Stony the Road We Trod: Using America's Civil Rights Landmarks to Teach American History

Description

No specifics currently available online.

Contact name
Priscilla Hancock Cooper
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Phone number
2053289696
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
One week
End Date

Stony the Road We Trod: Using America's Civil Rights Landmarks to Teach American History

Description

No specifics currently available online.

Contact name
Priscilla Hancock Cooper
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Phone number
2053289696
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
One week
End Date

Shifting Power on the Plains: Fort Robinson and the American West

Description

No specifics currently available.

Contact name
Kevin Bower
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Phone number
4024652333
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
One week
End Date

Shifting Power on the Plains: Fort Robinson and the American West

Description

No specifics currently available.

Contact name
Kevin Bower
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Phone number
4024652333
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
One week
End Date

Seeking the Center Place: The Mesa Verde Cultural Landscape and Pueblo Indian Homeland

Description

From the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center website:

"Come join us and explore thousands of years of Pueblo history as we interact with American Indian scholars, excavate at the Goodman Point Unit of Hovenweep National Monument, conduct laboratory analyses with prominent archaeologists, and study three very important landmarks—Mesa Verde National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage site), the Goodman Point Unit of Hovenweep National Monument, and Sand Canyon Pueblo in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. These places and activities will show you how American Indians, anthropologists, and archaeologists work together to provide a full picture of Pueblo history and culture."

Contact name
Debra Miller
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Phone number
9705644346
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Course Credit
"All teachers will receive a certificate of participation, which will serve as documentation for license renewal credit. In addition, you will have the option of obtaining two hours of graduate credit through Colorado School of Mines for an additional fee."
Duration
One week
End Date

Seeking the Center Place: The Mesa Verde Cultural Landscape and Pueblo Indian Homeland

Description

From the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center website:

"Come join us and explore thousands of years of Pueblo history as we interact with American Indian scholars, excavate at the Goodman Point Unit of Hovenweep National Monument, conduct laboratory analyses with prominent archaeologists, and study three very important landmarks—Mesa Verde National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage site), the Goodman Point Unit of Hovenweep National Monument, and Sand Canyon Pueblo in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. These places and activities will show you how American Indians, anthropologists, and archaeologists work together to provide a full picture of Pueblo history and culture."

Contact name
Debra Miller
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Phone number
9705644346
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Course Credit
"All teachers will receive a certificate of participation, which will serve as documentation for license renewal credit. In addition, you will have the option of obtaining two hours of graduate credit through Colorado School of Mines for an additional fee."
Duration
One week
End Date

A Rising People: Benjamin Franklin and the Americans

Description

From the Penn State-Harrisburg website:

"During this one-week workshop . . . [participants will] walk the streets that Franklin walked, step through the doorways that he knew, and see the buildings where he helped found the United States. We'll explore the many rooms of Benjamin Franklin's mind: writer, civic leader, politician, diplomat, scientist, and revolutionary were just some of the titles that Franklin assumed during his eighty-four years. We'll read Franklin's words—published and personal—and those of men and women who lived in the era."

Contact name
George W. Boudreau
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Penn State-Harrisburg
Phone number
7179486396
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Course Credit
"Two types of credit will be available to each educator participating. First, workshop staff will assist you in receiving continuing education credit (similar to Pennsylvania’s Act-48 requirements). Second, participants may register for graduate-level credit through the Pennsylvania State University, which will require both participation in all programs of the weeklong workshop and additional readings and assignments."
Contact Title
Associate Professor of History and Humanities
Duration
Six days
End Date

A Rising People: Benjamin Franklin and the Americans

Description

From the Penn State-Harrisburg website:

"During this one-week workshop . . . [participants will] walk the streets that Franklin walked, step through the doorways that he knew, and see the buildings where he helped found the United States. We'll explore the many rooms of Benjamin Franklin's mind: writer, civic leader, politician, diplomat, scientist, and revolutionary were just some of the titles that Franklin assumed during his eighty-four years. We'll read Franklin's words—published and personal—and those of men and women who lived in the era."

Contact name
George W. Boudreau
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, Penn State-Harrisburg
Phone number
7179486396
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Course Credit
"Two types of credit will be available to each educator participating. First, workshop staff will assist you in receiving continuing education credit (similar to Pennsylvania’s Act-48 requirements). Second, participants may register for graduate-level credit through the Pennsylvania State University, which will require both participation in all programs of the weeklong workshop and additional readings and assignments."
Contact Title
Associate Professor of History and Humanities
Duration
Six days
End Date

A Revolution in Government: Philadelphia and the Creation of the American Republic

Description

From the National Constitution Center website:

"This workshop explores the American Revolution and the creation of the U.S. Constitution through the use of the Center's innovative museum exhibits, lectures by leading scholars, discussion, and visits to numerous historic landmarks."

Contact name
Lauren Cristella
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, National Constitution Center
Phone number
2154096628
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
Six days
End Date

A Revolution in Government: Philadelphia and the Creation of the American Republic

Description

From the National Constitution Center website:

"This workshop explores the American Revolution and the creation of the U.S. Constitution through the use of the Center's innovative museum exhibits, lectures by leading scholars, discussion, and visits to numerous historic landmarks."

Contact name
Lauren Cristella
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities, National Constitution Center
Phone number
2154096628
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $1,200 stipend
Duration
Five days
End Date