Asheville teacher to attend NEH Landmarks Workshop on New York

Here’s the press release from the the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:

Asheville, NC July 7, 2012
This summer, Odyssey Community School Teacher and Curricular Specialist, Edie McDowell will travel to Columbia University in New York, NY, to attend a weeklong NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History entitled “Empire City: New York from 1877 to 2001.”

Led by renowned scholars Kenneth T. Jackson of Columbia University and Karen Markoe of SUNY Maritime College, seminar participants will include K–12 teachers who were selected by the Gilder Lehrman Institute in a competitive process.

Title: “Empire City: New York from 1877 to 2001”
When: July 24–30, 2012
Where: Columbia University, New York, NY
Please visit HYPERLINK “http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teacherseminars” www.gilderlehrman.org/teacherseminars

Headed by historians Jackson and Markoe, and presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this workshop will explore key moments in the history of the United States. Using New York as a lens, the seminar will focus on the intersection of history and place in one tiny spot on the map with a major role in the history of our nation. In 1624, the Dutch West India Company set up a small trading post in a huge, sheltered harbor where three rivers met and several islands offered protection against potential enemies. Four hundred years later, this small settlement at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan has grown into the center of capitalism and the largest metropolis on earth. Including lectures, discussions, and field trips, the seminar will provide teaching strategies for attendees to bring back to their own classrooms.

In 2012, the Gilder Lehrman Institute will offer more than 1,000 educators the chance to study American history with leading historians at top institutions throughout the United States and United Kingdom. Each participant will work with primary source documents provided by professors and the Gilder Lehrman Collection, and in addition will receive reading materials, room and board, transportation for tours, and a travel stipend. Since the program’s inception, more than 7,000 educators have participated in Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars, and most attendees rate the program as their best professional development experience.
More information about this seminar and the complete list of 2012 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars is available at HYPERLINK “http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teacherseminars” www.gilderlehrman.org/teacherseminars.
About the Seminar Directors
Kenneth T. Jackson is the Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University.

HYPERLINK “http://history.columbia.edu/faculty/Jackson.html” http://history.columbia.edu/faculty/Jackson.html

Karen Markoe is Distinguished Professor of History and Chair of the Humanities Department at Maritime College, State University of New York.

HYPERLINK “http://www.sunymaritime.edu/facultystaff.aspx?id=44” http://www.sunymaritime.edu/facultystaff.aspx?id=44

About NEH Landmarks of American History: Workshops for School Teachers

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the federal government. NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops provide the opportunity for K–12 educators to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history and culture. These one-week programs give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical and cultural sites and the use of archival and other primary evidence. Landmarks Workshops present the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the Workshop and what they teach, and to develop enhanced teaching or research materials.

HYPERLINK “http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/other-opportunities/empire-city-new-york-1877%E2%80%932001” http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/other-opportunities/empire-city-new-york-1877%E2%80%932001

About the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Founded in 1994 by Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization devoted to the improvement of history education. The Institute has developed an array of programs for schools, teachers, and students that now operate in all fifty states, including a website that features the more than 60,000 unique historical documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection, HYPERLINK “http://www.gilderlehrman.org” www.gilderlehrman.org. Each year the Institute offers support and resources to tens of thousands of teachers, and through them enhances the education of more than a million students. The Institute’s programs have been recognized by awards from the White House, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Organization of American Historians.