From the Ashbrook Center website:

"This course will explore the history of black Americans as they strove to secure their dignity as human beings, and rights as American citizens, in the face of racial prejudice. It will examine the diverse viewpoints of leading black intellectuals and activists on human equality, slavery, self-government, the rule of law, emancipation, colonization, and citizenship. Contemporary issues to be considered may include affirmative action, black reparations, racial profiling, and the 'achievement gap' in education."

Topics and speakers at this institute, according to the Foreign Policy Research Institute website, will include:

"Exploring The West
Michael Tate, Charles And Mary Martin Chairof Western History, University Of Nebraska
Building Infrastructure
Todd Shallat, Director, Center For Idaho History And Politics, Boise State University
Protecting Maritime Trade
James C. Bradford, Associate Professor Of History, Texas A&M University
Spurring Transportation
Alex Roland, Professor Of History, Duke University
Promoting Civil Rights
Christopher S. Parker, Assistant Professor Of Political Science, University Of Washington, Seattle
Nation Building
Dominic Tierney, Assistant Professor Of Political Science, Swarthmore College, And Senior Fellow, FPRI"

From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania website:

"Everyone has a story to tell. Learn how to share yours at PhilaPlace.org, an interactive Web site that connects stories to places across time in Philadelphia neighborhoods. At this workshop, PhilaPlace project director Joan Saverino will discuss PhilaPlace and show visitors how to log their own memories, use the interactive map, access audio and video clips, create tours, and view historical records."

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."

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."

From the Delta State University website:

"The National Endowment for the Humanities has made it possible for you to explore the Mississippi Delta. You will learn the stories that have given this place such a unique flavor, a mystique unlike any other place in America. You will learn about Charley Patton, the Father of the Delta Blues, and Robert Johnson, who may or may not have sold his soul to the devil in return for guitar virtuosity. You will learn about Senator James O. Eastland, powerful advocate for segregation, and Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper and equally powerful advocate for integration, who lived five miles from each other in totally different and separate worlds that were entirely co-dependent on one another. You will learn the tragic story of fourteen year old Emmett Till, and how his lynching sparked the civil rights movement. You will learn the stories of Mound Bayou, founded by former slaves as an all-black enclave, and called by President Teddy Roosevelt 'The Jewel of the Delta.' You will learn how the Mississippi River created the Delta and how the great flood of 1927 destroyed it. You will learn about how waves of Russian Jews, French and Germans, Lebanese, Italians and Chinese immigrated to the Delta. You will learn about the clearing of the wilderness, the arrival of railroads, cotton, plantations, sharecropping, small towns, the Blues and Gospel, and the Great Migration to the North, East and West.

"Most importantly, you will learn about sense of place as you study the place itself as a text. We will learn history where it happened as we move across the Delta, stopping at sites that tell stories. We will read what has been called 'the invisible landscape,' the hidden landscape of stories from the past, as we learn about events that transpired in particular places and how they changed America.

"While doing these things, you will also have the opportunity to taste Delta foods, from fried catfish and okra and barbecue to fried dill pickles and maybe even Kool-Aid pickles if you are bold enough. And of course you will listen to the music of the Delta, the Blues of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Son House, Charley Patton, and Willie Brown, and also the music of Ike Turner, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, among others.

"You will also learn from the Delta's landscape, the vast sweep of flat, fertile ground that continues today to produce an agricultural bounty, formerly based on cotton, and now based on corn, soybeans and rice.

"You will also have the opportunity to visit some of our nation's great museums, including the National Civil Rights Museum, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and the brand new B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center.

"Finally, you will work with your colleagues to discover how other places, including your own, can be read as texts, and how you can return to your own place to teach others how to read their place as text."

From the Delta State University website:

"The National Endowment for the Humanities has made it possible for you to explore the Mississippi Delta. You will learn the stories that have given this place such a unique flavor, a mystique unlike any other place in America. You will learn about Charley Patton, the Father of the Delta Blues, and Robert Johnson, who may or may not have sold his soul to the devil in return for guitar virtuosity. You will learn about Senator James O. Eastland, powerful advocate for segregation, and Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper and equally powerful advocate for integration, who lived five miles from each other in totally different and separate worlds that were entirely co-dependent on one another. You will learn the tragic story of fourteen year old Emmett Till, and how his lynching sparked the civil rights movement. You will learn the stories of Mound Bayou, founded by former slaves as an all-black enclave, and called by President Teddy Roosevelt 'The Jewel of the Delta.' You will learn how the Mississippi River created the Delta and how the great flood of 1927 destroyed it. You will learn about how waves of Russian Jews, French and Germans, Lebanese, Italians and Chinese immigrated to the Delta. You will learn about the clearing of the wilderness, the arrival of railroads, cotton, plantations, sharecropping, small towns, the Blues and Gospel, and the Great Migration to the North, East and West.

"Most importantly, you will learn about sense of place as you study the place itself as a text. We will learn history where it happened as we move across the Delta, stopping at sites that tell stories. We will read what has been called 'the invisible landscape,' the hidden landscape of stories from the past, as we learn about events that transpired in particular places and how they changed America.

"While doing these things, you will also have the opportunity to taste Delta foods, from fried catfish and okra and barbecue to fried dill pickles and maybe even Kool-Aid pickles if you are bold enough. And of course you will listen to the music of the Delta, the Blues of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Son House, Charley Patton, and Willie Brown, and also the music of Ike Turner, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, among others.

"You will also learn from the Delta's landscape, the vast sweep of flat, fertile ground that continues today to produce an agricultural bounty, formerly based on cotton, and now based on corn, soybeans and rice.

"You will also have the opportunity to visit some of our nation's great museums, including the National Civil Rights Museum, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and the brand new B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center.

"Finally, you will work with your colleagues to discover how other places, including your own, can be read as texts, and how you can return to your own place to teach others how to read their place as text."

From the Maritime Museum, San Diego website:

"If you ever dreamed about sailing into the past, this is your opportunity to join a crew made up of distinguished university professors and noted historians as we navigate through 400 years of west coast history while exploring one of the world's greatest collections of historic vessels, rare museum gallery exhibits, and historic sites in San Diego.

"The week will be spent investigating new ways of thinking about the Pacific and its role in the American story. Sixty-five years before the settlement at Jamestown and seventy-eight years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, European sailing ships were busy exploring and charting the west coast. Long before the wagon trains moved across the plains, Americans were establishing themselves in their own seaborne empires stretching from Alta California and the Oregon territory to China. Where are these stories? Who were the players? What were their motivations? And what legacy did they leave behind that shapes our county today?"

From the Maritime Museum, San Diego website:

"If you ever dreamed about sailing into the past, this is your opportunity to join a crew made up of distinguished university professors and noted historians as we navigate through 400 years of west coast history while exploring one of the world's greatest collections of historic vessels, rare museum gallery exhibits, and historic sites in San Diego.

"The week will be spent investigating new ways of thinking about the Pacific and its role in the American story. Sixty-five years before the settlement at Jamestown and seventy-eight years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, European sailing ships were busy exploring and charting the west coast. Long before the wagon trains moved across the plains, Americans were establishing themselves in their own seaborne empires stretching from Alta California and the Oregon territory to China. Where are these stories? Who were the players? What were their motivations? And what legacy did they leave behind that shapes our county today?"

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."