Essentials Exploration

Description

From the Colorado Rural Partnership website:

"The Essentials Exploration, the level one workshop series, provides an orientation and overview of primary sources and the Library of Congress online resources. This hands-on workshop series focuses on strategies for navigating the Library's website, engaging students through critical thinking and analysis, and exploring activities that integrate the Library's sources into content across the curriculum and across grade levels."

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Library of Congress; University of North Colorado
Phone number
970-351-1555
Target Audience
Colorado educators
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
"Participants completing the Essentials Exploration workshop series can receive one (1) graduate credit through UNC at a cost of $55."
Duration
Two days
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Introduction to the Library of Congress

Description

The first in the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources self-directed online modules introduces educators to the history and resources of the Library of Congress and explains the concept of primary sources and how they may be used in a classroom.

Sponsoring Organization
Library of Congress
Target Audience
PreK-12
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Certificate of completion printable at the end of the seminar; lasts approximately an hour.
Duration
Continually available

Archaeology and North Carolina's First People

Description

From the Learn NC website:

"How long have humans lived in North Carolina? What were these people like, and how do we know? This eight-week online course explores the science of archaeology and 12,000 years of North Carolina's human past. Participants will be introduced to inquiry-based activities that can be adapted to meet their own teaching objectives. The course is open to educators of all subjects and grade levels."

Sponsoring Organization
Learn NC
Target Audience
Educators of all subjects and grade levels
Start Date
Cost
$25
Course Credit
6.0 CEUs.
Duration
Eight weeks
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Kansas Council for the Social Studies Professional Development Day

Description

According to the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies website, this event will provide 25 sessions, with "thematic strands for sessions . . . tied into one of the following themes: Pedagogical Strategies, Economic Education, Citizenship, Primary Sources Instruction, and Integration of Disciplines."

Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Kansas Council for the Social Studies
Target Audience
PreK-12
Start Date
Cost
$30
Duration
Six and a half hours

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

"Stony the Road We Trod": Alabama's Role in the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Description

From Bombingham to Selma, Montgomery to Tuskegee, Alabama's people and places left an indelible mark on the world in the 1950s and 1960s. From Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver to the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Alabama citizens have been at the forefront of the crusade to improve African Americans' lot in life in the United States. Selma's citizens began a march in 1965 to protest the killing of one man. This day became known as Bloody Sunday. Now the citizens of Selma have created a people's museum so the world will not forget those tumultuous days and will remember the people's stories. Teachers in this workshop work with noted scholars, converse with living legends, participate in discussion groups, meet foot soldiers of the movement, and travel to key sites of memory dedicated to the preservation of the history of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Phone number
205-328-9696
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Contact Title
Cooper, Priscilla Hancock
Duration
One week
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Great Lakes Regional Conference

Description

From the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies website:

"Built around the theme of 'Today's Students, Tomorrow's Globel Citizen,' the conference offers stimulating sessions, thought-provoking keynote speakers, and two full days that focus on teaching social studies and international/global education."

Sponsoring Organization
Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies
Contact email
Location
Middleton, WI
Contact name
Jenny Morgan
Phone number
6087328237
Start Date
End Date

War of Invasion, War of Liberation: Occupied Nashville and the Civil War and Emancipation in the Upper South

Description

No details available.

Contact name
Hunt, Robert
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Middle Tennessee State University
Phone number
615-898-5519
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

Sam Gross Summer Institute

Description

Through the Institute, teachers begin an investigation of the history of the Holocaust, the systematic, planned annihilation of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany from 1933–1945. Participants will also broaden their depth of knowledge about current genocides and continued episodes of man's inhumanity to man during the 20th and 21st centuries. The institute includes a wide range of age-appropriate resources and strategies being modeled through exploration of the best practices in an integrated teaching model. Educators will be equipped to return to their classrooms with the knowledge and pedagogical resources to teach in a manner that leads to an investigation of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping. Educators will examine what it means to be a responsible and respectful person for the purpose of encouraging tolerance of diversity in a pluralistic society and for nurturing and protecting democratic values and institutions.

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Holocaust Museum
Phone number
727-820-0100
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$640
Course Credit
Participants will receive 3 hours of USF *4000 level credit.
Duration
Five days
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The Culture of Textiles in North Carolina: Past, Present, and Future

Description

There is virtually no area of study that cannot shed light on the textile culture of North Carolina. Literature, music, science, economics, history, sociology, religion, and art help define and explain the rich history and changing culture of North Carolina textiles. Beginning in the 1880s, the textile industry built the "new south." Today, changes in this industry are helping to create another "new south." In this interdisciplinary seminar, participants will explore not only textile history but will also think about the role and importance of textiles. What the “product” was/is, how it is made and by whom, and where it is made have implications for the rapidly changing nature of textiles in North Carolina and the South.

Contact name
Wright-Kernodle, Lynn
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Humanities Council
Phone number
336-334-4769
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; a $350 stipend is provided for completion of the seminar.
Course Credit
Certificates are provided for credit renewal (CEUs) through teachers' individual school districts. Optional graduate credit is available for the week-long seminar.
Duration
One week
End Date