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

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: Florida in the 20th Century

Description

This workshop will discuss issues important in Florida 20th-century history, which may include "The Harlem Renaissance: Critical Issues in Black Literature and Culture," "Spanish Florida," "Democracy in Florida," "World War II: Florida Home Front," African-American communities and experience in Florida, or an overview of the archaeological record and cultural history of Florida. Contact the given number for more information.

Contact name
Smith, Elizabeth
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 941-301-1499
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Social Studies Supervisor
Duration
One day

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: Florida in the 20th Century

Description

This workshop will discuss issues important in Florida 20th-century history, which may include "The Harlem Renaissance: Critical Issues in Black Literature and Culture," "Spanish Florida," "Democracy in Florida," "World War II: Florida Home Front," African-American communities and experience in Florida, or an overview of the archaeological record and cultural history of Florida. Contact the given number for more information.

Contact name
Gory, Shellie
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 754-321-1873
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Curriculum Specialist
Duration
One day

Los Latinos: The View from Florida

Description

"From Miami's Little Havana to the immigrant world of West Tampa, from Immokalee farm worker centers to the cigar cities of Key West and Ybor City, Latinos have helped to shape Florida's cultural fabric. Examine the complexities of race, culture, ethnicity, identity, and nationality through a Latin lens. Probe the implications of the New Latino political movements, debates about immigrant rights, and the politics of diversity in our attempt to build a definition of what it means to be 'Floridian' in the new century."

Contact name
Schoenacher, Ann Simas
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Florida Center for Teachers
Phone number
1 727-873-2009
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Contact Title
Project Director
Duration
Five days
End Date

From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans: Florida and Its Politics since 1940

Description

"Historian David Colburn highlights the fascinating political, demographic, and social transformation of the Sunshine State over the past 60 years."

Contact name
Erickson, Jan
Sponsoring Organization
Central Brevard Public Library & Reference Center
Phone number
1 321-633-1792
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Duration
One hour

James Weldon Johnson: The Renaissance Man

Description

"Born in Jacksonville, FL, James Weldon Johnson is best known for his composition "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," widely known as the Negro National Anthem. In the presentation of Johnson by Chautauqua scholar Leroy Mitchell, we learn about this creative genius and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance."

Contact name
Staples, Margaret
Sponsoring Organization
Paragon Ladies of the Dove, Inc.
Phone number
1 305-253-2310
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Duration
One hour

James Weldon Johnson: The Renaissance Man

Description

"Born in Jacksonville, FL, James Weldon Johnson is best known for his composition "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," widely known as the Negro National Anthem. In the presentation of Johnson by Chautauqua scholar Leroy Mitchell, we learn about this creative genius and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance."

Contact name
Staples, Margaret
Sponsoring Organization
Paragon Ladies of the Dove, Inc.
Phone number
1 305-253-2310
Target Audience
General Public
Start Date
Duration
One hour