NEH Summer Programs for K-12 Teachers

Each year the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) sponsors a series of summer programs for K-12 teachers and educators. Of particular interest in 2015 are:

• "Rethinking the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Capitalism, Democracy, and Progressivisms, 1877 to 1920" (University of Chicago)
• "Immigration, Migration, and the Transformation of the African-American Community in the 20th and 21st Centuries" (Schomburg Center, New York Public Library)
• "The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1865" (American Antiquarian Society)
• "Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition and Ideas of Progress" (Buffalo State SUNY)
• "Crafting Freedom: African-American Entrepreneurs in the Antebellum South" (Thomas Day Education Project, Research Triangle Park, NC)
• "Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry" (Springfield, MA)
• "Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution" (Lowell, MA: Tsongas Industrial History Center)
• "The Richest Hills: Mining in the Far West, 1860-1920" (Montana State Historical Society)
• "The Transcontinental Railroad: Transforming California and the Nation" (Sacramento, sponsored by University of California, Davis)

Each workshop is developed by the hosting institution(s), and application must be made directly to the program in which one wishes to participate. The full list can be found on the NEH website. Accepted applicants will be provided with a stipend to help defray expenses. The application deadline for the programs is March 2, 2015.