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SUMMARY:The American Way of Life in the 1950s
DESCRIPTION:What did it mean for citizens to pursue the American way of life in the 1950s? During this weekend seminar\, we will consider the promises\, anxieties\, tensions and contradictions of postwar America\, from the social consequences of the crusade against communism to the expanding prosperity and alienation related to rising suburban affluence. Through government documents\, contemporary commentary\, public speeches\, and private correspondence\, we will examine the fight against racial segregation\, the rising role of religious faith\, the fears of nuclear proliferation and “enemies within\,” and rising tensions that challenged the era’s purported social consensus. Meeting at the rural retreat frequented by Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency in Gettysburg\, Pennsylvania\, these questions will be explored in a setting connected to the president who led the nation amid the decade’s aspirations and anxieties. \n\nHistoric Site: Eisenhower National Historic Site\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/the-american-way-of-life-in-the-1950s/
LOCATION:Gettysburg\, PA\, Gettysburg\, PA
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:Freedom\, Virtue\, & Resistance in the African American Tradition
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, we will explore the views of several African American thinkers on fundamental political questions such as: what is freedom? How can freedom be achieved and preserved? What virtues are necessary to achieve and preserve a free society? What forms of resistance are necessary to achieve and preserve freedom? Over the course of our time together\, we will read excerpts from several key figures in the African American tradition\, including Frederick Douglass\, Zora Neale Hurston\, James Baldwin\, the Black Panthers\, and Audre Lorde.   \n\nHistoric Site: African American Museum & Library at Oakland and Black Panther Party Museum\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/freedom-virtue-resistance-in-the-african-american-tradition/
LOCATION:Oakland\, CA\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:How the West Was Fun: Frontier Humor and the American Idea
DESCRIPTION:This seminar examines American frontier humor as a literary tradition that both reflected and shaped the nation’s political culture\, social values\, and identity. Organized around five thematic units and four classic theories of humor—relief\, play\, superiority\, and incongruity—the course explores how writers such as Mark Twain\, Bill Nye\, George Washington Harris (Sut Lovingood)\, Caroline Kirkland\, and others used humor to depict frontier life and engage broader questions of democracy\, class\, race\, regional identity\, and modernization. \n\nHistoric Site: Will Rogers Memorial Museum\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/how-the-west-was-fun-frontier-humor-and-the-american-idea/
LOCATION:Tulsa\, OK\, OK\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:Ellis Island: 19th & Early 20th Century Immigration
DESCRIPTION:This workshop will examine primary documents to consider how American participation in World War I transformed American society. We will analyze debates over entering the war and expanding the postwar role of the United States in the world\, the homefront mobilization required to fight overseas\, challenges to civil liberties during the conflict\, the wartime fight for expanded civil rights by women and African Americans\, the American soldiers’ experience of war\, and the enduring legacy of the conflict. \n\nHistoric Site: Ellis Island\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/ellis-island-19th-early-20th-century-immigration/
LOCATION:Newark\, NJ\, Newark\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:FDR & WWII: Diplomacy\, War\, and the Homefront
DESCRIPTION:This seminar examines Franklin D. Roosevelt’s initial efforts to maintain American neutrality in World War II and his subsequent\, aggressive prosecution of the conflict. We will explore how his wartime diplomacy\, role as commander-in-chief\, and domestic policies left a profound\, lasting impact on the nation and the world. \n\nHistoric Site: National Museum of WWII Aviation\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/fdr-wwii-diplomacy-war-and-the-homefront/
LOCATION:Colorado Spring\, CO\, Colorado Springs\, CO
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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SUMMARY:Salem Witch Trials
DESCRIPTION:Few moments in American history have captured the collective imagination as powerfully as the Salem Witch Trials. How did accusations of witchcraft escalate into a crisis in 1692? This seminar will examine gender and patriarchal authority\, religious belief\, frontier warfare and fears of Native Americans\, community rivalries\, and political uncertainty. Through primary documents and historical scholarship\, we will consider Tituba’s role in the accusations and how interpretations of her identity have shaped Salem’s historical memory. Held in Salem\, the seminar will offer opportunities to visit local museums and historic sites\, take a ghost tour\, and explore how the city remembers—and markets—its past. Together\, we will consider what Salem reveals about fear\, power\, and justice in colonial America and its enduring place in American culture. \n\nHistoric Site: Peabody Essex Museum\n\nGather with a small group of teachers from around the country for three days immersed in discussion and exploration of a single topic in American history. Weekend Seminars are a free opportunity for teachers hosted near an important historical site. Teachers will prepare ahead of time for seminars by reading selected historical documents in the provided course packet. Once the seminar begins\, the discussion leader guides a peer-to-peer\, text-based conversation among all participants. Meals\, materials\, single-occupancy rooms\, and historical site visits are 100% covered by Teaching American History. At the end of each course\, every teacher receives a letter of participation for fifteen contact hours of continuing education and a stipend of $600 to help defray travel costs.
URL:https://teachingamericanhistory.org/event/salem-witch-trials/
LOCATION:Salem\, MA\, Salem\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Weekend & Summer
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