island to screen and treat arriving immigrants.

Contact name
Frazier, Jan
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Save Ellis Island, Inc.
Phone number
973-347-8428
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
Although the workshop cannot arrange for individual professional development credit certifications, it will supply a certificate with equivalent professional development hours for each participant. Participants will be responsible for submitting the certificate to any certifying agency or organization. A New Jersey professional development provider number will be included for reference. This year, through partnership with the Bank Street College of Education, participants may receive one graduate credit for the workshop. There will be a fee and additional assignments to complete to receive this credit.
Duration
Five days
End Date

Women's Suffrage on the Western Frontier

Description

This workshop offers academic content about place-based western history and women's suffrage on the western frontier juxtaposed with myths of the West and contemporary women's issues in the West.

It affords opportunities to engage in study and conversation with leading scholars; an introduction to four forms of primary historical sources—the built environment, artifacts, government records, and private papers—all of which have application in all history classrooms; and networking with other social studies, history, English, and other subject matter teachers, librarians, and media specialists, from grades K–12, representing a variety of states.

Contact name
Bricher-Wade, Sheila
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
American Heritage Center; College of Education, University of Wyoming; Wyoming Humanities Council
Phone number
307-721-9246
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

Partisans and Redcoats: The American Revolution in the Southern Backcountry

Description

This one-week workshop provides teachers with fresh perspectives on the complex dynamics of the American Revolution in the Southern backcountry, a place where longstanding hostilities between American settlers erupted into a full-scale civil war between Loyalists and Patriots. This program will make use of the rich historical resources in upstate South Carolina. Participants will visit Walnut Grove Plantation and the living history museum at Historic Brattonsville in order to better understand day-to-day life in the backcountry at the time of the Revolution. Then they will tour the battlefields at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six to learn more about the nature of backcountry warfare. They will also explore the ways that art, archaeological evidence, and material culture can help increase student engagement with the subject matter. They will examine the war's impact on the region's white women and on its free and enslaved African Americans. A veteran history teacher will serve as master teacher for the workshop, advising participants on ways they can use the content and resources they gain at the workshop in their own classrooms.

Contact name
Walker, Melissa; Woodfin, Edward
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Converse College
Phone number
864-596-9104
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

Partisans and Redcoats: The American Revolution in the Southern Backcountry

Description

This one-week workshop provides teachers with fresh perspectives on the complex dynamics of the American Revolution in the Southern backcountry, a place where longstanding hostilities between American settlers erupted into a full-scale civil war between Loyalists and Patriots. This program will make use of the rich historical resources in upstate South Carolina. Participants will visit Walnut Grove Plantation and the living history museum at Historic Brattonsville in order to better understand day-to-day life in the backcountry at the time of the Revolution. Then they will tour the battlefields at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Ninety-Six to learn more about the nature of backcountry warfare. They will also explore the ways that art, archaeological evidence, and material culture can help increase student engagement with the subject matter. They will examine the war's impact on the region's white women and on its free and enslaved African Americans. A veteran history teacher will serve as master teacher for the workshop, advising participants on ways they can use the content and resources they gain at the workshop in their own classrooms.

Contact name
Walker, Melissa; Woodfin, Edward
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Converse College
Phone number
864-596-9104
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

Cultural Encounters in 17th-century New Netherland

Description

From the New York State Museum website:

"The New York State Museum offers an interdisciplinary workshop for teachers of elementary and junior high school social studies. The cultural and historical legacy of 17th century Dutch settlements and interactions with Native Americans will be featured. Included will be the areas of ethnography, geology, historical archaeology, and classroom applications for teaching with historical documents and objects. We will compare symbols of community, economic and social decision-making in Algonquian-speaking and New Netherland societies, adaptations to change over time, and lasting cultural influences.

Teachers will have access to collections of original source materials now held by the New York State Museum, the New York State Library, and the New York State Archives, all programs of the Office of Cultural Education, under the New York State Education Department. The New York State Learning Standards addressed in the workshop are: Social Studies #1.1, #1.3 & #1.4 (NY State History); #3.2 (Geography); #4.1 (Economics); English Language Arts #1, #3, & #4; Math #3.4; Science #4.7; and Technology #5.5. "

Contact name
Valerie Fish
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
New York State Museum
Phone number
518-474-5817
Target Audience
"Teachers of elementary and junior high school social studies"
Start Date
Cost
$45 for Greater Capital Region Teacher Center constituents; $90 for non-GCRTC constituents
Course Credit
"21 contact hours."
Duration
Three days
End Date

The Political Theory of Hannah Arendt: The Problem of Evil and the Origins of Totalitarianism

Description

The seminar will explore several key works by the political theorist, Hannah Arendt: Eichmann in Jerusalem, The Origins of Totalitarianism, and The Human Condition. These works shed light on the problem of evil and the use of terror in the contemporary age, and provide a philosophical perspective on current debates about the use of violence to settle political conflicts, about the conditions of democracy, and about the scope and importance of human rights.

Contact name
Arias, Simone
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
San Diego State University
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $4,400 stipend
Duration
Thirty-nine days
End Date

The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, Culture, and History in the Mississippi Delta

Description

Participants in this workshop will travel throughout the Delta as they visit sites where significant events occurred. They will discuss and learn about issues involving civil rights and political leadership, immigrants' experiences in the Delta, the Blues, the great migration, agriculture, and the Mississippi River, among other things. They will sample Delta foods, visit local museums, and listen to the Blues. Field trips will roam as far as Greenville, Greenwood, and Memphis, with stops in between.

Contact name
Brown, Luther
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Delta Center for Culture and Learning
Phone number
662-846-4311
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

Hard Times and Public Policy: Facing Economic Challenges, Past and Present

Description

This 2009 American Studies Summer Institute, presented with the University of Massachusetts Boston, will offer a critical and historical examination of the social and political impact of severe downturns in the U.S. economy.

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Phone number
617-514-1581
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$100 without graduate credit; $195 with.
Course Credit
Teachers may earn three graduate credits (fee of $195) or 35 PDPs (fee of $100).
Duration
Twelve days
End Date