Natinal Humanities Center: Live, Online Professional Development Seminars in History and Literature

Live, Online Professional Development
Seminars in History and Literature

SPRING 2010 SCHEDULE

Thurs., Jan. 28 Deism and the Founding of the U.S.
Ryan K. Smith
VCU

Thurs., Feb. 4 Rethinking Booker T. and W.E.B.
Kenneth Janken
UNC-CH; NHC Fellow

Thurs.,
Feb. 18 The Idea of Progress in the 19th Century
Henry Binford
Northwest University; NHC Fellow

Tues., Feb. 23 Picturing America in the
1930s: Reading Farm; Security Administration: Photographs
Anthony W. Lee
Mount Holyoke College

NEW DATE
Thurs., Feb. 25 The Role of the West in the Reunification of the U.S. after the Civil War
Heather Cox Richardson
UMASS, Amherst

Thurs.,
Mar. 18 Walt Whitman's Civil War Poetry*
Franny Nudelman
Carleton University

Wed., Mar. 24 Hamilton's America
- Jefferson's America*
Peter Onuf
UVA


Cost: $35.00

Reading Assignments: Seminar texts are provided free online at the National Humanities Center's Toolbox Library and TeacherServe® websites. Prior to each seminar, reading assignments will be made available to participants.
Recertification Credit: The National Humanities Center programs are eligible for recertification credit. Each seminar will include ninety minutes of instruction plus approximately two hours of preparation. Because the seminars are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation.

Technical Requirements: The seminars are conducted online using conferencing software. To participate, you need a computer, an internet connection, speakers, and a microphone. Request a headset.

Sponsor: The National Humanities Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, is the country's only independent institute for advanced study in all branches of the humanities. Since 1984, it has been offering rigorous, content-based professional development programs for high school teachers.

Be sure to visit the Center's online resources for teachers:

The Toolbox Library, which provides primary sources - historical documents, literary texts, visual images, and audio material - illuminated by notes and discussion questions.

TeacherServe®, collections of essays by leading scholars that explore important topics in American culture and offer advice on how to teach them.