Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America

Description

This workshop will "provide an interdisciplinary approach to the various dimensions of Franklin’s career as an inventor, which ranged over fields as diverse as science, civic institutions, diplomacy, citizenship, self-government, music, and mathematics." The workshop will include lectures, discussions, a performance of 18th-century music, visits to historic sites, examination of teaching resources, lesson plan creation, and readings.

Contact name
Hill, Dr. Marylu
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 610-519-6936
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
"Teachers participating in the workshop will be eligible to receive continuing education units (CEUs). They will receive documentation to send to their state department of education upon conclusion of the workshop."
Duration
Five days
End Date

Abraham Lincoln and the Forging of Modern America

Description

This workshop "will explore Abraham Lincoln’s life in Springfield, Illinois and the political and historical challenges he faced as President. Educators will hear from outstanding Lincoln scholars drawn from universities in the St. Louis area," visit local historical sites important to Lincoln's life, attend pedagogical sessions, complete readings, and create lesson plans. Major themes discussed will be "Lincoln and American Nationalism," "Lincoln and Power," "Lincoln and Freedom," and "Lincoln and Race."

Contact name
Breck, Dr. Susan E.
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 618-650-3444
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
"SIUE can provide up to three units of graduate course credit for this workshop" | "SIUE can provide documentation of attendance and participation in this workshop."
Duration
Six days
End Date

Abraham Lincoln and the Forging of Modern America

Description

This workshop "will explore Abraham Lincoln’s life in Springfield, Illinois and the political and historical challenges he faced as President. Educators will hear from outstanding Lincoln scholars drawn from universities in the St. Louis area," visit local historical sites important to Lincoln's life, attend pedagogical sessions, complete readings, and create lesson plans. Major themes discussed will be "Lincoln and American Nationalism," "Lincoln and Power," "Lincoln and Freedom," and "Lincoln and Race."

Contact name
Breck, Dr. Susan E.
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 618-650-3444
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
"SIUE can provide up to three units of graduate course credit for this workshop" | "SIUE can provide documentation of attendance and participation in this workshop."
Duration
Six days
End Date

Ellis Island 1891-1924: Immigration, Public Health, and the American Workforce

Description

At this workshop, educators will be "joined by immigration scholars and public health historians, visit related historic sites in New York City that vividly tell the story of immigration in the early part of the 20th century, and investigate Ellis Island's un-restored hospital buildings with an architectural historian to uncover their significance." The workshop will "specifically address the impact of the 1891 immigration legislation mandating health as a criterion for admission to the U.S., precipitating construction of the U.S. Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island to screen and treat arriving immigrants."

Contact name
Frazier, Jan
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 973-347-8428
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
"Although the Ellis Island Institute cannot arrange for individual professional development credit certifications, it will supply a certificate with equivalent professional development hours for each participant. Participants will be responsible for submitting the certificate to any certifying agency or organization."
Duration
Five days
End Date

Ellis Island 1891-1924: Immigration, Public Health, and the American Workforce

Description

At this workshop, educators will be "joined by immigration scholars and public health historians, visit related historic sites in New York City that vividly tell the story of immigration in the early part of the 20th century, and investigate Ellis Island's un-restored hospital buildings with an architectural historian to uncover their significance." The workshop will "specifically address the impact of the 1891 immigration legislation mandating health as a criterion for admission to the U.S., precipitating construction of the U.S. Public Health Service hospital on Ellis Island to screen and treat arriving immigrants."

Contact name
Frazier, Jan
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 973-347-8428
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
None
Course Credit
"Although the Ellis Island Institute cannot arrange for individual professional development credit certifications, it will supply a certificate with equivalent professional development hours for each participant. Participants will be responsible for submitting the certificate to any certifying agency or organization."
Duration
Five days
End Date

An Evening with Former CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson

Description

"The National C'onstitution Center welcomes Valerie Plame Wilson to discuss her new autobiography, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House.' Plame Wilson provides her perspective on the public disclosure of her identity as a CIA officer and the federal investigation that led to the trial and conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby."

Sponsoring Organization
National Constitution Center
Phone number
1 215-409-6700
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Cost
$12 members | $15 non-members | $6 K-12 teachers and students | (reservations required)
Duration
One to two hours

Building America: Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization, and the Creation of a World Power

Description

"Offered in Summer 2008, the workshop will focus on the history and activities that took place on the Vermilion and the Mesabi Iron Ranges. Participants will be provided with resources and new content knowledge for introducing the history of Minnesota's Iron Range region, its contributions, and its people into their current American history curriculum. In order to make this easier, the workshops will be based on national history standards and the national social studies standards and will be organized around three central themes that align with those standards. These three themes are: 1) Natural History of the Landmark: Geography and Geology; 2) The Mines and their Contributions to American History; 3) and the People and the Mines (indigenous peoples, ethnicity, and immigration)."

Contact name
Eilers, Rebecca
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 651-772-4257
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Six days
End Date

Building America: Minnesota's Iron Range, U.S. Industrialization, and the Creation of a World Power

Description

"Offered in Summer 2008, the workshop will focus on the history and activities that took place on the Vermilion and the Mesabi Iron Ranges. Participants will be provided with resources and new content knowledge for introducing the history of Minnesota's Iron Range region, its contributions, and its people into their current American history curriculum. In order to make this easier, the workshops will be based on national history standards and the national social studies standards and will be organized around three central themes that align with those standards. These three themes are: 1) Natural History of the Landmark: Geography and Geology; 2) The Mines and their Contributions to American History; 3) and the People and the Mines (indigenous peoples, ethnicity, and immigration)."

Contact name
Eilers, Rebecca
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 651-772-4257
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Six days
End Date

FDR and the World Crisis, 1933-1945: Roosevelt and Hyde Park

Description

"Undertaken from the vantage point of FDR’s beloved Hyde Park this week-long NEH Workshop will offer teachers a unique perspective on Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression and World War II, with a special emphasis on how FDR’s relationship to his home community influenced his thinking about national policy and America’s role in the world."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 845-486-7771
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Six days
End Date

FDR and the World Crisis, 1933-1945: Roosevelt and Hyde Park

Description

"Undertaken from the vantage point of FDR’s beloved Hyde Park this week-long NEH Workshop will offer teachers a unique perspective on Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression and World War II, with a special emphasis on how FDR’s relationship to his home community influenced his thinking about national policy and America’s role in the world."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 845-486-7771
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Six days
End Date