James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship

Description

Participants in this workshop "Participants will study James Madison’s the life and political career, which encompassed the development, establishment, and maintenance of a new constitutional enterprise." Site says more information to come.

Contact name
Washburn, Andrew
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 540-672-2728
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Eight days
End Date

James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship

Description

Participants in this workshop "Participants will study James Madison’s life and political career, which encompassed the development, establishment, and maintenance of a new constitutional enterprise." Site says more information to come.

Contact name
Washburn, Andrew
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 540-672-2728
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
Eight days
End Date

Retracing the Civil Rights Movement with Senator Richard Cohen

Description

Senator Richard Cohen discusses his interest in the Civil Rights Movement and tells stories about his visits to cities core to the movement, including Jackson, Birmingham, Philadelphia, and Selma and his interviews with civil rights activists and opponents.

Sponsoring Organization
Minnesota Humanities Center
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Cost
$25.00
Contact Title
Public Affairs Director
Duration
One hour

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson, and America, 1801-1861

Description

This workshop will "dig into the controversies and turbulence of Andrew Jackson, his times, and his reputation," focusing on the topics "Growing Democracy," "Cotton Economy and Slavery," "Indians and Westward Expansion," "Reform and Religion," "Women's Lives in a Changing America," and "Developing a Distinct American Material Culture." The workshop will include visits to historical sites, readings, curriculum planning, pedagogical sessions, lectures, and discussion.

Contact name
Leone, Jan
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 615-898-5580
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Co-director
Duration
Six days
End Date

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson, and America, 1801-1861

Description

This workshop will "dig into the controversies and turbulence of Andrew Jackson, his times, and his reputation," focusing on the topics "Growing Democracy," "Cotton Economy and Slavery," "Indians and Westward Expansion," "Reform and Religion," "Women's Lives in a Changing America," and "Developing a Distinct American Material Culture." The workshop will include visits to historical sites, readings, curriculum planning, pedagogical sessions, lectures, and discussion.

Contact name
Leone, Jan
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 615-898-5580
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Co-director
Duration
Six days
End Date

The Problem of the Color Line: Atlanta Landmarks and Civil Rights History

Description

"The workshop will use sites in Atlanta to tell the powerful and provocative stories of the imposition and demolition of the Color Line. The workshop participants will explore the Fox Theater, where the physical barriers of a segregated facility are still visible. They will walk the streets of the two principal historic districts that trace the history of the color line, the Martin Luther King National Historic Site and the Atlanta University National Register District. They will visit sites throughout the city where Civil Rights history is memorialized. The participants will have background readings and primary historic documents, access to historic site documentation on the websites of the Library of Congress (American Memory), the National Park Service, and the Landmark sites themselves in their study of the color line. They will hear lectures in their meeting places and at the sites they visit. Participants will receive resource packets with primary and secondary source materials for principal historical figures and the landmark sites with which they are associated in Atlanta."

Contact name
Crimmins, Tim
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 404-413-6356
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
One week
End Date

The Problem of the Color Line: Atlanta Landmarks and Civil Rights History

Description

"The workshop will use sites in Atlanta to tell the powerful and provocative stories of the imposition and demolition of the Color Line. The workshop participants will explore the Fox Theater, where the physical barriers of a segregated facility are still visible. They will walk the streets of the two principal historic districts that trace the history of the color line, the Martin Luther King National Historic Site and the Atlanta University National Register District. They will visit sites throughout the city where Civil Rights history is memorialized. The participants will have background readings and primary historic documents, access to historic site documentation on the websites of the Library of Congress (American Memory), the National Park Service, and the Landmark sites themselves in their study of the color line. They will hear lectures in their meeting places and at the sites they visit. Participants will receive resource packets with primary and secondary source materials for principal historical figures and the landmark sites with which they are associated in Atlanta."

Contact name
Crimmins, Tim
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Endowment for the Humanities
Phone number
1 404-413-6356
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Duration
One week
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

The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: The View from St. Augustine

Description

This workshop will look at the Gilded Age (post-Reconstruction) and the Progressive Era as they affected and were seen by residents of St. Augustine.

Contact name
Gray, Wanda
Contact email
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 321-633-1000
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Manager
Duration
One day