Race & Place: African Americans in Washington, D.C. from 1800 to 1954

Description

This workshop will investigate "four crucial periods of African-American history -- slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, and segregation -- through the lens of the experiences of African Americans in the District of Columbia." Specific topics will include "The Landscape of Urban Enslavement," "Resistance to Slavery in the Nation’s Capital," "Emancipation and Civil War Washington, "Institutions of Reconstruction: The Freedman’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company," "Frederick Douglass and the Politics of Reconstruction, "Community, Activism, and Desegregation: 1900-1954," to be explored through visits to historic landmarks, lectures, teaching resource sessions, and curriculum project development.

Contact name
Queeny, Hart
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 202-842-0920
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Operations Manager
Duration
Six days
End Date

Race & Place: African Americans in Washington, D.C. from 1800 to 1954

Description

This workshop will investigate "four crucial periods of African-American history -- slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, and segregation -- through the lens of the experiences of African Americans in the District of Columbia." Specific topics will include "The Landscape of Urban Enslavement," "Resistance to Slavery in the Nation’s Capital," "Emancipation and Civil War Washington, "Institutions of Reconstruction: The Freedman’s Bureau and the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company," "Frederick Douglass and the Politics of Reconstruction, "Community, Activism, and Desegregation: 1900-1954," to be explored through visits to historic landmarks, lectures, teaching resource sessions, and curriculum project development.

Contact name
Queeny, Hart
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 202-842-0920
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Operations Managaer
Duration
Six days
End Date

The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)

Teaser

SPICE is non-profit and develops multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes for elementary, middle school, and secondary students.

Description

<p>SPICE is non-profit and develops multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes for elementary, middle school, and secondary students.</p>

<p>SPICE units include thorough lesson plans with subject overviews, primary source materials, handouts, worksheets, in-class activities, projects, and assignments. Many units are interdisciplinary.</p>

<p>While SPICE curricular materials focus primarily on international issues, a number of curricular units are appropriate for an American history course. Selected titles include: Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball and Japanese-American Internment; Security, Civil Liberties, and Terrorism; Comparative Health Care: The United States and Japan; Introduction to Diasporas in the United States; San Francisco Peace Treaty: The Cold War and the Peace Process; and, U.S.-Mexico Economic Interdependence: Perspectives from Both Sides of the Border. </p>

<p>Only the tables of contents for units are available online, though titles may be ordered through the SPICE website.</p>

Publisher
Stanford University

Oldfields - Lilly House & Gardens [IN]

Description

The Lily House & Gardens comprise a 26-acre estate. The 22-room mansion includes 8 period rooms, with approximately 90 percent of the home's original 1930s furnishings and decorative arts, and information on the American Country Place era (late 1800s-early1900s), the history of Oldfields, and 20th century Indianapolis. Collections include books, military miniatures, nautical items, and gold coins. The garden designs date to the 1920s.

The site offers guided and audio tours of the Lily House, guided garden tours, period rooms, and exhibits.