Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lure of the West
The third in this series of workshops featuring different areas of the permanent collection focuses on images of the West. Depictions of pioneers, Native Americans, and western scenes are used to enhance your curriculum. Landscapes, history paintings, and portraiture are featured.
Social Studies, Science, and Careers In Conservation - Teaching with the Resources Behind the Scenery of America's National Park
Explore the wide range of National Park Service resources available to teachers across the U.S. Visit an offshore island and learn how early artists, Native Americans, and coastal environments can intersect in your classroom. Develop activities in multiple subjects to take back to your classroom and interact with scientists studying Maine’s unique environment.
Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Living History Encampment
This popular living history event will provide participants the unique opportunity to learn about 1840s life by living it! You will be immersed in the role of trader, trapper-hunter, laborer, blacksmith, carpenter, Dragoon soldier, Army Topographical Engineer or domestic cook. You will gain a much deeper understanding of the realities of fur trade era life in the American West.
Participants will be provided study materials and lectures on history, living history, and interpretive skills. Living historians will teach and direct participants in use of 19th century work techniques and social skills. Lectures will take place through the first day with an overnight on the Santa Fe Trail that evening. On Friday, those who are to work for Bent, St. Vrain and Company will travel to the fort and sign on with the company. From that moment on, you are living a 19th century life 24 hours a day. The Army and trappers will spend most of their time working out of their camps along the Arkansas River.
Eisenhower Academy
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.
Civil War Preservation Trust Annual Teacher Institute
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.
Motorola Lincoln Grants
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.
*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.
Salvadori Center National Institute
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."
Salvadori Center Three-Day "Turbo" Professional Development Institute
The “Turbo” Institute is a three-day exploration of the Salvadori Center's classroom-tested project-based pedagogy anchored in the built environment. Participants will develop hands-on/minds-on lesson plans specific to their curricula. Designed for educators in the metropolitan New York City area who can travel to the City College of New York campus.
NCSS Defense of Academic Freedom Award
The NCSS Defense of Academic Freedom Award is given annually to recognize and honor those who have distinguished themselves in defending the principles of academic freedom in specific controversies, in fostering academic freedom through advocacy, and in defending or advocating the freedom to teach and learn.
* Classroom teachers, professionals in other areas of education, students, parents, community groups, and members of other organizations. (Preference will be given to social studies educators).
* Must be or have been engaged in activities that support academic freedom in the face of personal challenge or promote awareness of and support for academic freedom.
* The defense or advocacy of academic freedom must have been related to the teaching of social studies.
* Personal involvement in a particular controversy: the use of controversial issues or materials; defense of the presentation of divergent materials and views; and/or the preparation of materials involving controversy and divergent views.
* Personal involvement in activities that highlight issues surrounding censorship and academic freedom through writings, speeches, or other advocacy.
* The activities of the person considered for the award must be verifiable and must accompany the nomination.