Native Knowledge 360°-for Middle and High School (NMAI)
Native Knowledge 360°-for Middle and High School (NMAI)
Native Knowledge 360° Summer Educator Institute to Support Effective Education about American Indians
2017 Topic: American Indian Removal
Monday, July 10 through Friday, July 14, 2017
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian--Washington, D.C.
For middle and high school educators in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
There is no cost to participate in the Institute. Applications will be accepted through Friday, April 14, 2017.
Details: Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) is a national education initiative to inspire and promote improved teaching about American Indians and represents the foundation of the National Museum of the American Indian's work to transform popular understandings of Native history, cultures, and contemporary lives.
This in-depth, week-long teacher training experience will provide foundational information about American Indians and support use of a new online interactive lesson, "American Indian Removal: What Does it Mean to Remove a People?" The sessions will focus on the impact of the removal of Native Nations before, during, and after the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under Andrew Jackson's presidency. Participants will be chosen from the region of the United States most impacted by removal: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Selected middle and high school educators will join scholars, education experts, and Native community members for a unique and immersive professional development experience. Participants will take part in scholarly lectures and discussions, tour the museum's collections and work with staff, Native scholars, and education experts throughout the week.
Applications are now open for middle and high school educators including classroom teachers, librarians, curriculum or content coordinators, and school administrators in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Visit http://nmai.si.edu/explore/education/summer-educator-institute/ for more information and to apply.
You can also email NMAI-NK360@si.edu with any questions.
2017 Topic: American Indian Removal
Monday, July 10 through Friday, July 14, 2017
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian--Washington, D.C.
For middle and high school educators in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
There is no cost to participate in the Institute. Applications will be accepted through Friday, April 14, 2017.
Details: Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) is a national education initiative to inspire and promote improved teaching about American Indians and represents the foundation of the National Museum of the American Indian's work to transform popular understandings of Native history, cultures, and contemporary lives.
This in-depth, week-long teacher training experience will provide foundational information about American Indians and support use of a new online interactive lesson, "American Indian Removal: What Does it Mean to Remove a People?" The sessions will focus on the impact of the removal of Native Nations before, during, and after the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under Andrew Jackson's presidency. Participants will be chosen from the region of the United States most impacted by removal: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Selected middle and high school educators will join scholars, education experts, and Native community members for a unique and immersive professional development experience. Participants will take part in scholarly lectures and discussions, tour the museum's collections and work with staff, Native scholars, and education experts throughout the week.
Applications are now open for middle and high school educators including classroom teachers, librarians, curriculum or content coordinators, and school administrators in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Visit http://nmai.si.edu/explore/education/summer-educator-institute/ for more information and to apply.
You can also email NMAI-NK360@si.edu with any questions.
Deadline Date:
April 14, 2017
Dates:
July 10, 2017 - July 14, 2017