Abraham Lincoln will stand at the centre of the seminar, though less as a biographical subject than as a prism for exploring key aspects of his age. The themes and topics to be addressed include slavery and the Old South; the abolitionist impulse and the broadening antislavery movement; party political realignment and the sectional crisis of the 1850s; evangelicalism and politics; the election of 1860, the secession of the Lower South, and the coming of war; wartime leadership, political and military; the Civil War 'home front'; emancipation; the elements of Confederate defeat and Union victory; and the meaning of the war for American nationalism.

"This seminar explores how an economically and politically powerless racial minority wrested dramatic change from a determined and entrenched white majority in the American South. It will examine the changing nature of protest from the 1940s to the 1950s; the roles of Martin Luther King, Jr., local movements, and women; and the relative importance of violence and non-violence. Participants will discuss how they can use the experiences of schoolchildren, teachers, and students in the crises of the 1950s and 1960s to bring home the realities of the civil rights movement in the classroom. Topics include the Little Rock 9 and their teachers in 1957, students and sit-ins, and the use of schoolchildren in the 1963 Birmingham demonstrations."

"Abraham Lincoln will stand at the centre of the seminar, though less as a biographical subject than as a prism for exploring key aspects of his age. The themes and topics to be addressed include slavery and the Old South; the abolitionist impulse and the broadening antislavery movement; party political realignment and the sectional crisis of the 1850s; evangelicalism and politics; the election of 1860, the secession of the Lower South, and the coming of war; wartime leadership, political and military; the Civil War 'home front'; emancipation; the elements of Confederate defeat and Union victory; and the meaning of the war for American nationalism."

"An NCHE team will explore the topic of the 19th Century at this Teaching American History colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Sean Adams, Andrew Dangel, and Brian Riley will explore the topic of The Antebellum Years: Political, Social, and Economic Distinctions between North and South at this Frontiers of History colloquium."

"An NCHE team will explore the topic of the The 60's at this colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Yohuru Williams, Tom Connors, and David Byrd will explore the topic of Postwar America: Civil Rights, the Sixties, and the Rise of Conservation at this Continuity and Change: America in the 20th Century colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Matt Pinsker, Al Jacobs, and Jim McNeill will explore the topic of Abolition and the Emancipation Proclamation and Taking Sides: The Confederacy at this colloquium."

"An NCHE team of Matt Pinsker, Al Jacobs, and Gerry Kohler will explore the topic of The Antebellum Years: Political, Social, and Economic Distinctions between North and South at this colloquium."

This institute, led by Manisha Sinha of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will focus on the creation of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and its "influence throughout American history and provide teachers with concrete strategies for preparing their students for the MCAS examinations."