Posted for: "Ferguson, Joyce" <JFerguson@neh.gov>
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A New NEH Professional Development Opportunity
Landmarks of American History: Workshops for School Teachers
During the summer of 2004, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
will offer a new series of professional development programs, Landmarks of
American History Workshops for School Teachers. These week-long,
residence-based programs provide the opportunity for K-12 educators to
engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American
history at major historical sites around the nation. Full-time teachers in
American K-12 schools, whether public, public charter, private, or
religiously-affiliated are eligible to participate, as well as
home-schooling parents. Other K-12 school personnel, including
administrators, substitute teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, and
librarians are also eligible to participate, subject to available space.
Teachers selected to participate will receive a stipend of $500 to help
cover living expenses and supplies: travel supplements for educators
traveling long distances will be available and allocated after
participants are selected.
Landmarks Workshops are designed to give participants direct experiences
in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of
archival and other primary historical evidence. They include the best
scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks,
enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical
places, to make connections between what they learn in the Workshop and
what they teach, and to develop teaching materials for their classrooms.
Landmarks Workshops for the summer of 2004 include Mt. Vernon and the
Shaping of the U.S. Constitution; History, Memory, and Memorial at Pearl
Harbor; Alabama's Civil Rights Monuments; the United States Capitol; Fort
Robinson, Nebraska and the Great Plains; Salem, Massachusetts 1801-1861;
Portsmouth, New Hampshire and American Identity; Savannah's Three-Century
History; Black Artisans and Entrepreneurs of Antebellum North Carolina;
Encounters and Change in 17th century Plymouth, and many others.
For full listings, eligibility requirements, and application instructions,
please see
http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks.html
These listings contain project titles and the means to contact each
Landmarks Workshop director. In response to a request for information,
workshop directors will send a letter describing the content, logistics,
and expectations of that project. Requests for information and completed
applications should NOT be directed to the National Endowment for the
Humanities; they should be addressed to the individual projects as found
in the listings. General questions concerning the Landmarks of American
History program may be directed to the NEH Division of Education Programs.
(202-606-8463 or e-mail sem-inst@neh.gov).
The deadline for applications is March 15, 2004.
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