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

Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution

Description

This workshop combines scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park and of other sites in Lowell's historic district. Sessions draw on scholarly monographs, primary sources (such as "mill girl" letters), and works of literature and historical fiction. The workshop intersperses hands-on activities with lecture-discussions and field investigations. In addition to Lowell's landmark resources, the workshop takes full advantage of Old Sturbridge Village exhibits and scholars to explore pre-industrial rural life and draw on the expertise of scholars and presenters at Walden Pond and Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, to explore how prominent authors addressed the question of industrialization's effect on American life, values, and the environment.

Contact name
Anstey, Ellen
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Phone number
978-970-5080
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
The Tsongas Industrial History Center will provide participants a certificate for up to 40 professional development points (CEUs/PDPs) for the face-to-face portion of the workshop and up to 40 additional points if pre/post-workshop assignments are completed, including the submission of a copy of a curriculum portfolio of at least five class periods of instruction. At additional cost, teachers wishing graduate credit may earn up to three graduate credits for the workshop through the UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education.
Duration
Six days
End Date

Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution

Description

This workshop combines scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park and of other sites in Lowell's historic district. Sessions draw on scholarly monographs, primary sources (such as "mill girl" letters), and works of literature and historical fiction. The workshop intersperses hands-on activities with lecture-discussions and field investigations. In addition to Lowell's landmark resources, the workshop takes full advantage of Old Sturbridge Village exhibits and scholars to explore pre-industrial rural life and draw on the expertise of scholars and presenters at Walden Pond and Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, to explore how prominent authors addressed the question of industrialization's effect on American life, values, and the environment.

Contact name
Anstey, Ellen
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Phone number
978-970-5080
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
The Tsongas Industrial History Center will provide participants a certificate for up to 40 professional development points (CEUs/PDPs) for the face-to-face portion of the workshop and up to 40 additional points if pre/post-workshop assignments are completed, including the submission of a copy of a curriculum portfolio of at least five class periods of instruction. At additional cost, teachers wishing graduate credit may earn up to three graduate credits for the workshop through the UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education.
Duration
Six days
End Date

Antebellum North Carolina

Description

From the North Carolina Museum of History website:

"What was life like for North Carolinians before the Civil War? Explore this question through in-depth articles, artifacts, and visual aids designed to enhance your knowledge of the political, social, and economic developments in antebellum North Carolina."

Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Museum of History
Phone number
9198077971
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$40; $35 for North Carolina Museum of History Associates
Course Credit
"Participants who complete the institute will receive a certificate for thirty (30) contact hours. Please check with your school district to verify eligibility."
End Date

Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution

Description

This workshop combines scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park and of other sites in Lowell's historic district. Sessions draw on scholarly monographs, primary sources (such as "mill girl" letters), and works of literature and historical fiction. The workshop intersperses hands-on activities with lecture-discussions and field investigations. In addition to Lowell's landmark resources, the workshop takes full advantage of Old Sturbridge Village exhibits and scholars to explore pre-industrial rural life and draw on the expertise of scholars and presenters at Walden Pond and Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, to explore how prominent authors addressed the question of industrialization's effect on American life, values, and the environment.

Contact name
Anstey, Ellen
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Phone number
978-970-5080
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $750 stipend
Course Credit
The Tsongas Industrial History Center will provide participants a certificate for up to 40 professional development points (CEUs/PDPs) for the face-to-face portion of the workshop and up to 40 additional points if pre/post-workshop assignments are completed, including the submission of a copy of a curriculum portfolio of at least five class periods of instruction. At additional cost, teachers wishing graduate credit may earn up to three graduate credits for the workshop through the UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education.
Duration
Five days
End Date

Sugar and the Transatlantic World

Description

The story of sugar's transformation from luxury product to ubiquitous commodity in the modern Western diet offers a rich vantage on transatlantic and world history. It also prods students and scholars to deeper consideration of the myriad social, cultural, and economic processes within which even the most seemingly banal substances can be enmeshed. Seminar participants will explore these connections and processes, with special attention to the Caribbean. The link between sugar cultivation and the transatlantic slave trade—and the enduring, intertwined legacies of both—will be an important area of discussion and analysis.

Sponsoring Organization
Newberry Library
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free
Course Credit
Participants receive 10 CPDUs credit hours towards their State of Illinois certification renewal.
Contact Title
Director
Duration
Two days
End Date

John Steinbeck, Voice of a Region, Voice for America

Description

During this two-week institute teachers and scholars will reconsider iconic American writer John Steinbeck, author of more than 30 books, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (in 1940, for The Grapes of Wrath), the Nobel Prize for Literature (1962), and the United States Medal of Freedom (1964). Days will be filled with study, exploration of the area, discussion, and reflection. During the two weeks, participants will have ample opportunity to appreciate "Steinbeck Country" through exploration of the land and Steinbeck's literature.

Contact name
Judnick, Maria
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
San Jose State University
Phone number
408-924-4487
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $2,000 stipend
Course Credit
Optional continuing education units (CEUs are not equivalent to college course credit, however) can be earned for 1-6 units at the nominal fee of $25 per unit. These units have been arranged at one of the host institutions, CSU Channel Islands, in Camarillo, California. Additional work beyond attendance and full participation at the institute is not required to earn this credit.
Duration
Thirteen days
End Date

Maritime America in the Age of Winslow Homer

Description

This four-week institute will use Winslow Homer's paintings as the point of departure for a voyage of discovery about maritime history in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The goal is not only to understand the period historically and culturally, but also to explore multiple source materials for discovering the past, including works of art and literature, objects, landscapes, the built environment, descendant communities and a range of historical documents in order to synthesize these various perspectives. Participants will develop cross-disciplinary lessons and teaching materials for classrooms.

Contact name
Mollo, Arlene
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Phone number
508-999-9204
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $3,200 stipend
Course Credit
UMass Dartmouth is willing to grant continuing education units (CEU) to participants and the Institute Directors will convey proper letters of documentation to participants' districts or school boards on university letterhead.
Duration
Twenty-eight days
End Date

Happy Days Are Here Again: The Great Depression and Recovery in North Carolina

Description

From the North Carolina Museum of History website:

"The stock market rises and falls. A shaky economy means job losses, business closings, changed lives. Is it 1929 or 2009? Lessons from the past can help us cope with hard times today. How do government and businesses stimulate growth? How do people reshape their lives as they hope for returning prosperity? Topics include work, social programs, home life, food, entertainment, and recreation.

Join fellow educators for an engaging four-day program in Raleigh as we explore the Great Depression and the New Deal, the effect on North Carolina, and its comparison to the economic crisis of today. Take a variety of resources, including primary source material from this relevant period, back to your classroom. Interact with speakers, participate in discussions, and try new hands-on activities."

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
North Carolina Museum of History
Phone number
919-807-7995
Target Audience
"For all grade levels; particularly relevant to middle grades social studies and high school United States history"
Start Date
Cost
$40
Course Credit
"Participants who complete the institute will receive a certificate for thirty (30) contact hours. Please check with your school district to verify eligibility."
Duration
Four days
End Date

Hard Times and Public Policy: Facing Economic Challenges, Past and Present

Description

This 2009 American Studies Summer Institute, presented with the University of Massachusetts Boston, will offer a critical and historical examination of the social and political impact of severe downturns in the U.S. economy.

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Phone number
617-514-1581
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$100 without graduate credit; $195 with.
Course Credit
Teachers may earn three graduate credits (fee of $195) or 35 PDPs (fee of $100).
Duration
Twelve days
End Date