National Council for the Social Studies

Professional Development

Summer Study in the United Kingdom for Teachers in the Philadelphia Region
Application Deadline: Receipt by March 1, 2008

The Philadelphia Branch of The English-Speaking Union of the United States is pleased to offer teachers an exceptional fellowship opportunity for summer study in the United Kingdom, as part of its British Universities International Summer School (BUSS). These fellowships range from $3,200 to $4,500. BUSS Fellows have the opportunity to perform on the stage of the Globe Theatre during “Teaching Shakespeare in Performance” presented by the International Shakespeare Globe Centre in London. The University of Oxford offers a variety of “English Literature” courses, as well as courses in “History, Politics, and Society” and “Creative Writing.” The Scottish Universities International Summer School, based at the University of Edinburgh, offers “Literature in Twentieth-Century Britain” and “Creative Writing.”

The courses are offered this summer for 3 weeks in July and August. The English Speaking Union's BUSS flyers describing the courses offered, prices, and dates are located at this web link on the English Speaking Union's website: www.esuus.org/programs_British_Universities_Summer_Program.htm.

We hope that you will be interested in this program and be encouraged to apply. Please contact me directly or The Philadelphia Branch of The English-Speaking Union at esu@libertynet.org for an application.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: marydarlington@yahoo.com.

Approaching Walden Summer Seminar

July 13-July 18, 2008

The Walden Woods Project is offering a professional development summer seminar for high school educators and graduate students of education. This place-based, interdisciplinary workshop uses Henry David Thoreau’s ethic and his experience at Walden Woods as a model, and features a daily mix of lectures, field trips, readings, discussions and reflection time. The participants encounter speakers from different fields with expertise in the areas of natural history, writing, literary analysis, history, and the environment. Applications for Approaching Walden are currently being accepted and will close on May 1.

Location: Walden Woods Project’s Thoreau Institute, Lincoln, MA
Contact: Check the website below for more information, including application process.
Website: www.walden.org/Education/TWS/AW/2008/Overview.htm

NEH Summer Workshop: FDR and the World Crisis
“FDR and the World Crisis, 1933-1945: Roosevelt and Hyde Park,” is an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for School Teachers organized by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.

Undertaken from the vantage point of FDR’s beloved Hyde Park, New York, in the picturesque Hudson River Valley, this 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. Among the sites that will be incorporated in the workshop are: FDR’s home, Springwood, along with Top Cottage, FDR’s hilltop retreat; Val-Kill, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt; and of course the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum˜designed and conceived by FDR himself as our nation’s first Presidential Library. We invite you to join us as we examine FDR’s response to the world crisis and the transformative nature of his leadership during these critical years.

Session 1: July 13-18, 2008
Session 2: July 20-25, 2008

Application Deadline: March 17, 2008

Stipend: $500 plus travel supplement

Workshop details and application information are available online at: www.feri.org

Contact: David Woolner, Project Director
Email: info@feri.org

Summer Programs for 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)
Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports study opportunities in the humanities for American school teachers. These programs are national, residential, and rigorous. Program participants receive stipends to help defray travel and living expenses.

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES
Application Deadline is March 3, 2008 (postmark)
Seminars and Institutes are 2-6 week projects which take place in the United States and abroad. For a complete list of the 27 projects offered in the summer of 2007, along with eligibility requirements and contact information for the directors, go to the NEH website at: www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

Among the subjects to be studied are:

the works of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Petrarch
Latin, Spanish, and Arabic literature
Himalayan and Mesoamerican cultures
the Music of Mozart and Bach
American History through Song
Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill
United States Constitution and Government
the Abolitionist Movement
the American Great Plains
the Industrial Revolution
the Holocaust

Many of these projects will take place on American campuses; others will be held in Austria, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain.

LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 17, 2008 (postmark)
Landmarks of American History and Culture are 1-week workshops which take place at major historical sites across the nation.
For a complete list of the 20 projects offered in the summer of 2008, along with eligibility requirements and contact information for the directors, go to the NEH website at: www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-school.html

Among the subjects to be studied are

George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt
the U.S. Constitution
the Blue Ridge Parkway
the African American experience
the Underground Railroad
Benjamin Franklin
Eudora Welty, Zora Neale Hurston
Ellis Island, New York’s Lower East Side
Women’s Suffrage in the West

Project directors will provide details about their projects, along with application guidelines. NEH staff does not send out this information. For general information about these programs, contact NEH by e-mail at sem-inst@neh.gov; for information about other NEH programs, go to the NEH website at www.neh.gov.

National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)

Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports faculty development through residential projects: 2-6 week Seminars and Institutes and 1-week Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops. These projects are designed to provide American teachers with the opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics in the humanities.

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES
Application Deadline is March 3, 2008 (receipt)
Seminars and Institutes foster excellent teaching by encouraging collegial discussion of humanities topics within close-knit scholarly communities. They also promote active scholarship in the humanities in ways suited to teachers at all levels from grade school through college. Participants have called the seminars and institutes life changing experiences. They often note that they view the host institution as an important resource for future scholarly endeavors for themselves and for their students. The application guidelines for projects to be held in 2009 are posted on the NEH website at: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html (for school teachers and college/university teachers).

LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 17, 2008 (receipt)
These grant opportunities are part of the “We the People” initiative, which is designed to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. Landmarks of American History and Culture workshops bring groups of K-12 teachers or community college faculty together for intensive, one-week, residence-based workshops at or near significant American sites. Eligible applicants include museums, libraries, cultural and learned societies, state humanities councils, colleges and universities, schools and school districts. Collaborative programs are encouraged. The application guidelines for projects to be held in 2009 are posted on the NEH website at: www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html (for school teachers) or www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html (for community college faculty).

As part of the NEH’s We the People program, the new Picturing America program promotes the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture in K-12 schools by introducing young people to some of America’s great art treasures. NEH encourages proposals for Summer Seminars or Institutes for School Teachers and Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers that focus on one or more of the Picturing America art works or artists as well as the events or periods of American history depicted and the humanities themes represented. Please see http://PicturingAmerica.neh.gov.

Now is the time to draft a proposal or to contact a colleague whom you think might be interested in developing a project. We strongly recommend that you work with one of the program officers listed below:

Thomas Adams              202-606-8396      tadams@neh.gov
Douglas Arnold              202-606-8225      darnold@neh.gov
Barbara Ashbrook          202-606-8388      bashbrook@neh.gov
Judith Jeffrey Howard    202-606-8398      jhoward@neh.gov
Julia Nguyen                  202-606-8213      jnguyen@neh.gov
Robert Sayers                202-606-8215      rsayers@neh.gov

Program staff can answer questions, provide samples of successful applications, and comment on an informal draft. Staff can help anticipate questions that are likely to arise in the review process.

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Institutions must register with Grants.gov, a process which usually takes about two weeks.

GEEO Travel Programs For Teachers to India and Peru

Are you an educator looking to travel abroad during the summer? Would you like to earn graduate school credit and professional development credit while seeing the world? GEEO is a 501c3 non-profit organization that has been created to help and encourage educators to travel abroad in order to bring their experiences back into the classroom and create a more outward-looking next generation of Americans.

In the summer of 2008, GEEO will be leading trips to Peru (June 26th-July 8th) and India (August 1st-20th). Just to be clear, OUR TRIPS ARE FOR EDUCATORS, NOT STUDENTS. Detailed information about each trip, including itineraries, travel dates, and more can be found at our website www.geeo.org under Our Travel Programs.

While our trips are not offered for free, GEEO helps teachers find funding to subsidize the cost of the trips, which are already deeply discounted so as to be affordable to teachers. Teachers are welcome to bring up to two adult companions, such as a spouse or friend, who will also receive the special teacher pricing.

If you are interested in traveling with GEEO in the summer of 2008, please contact us right away. Our trips are filling up quickly! In addition to our website, we can be reached 7 days a week, toll free at 1-877-600-0105 between 9AM-10PM EST.

Please go to our website, www.geeo.org, for even more information about our organization.

STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators (CAS 410)
Experience B.C.From the 5 Themes of Geography to the 2010 Olympics
Hot Topics from a Not-So-Cold Country
June 22 – June 27, 2008(6 days/5 nights)
Sunday, June 22 – Monday, June 23 (Delta Vancouver Suites)
Tuesday, June 24 – Friday, June 27 (Whistler≠s Crystal Lodge)

Benefits:

Earn 3 university quarter credits or 40 clock hours as you learn about B.C., Canada and the Olympic tradition in a comfortable classroom setting from government officials, tribal leaders and university faculty.
Banish stereotypes and meet real Canadians while exploring two of Canada’s most cosmopolitan and environmentally-sustainable cities.
Experience Canada’s culture, history and environment during an urban walking tour of Vancouver, a visit to the Squamish Nation longhouse and a TreeTrek ecotour on foot or by zipline in Whistler.
Preview the 2010 Winter Olympic Games through site tours and presentations
Receive useful resources daily that help bring Canada to your classroom
Return home with lesson plans on Canada that meet NCSS standards

Scholarship Opportunities

Washington State Teachers: CAS Send a Teacher to Canada Scholarship ($300)
K-12 STUDY CANADA Travel Reimbursement Awards ($100)

Out-of-State Teachers:                                      Government of Canada Offices in the US may provide travel support. Visit http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/offices/default-en.asp to
determine which regional consulate (and Academic Relations Officer) you should contact.

New/Beginning Teachers:                        Canada in the Classroom Award ($100-$300)

Program Fee: $550 (includes tuition, participant lodging, breakfasts, and RT Vancouver-Whistler transportation)

Registration Deadline: May 1, 2008 (Full program fee is due with the registration application)
* Please note that transportation to/from Vancouver, Canada, is not included.

Accommodations: Rooms have 2D/Q beds and are assigned to 2 same-gendered participants

Supplemental Fees: $400 supplemental fee). Companions are welcome to attend events and activities but must pay their own entry fees. A $550 supplemental fee that includes round-trip Vancouver-Whistler transportation, daily breakfasts and receptions is available for companions not seeking credit and sharing a room. All supplemental fee payments are due by May 1, 2007.

Please visit www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.shtml for details, registration form, and the draft agenda.
Contact Tina Storer at tina.storer@wwu.edu with questions or concerns.

Sponsors: The Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for Canada (Western Washington University and the University of Washington) with grants from the US Department of Education (Title VI) and Government of Canada.

Dec Feb

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