Online Professional Development Seminars for North Carolina High School Literature and History Teachers
NC Summer 2011 Schedule | ||
| Date | Seminar | |
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June 28 10:00–11:30 a.m. SEMINAR FULL |
Building a Nation: Westward Expansion and the Coming of the Civil WarAn exploration of how the two great events in nineteenth-century American history, the acquisition of 1.2 million square miles of western territory and the Civil War, created what was essentially a new nation. (Objectives 2.01 and 2.03)Leader: Elliott West |
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| Wed., June 29 10:00–11:30 a.m. SEMINAR FULL |
The Cult of DomesticityAn examination of how the prescribed role of women in nineteenth-century America both limited and enhanced their ability to influence public life. (Objectives 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, and 2.05)Leader: Lucinda MacKethan |
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| Thurs., June 30 10:00–11:30 a.m. SEMINAR FULL |
Religion and Reform in Nineteenth-Century AmericaThis seminar will probe the religious roots of utopianism, the movement for sexual equality, and the temperance movement. (Objectives 2.05 and 2.06)Leader: Robert Abzug |
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In 2011 the National Humanities Center, with support from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, will again offer three online professional development seminars exclusively for North Carolina high school history and literature teachers. 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.”
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.
Participants will receive a stipend of $100. (A participant will receive only one stipend even if he/she participates in multiple seminars.)
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.
Participation requires a computer with an internet connection and the ability to accommodate speakers and a microphone.
Registration deadline May 31, 2011.
