National Humanities Center offers PD for US History and Literature Teachers

Summer 2011 Schedule Date Topic Leader Tuesday, June 28 10:00-11:30 a.m. Building a Nation: Westward Expansion and the Coming of the Civil War? Elliott West Univ. of Arkansas Wednesday, June 29 10:00-11:30 a.m. The Cult of Domesticity Lucinda MacKethan North Carolina State Univ. Thursday, June 30 10:00-11:30 a.m. Religion and Reform in Nineteenth-Century America Robert Abzug Univ. of Texas In the summer of 2011 the National Humanities Center, with suppport from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, will again offer three online professional development seminars exclusively for North Carolina high school teachers of American history and literature. They will directly address the learning objectives in Competency Goal 2 of the Standard Course of Study in United States history, "Expansion and Reform: 1801-1850." Participants will receive a stipend of $100. (A participant will receive only one stipend even if he/she participates in multiple seminars.) These seminars seek to deepen teacher content knowledge, introduce teachers to fresh primary resources, and offer advice on how to use those resources with students. They explore documents and images through discussion led by distinguished scholars. Texts come chiefly from the Center's online resources for teachers Toolbox Library and TeacherServe®. Each seminar will require from 35 to 50 pages of reading. Participation requires a computer with an internet connection and the ability to accommodate speakers and a microphone. Recertification Credit: Three National Humanities Center online seminars will provide ten and a half contact hours or 1 CEU credit. Because the seminars are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will provide documentation of participation. Registration Deadline: May 31, 2011 This program is made possible by a grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.