California
June 8-10, 12th Annual LEGACY Oral History Program, San Francisco
Performing Arts Library and Museum, led by Jeff Friedman and Basya
Petnick.
This workshop provides the training necessary for participants to launch
their own oral history projects. While drawing on references and examples
in the performing arts, the workshop will be equally appropriate for
those involved in anthropology, institutional history, social history,
family history, personal history, master’s or doctoral studies,
or other projects. Contact Legacy@sfpalm.org,
415/255-4800, x*823, www.sfpalm.org/programs/legacy.htm.
District
of Columbia
June 27-July 1 and July 4-8, Annual Smithsonian Folklife
Festival,
National Mall, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and
Cultural
Heritage. Pending funding, education opportunities will focus on The
Roots of Virginia's Culture program, marking the 400th anniversary
of the founding of Jamestown. Other festival programs include Northern
Ireland and the Mekong River. See www.folklife.si.edu/festival/2007 for the full festival schedule and look for teaching tools at Smithsonian/Folkways
Global Sound, www.smithsonianglobalsound.org. Contact BelanusB@si.edu.
Library of Congress Institutes
provide educators in grades 4-12 across the nation the opportunity to
engage in intensive study and exploration of a specific topic using
the staff expertise and facilities of the Library of Congress, including
the American Folklife Center. Participants may only attend one session
and must have experience using the Internet for research. There is no
charge for the institute or materials, but participants are responsible
for transportation and lodging. Contact summerinstitute@loc.gov.
Application deadline is March 15, http://memory.loc.gov/learn/educators/summer_institute/07.
The four sessions are as follows: July 11-13 and August 8-10: Integrating
Primary Sources into the Teaching Process; July 25-27: Primary Sources
and Literature: A Backdrop for Learning; July 17-20: Advanced Session:
Using Library Resources to Create Lessons. The Advanced Session is for
those who have attended previous summer institutes or were American
Memory fellows.
Florida
June 4-8, Florida Folklife:
Ethnographic Approaches to Folk Culture, sponsored by the Florida
Humanities Council and Florida Center for Teachers, directed by Tina
Bucuvalas and Kristin Congdon. Learn how a folklorist does ethnographic
research. Practice your skills by visiting Iranians in Clearwater, southeast
Asians and Latin Americans in St. Petersburg, Greeks in Tarpon Springs,
and African Americans in Bealsville and Tampa. Learn about folk music
and dance, foodways, occupational folklore, folk beliefs, storytelling,
and religion. Understand culture from an insider perspective by eating
ethnic foods, visiting temples, churches, produce stands, market places
and places of business. Contact FCT@flahum.org,
727/873-2009, www.flahum.org/sections/fct/summer_seminars.html.
June 11-16, Meet the
Indians: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee People, Clewiston, sponsored
by the Florida Humanities Council and Florida Center for Teachers, led
by Patsy West and Seminole and Miccosukee scholars. This seminar is
part of a nationwide effort to create resources for American educators
to teach about American Indians funded by the Minnesota Humanities Commission
in cooperation with the Ford Foundation, the Florida Humanities Council,
and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Contact FCT@flahum.org,
727/873-2009, www.flahum.org/sections/fct/summer_seminars.html.
Kentucky
July 16-18, Design Your Own Professional Development, Faubush,
led by John Benjamin and Judy Sizemore. Workshops focus on of integration
of arts into the Kentucky curriculum—cross-disciplinarily and
cross-culturally. Representatives from the Kentucky Folklife Program
will demonstrate techniques for bringing traditional arts and artists
into the classroom. Contact john.benjamin@ky.gov,
502/564-3757, x483, www.artscouncil.ky.gov.
July 24, Kentucky History Education Conference, Center for Kentucky
History, Frankfort, led by Vicky Middleswarth. Hour-long sessions will address
integrating literacy and history and teaching with social studies portfolios.
The Kentucky Folklife Program will lead a session on presenting traditions
within a culture, specifically relating to emerging immigrant communities.
Contact Vicky.Middleswarth@ky.gov,
502/564-1792, x4425, www.history.ky.gov.
September 21-22, Kentucky Folklife Festival Teacher Professional Development,
Center for Kentucky History and historic downtown Frankfort, led by Judy Sizemore
and Sarah Milligan. The 2007 Kentucky Folklife Festival features training to
deepen teachers’ understanding of living traditions in their communities
and the state through an intensive two-day training split between classroom
curriculum building and hands-on experience with traditional artists at the
festival. Contact Sarah.milligan@ky.gov,
502/564-1792, x 4434, www.history.ky.gov.
Dates TBA, Appalachian Media Institute, Appalshop, Whitesburg.
This annual opportunity for young people to learn documentation media
culminates in community screenings. Other workshops available for
educators.
Contact ami@appalshop.org,
606/633-0108, www.appalshop.org/ami/.
Massachusetts
July 9-13, 17-18, Explorations
in Puerto Rican Culture, presented by Springfield Public Schools
and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, directed by Vera Baker, managed
by David Marshall, and funded by the US Department of Education Model
Development and Dissemination Program. Recognizing that Puerto Rican
students sometimes disengage from an educational process that ignores
their heritage, this institute, part of a three-year project, will immerse
teachers in Puerto Rican art, music, dance, literature, language, and
foodways. Daily Spanish lessons will help teachers learn classroom-related
phrases and artistic terms. A resident curriculum specialist will help
shape lesson plans. Live performances and fieldtrips to community sites
will introduce participants to local artistic and community leaders.
Contact David Marshall, David.Marshall@state.ma.us.
Mississippi
June 27-29, 3rd Annual Education Summit on Teaching Civil Rights
History, McComb. Sponsored by the William Winter Institute for
Racial Reconciliation, this event brings together civil rights leaders,
educators, and historians to promote civil rights education in schools.
Contact Susan Glisson, glisson@olemiss.edu,
662/915-6734, www.olemiss.edu/winterinstitute.
July 15-19, Mississippi Whole Schools Institute, an annual
gathering for over 200 teachers sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission,
at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, directed by Judi Holifield.
Contact Judi Holifield, jholifield@arts.state.ms.us,
601/359-6040, www.mswholeschools.org.
Nebraska
June 12-15, Worlds Real and Imagined, 2007 Prairie Visions
Institute, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. This year’s theme is narrative
art, focusing on storytelling and held in conjunction with the exhibit
“Surviving the Storm” from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Contact Shari Hofschire, shofschire@mail.unomaha.edu,
402/554-2402, www.unomaha.edu/~fineart/art/prairievisions2007.htm.
New
Hampshire
July 10-31, Celebrating Heritage at Festivals: Creating and
Curating a Community Festival, Concord, directed by Millie Rahn. This
course is part of Plymouth State University's graduate heritage studies
program, which includes many K-12 teachers. The Lowell Folk Festival
will be a required fieldtrip and other festivals in New England and
elsewhere will be source material. Contact club47@aol.com, www.plymouth.edu.
North
Carolina
June 25-29, Literacy Through Photography Institute, Center
for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, led by Wendy Ewald
with Denise Friesen and Katie Hyde. Literacy Through Photography (LTP)
participants receive hands-on instruction
as they carry out assignments based on core themes: self-portrait,
community, and dreams. Workshop participants will learn the methods
that LTP uses to teach creative writing and photography. Sessions focus
on learning technical skills, viewing photographs, completing writing
and photography exercises, and developing curricula. Contact kahyde@duke.edu,
cds.aas.duke.edu.
Audio and Video Documentary Institutes occur throughout the
summer at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies, Durham. Classes are
open to all. Learn through hands-on immersion in audio and video recording,
digital mixing, ethics, and production from faculty who are accomplished
documentarians. Contact Dawn Dreyer, dkdreyer@duke.edu,
919/660-3680, http://cds.aas.duke.edu.
July 12-23, Crafting Freedom:
Thomas Day and Elizabeth Keckly, Black Artisans and Entrepreneurs in
the Making of America, Durham,
directed by Laurel Sneed. The Apprend Foundation in association with
the Thomas Day Education Project is offering a 12-day institute sponsored
by the National Endowment for the Humanities for 30 K-12 educators
nationwide. This intensive hands-on opportunity to study African American
history and culture through primary sources and historical sites relates
to two 19th century artisans. Thomas Day was a celebrated free Black
cabinetmaker who had the largest furniture shop in North Carolina
in 1850. Elizabeth Keckly was a dressmaker, confidante of Mary Todd
Lincoln, and author of an important slave narrative and best seller,
Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four
Years in the White House. Contact Emily Paynter, tdek06@aol.com,
919/405-2326 or 877/438-1599, www.thomasday.net.
July 16-21, 9th Annual Cherokee History and Culture Institute,
Museum of the Cherokee Indian and Western Carolina University, Cherokee,
directed by Barbara Duncan and Cherokee artists and presenters. This
institute combines classroom learning with experiences in the Cherokee
community to provide accurate information about the Cherokee (and other
American Indians), resources, and connections with Cherokee people.
Readings are from a variety of disciplines: archaeology, anthropology,
history, folklore, and cultural geography. Includes interviews, field
trips, and experiences on the Qualla Boundary. Contact Barbara Duncan,
bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org,
828/497-3481, www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_courses.html.
July 23-August 3, Cherokee
Language Immersion Class, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee,
directed by Bo Taylor and Cherokee elders. This course, offered twice
this summer, teaches conversational Cherokee language and will immerse
participants in Cherokee language through classroom activities, interaction
with elders, and field trips. Open to those 16 and older. Contact Bo
Taylor, botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org,
828/497-3481, www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_courses.html.
Ohio
June 5-7, Ohio Oral History Institute, Kenyon College, Gambier,
directed by Frank Dunkle. The Ohio Humanities Council offers this
annual
opportunity to learn all stages of oral history through hands-on activities.
Sessions include videotaping interviews and fundraising. Contact Frank
Dunkle, frankd@ohiohumanities.org,
800/293-9774, www.ohiohumanities.org.
June 18-July 10, Eating Across the Curriculum:Advanced Methods,
Bowling Green State University, directed by Lucy Long. This class for
K-12 educators explores food as a topic around which teaching methods
can be developed and critiqued. Participants will read scholarship in
pedagogy and foodways and use that scholarship to explore possible applications
within their own teaching areas and age groups. Contact Lucy Long, lucyl@bgnet.bgsu.edu,
419/372-7862.
Pennsylvania
July
3-August 8, Writing and Culture, Place Graduate School of
Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, taught by Miriam
Camitta. This course looks at writing as several variable, multiple,
diverse, and changing practices contingent upon specific cultural
and
social contexts. We want to understand what writing means to the individual,
to his or her community, and to larger social entities. The approach
and readings draw on the theory and methods of anthropology, folklore,
sociolinguistics, and the new literacy studies. Contact Penny Creedon,
610/898-8434, or
mpcamitta@aol.com.
South
Carolina
July 15-28, 3rd Annual
Penn Center Gullah Studies Institute: Blueprint for Freedom, St.
Helena Island, sponsored by the Penn Center, South Carolina State University,
and the Wilson Library folklife archive at the University of North Carolina.
This program for K-12 educators and other interested individuals combines
the study of Gullah history, music, language, art, and culture with
hands-on workshops with local artists. Since its founding in 1862 as
the first academic center for newly freed African Americans, the Penn
Center has played a major role in sustaining culture and supporting
education and community self-reliance throughout the Low Country. Contact
info@penncenter.com, 843/838-2432,
www.penncenter.com.
Tennessee
May 30-June 1, Folk Arts,
Oral History, and Narrative Stage Workshop, Jubilee Community
Arts, Knoxville, led by Gregory Hansen. This workshop series for
teachers
of grades 4-12 focuses on folklore, folk arts, oral history, and
narrative stage workshops. Day 1 is a required introduction, which
teachers
must complete
before enrolling in the oral history or narrative stage workshops.
The second day will focus on basic necessities for conducting folklife
and
oral history interviews. Training will encourage the exploration
of teachers’ and students’ communities and the development
of listening skills, note taking, researching, and oral and written
language arts skills. On the final day participants will learn to interview
traditional artists who may visit their classroom. Workshops are
free
to East Tennessee educators. Contact info@jubileearts.org,
865/522-5851, www.jubileearts.org.
Utah
Spring Term, By the Sweat of Their Brow: Changing Agrarian Culture
in Utah Valley, Brigham Young University, Provo. This honors class
examines historical changes and the contemporary nature of agrarian
life in the Utah Valley in collaboration with area residents. This
is a night class held May through mid-June. This topic is also the
two-year-long research focus of BYU's Utah Heritage Project in partnership
with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to provide
students and teachers training in place-based research methods. Contact
Kristi Young, kristi_bell@byu.edu 801/422-6041, http://sc.lib.byu.edu/events/sweatofbrow.
Vermont
Place as the Context, Service Learning as the Strategy, Sustainability
as the Goal is a series of unique opportunities for professional
development this summer. Each institute, described below, represents
an opportunity to make deep
connections between curriculum and community. Events are in partnership
with Shelburne Farms, the Sustainable Schools Project, Community Works,
and the Vermont Folklife Center. Each is distinct in content, while
sharing purpose, conceptual unity, and a nationally recognized faculty
team. All events are appropriate for K-16 teachers, administrators,
and community-based educators. Graduate credit is available for each
event. See www.TheInstitutes.org.
TBA June, Principles
and Best Practices of Place-Based Education, Shelburne Farms. This
session provides a practical framework for creating
and using place-based curriculum. Contact Pat Straughan, pstraughan@shelburnefarms.org,
802/985-8686, x 43, www.shelburnefarms.org/educationprograms/professional.shtm.
July 9-13, Discovering
Community: Students, Digital Media, and Place-Based Learning,
Vermont Technical College, Randolph Center, led by Gregory Sharrow.
This institute offers educators the opportunity to explore the power
of field research as a means to facilitate student engagement with
their home communities. Over the course of an intensive, week-long
program, participants will work with cultural researchers, documentary
media specialists, artists, and fellow educators in a learning environment
that models an ethnographic approach to community inquiry. The institute
brings together place as the context, sustainability as the goal, and
service learning as the strategy. Contact Gregory Sharrow, gsharrow@vermontfolklifecenter.org,
802/388-4964, www.discoveringcommunity.org.
July 19-20, Education
for Sustainability Institute, Shelburne Farms. This session focuses
on curriculum development, community partnerships, campus ecology,
and collaboration. Contact Jennifer Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org,
802/985-8686, www.sustainableschoolsproject.org.
July 24-28, Community Works Institute on Service Learning,
Shelburne Farms. This premier national event has helped educators
from more than 30 states and abroad work together to put service learning
best practices into action within their own programs. Contact Joe
Brooks, jbrooks@vermontcommunityworks.org,
802/655-5918, www.vermontcommunityworks.org.
Virginia
June 3-July 13, Roots: African Dimensions of the Early History and
Cultures of the Americas, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities,
Charlottesville, an NEH-funded institute led by Joe Miller. Contact
jcm7a@virginia.edu, 434/924-6395,
www.virginiafoundation.org/roots/.
June 12, Oral History and Museum Education Workshop, Virginia
Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, directed by the Legacy
Museum of African American History in Lynchburg. Funded by the Institute
for Museum and Library Services, this training will support a new network
of African American museums in central Virginia. Contact cdraper@virginia.edu.
Washington
May 25-28, Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, includes dance
and music workshops useful to educators and hands-on activities for
young people. Residencies and workshops also occur throughout the
school year. Contact education@nwfolklife.org,
206/684-7281, www.nwfolklife.org.
West
Virginia
July 29-August 3 (Part 1) and August 5-12 (Part 2), Oral
History and Appalachian Heritage: Listening for a Change, Augusta
Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, led by Michael
and Carrie Kline. This institute is designed as two weeks so participants
may
sign up for separately or as one two-week course. The focus is learning
to document life stories and community experience through the art of
deep listening. Part 1 includes forays into the lives of subsistence
farmers of the eastern Alleghenies, while Part 2 looks at the stories
of families living in the shadow of mountaintop removal with an overnight
fieldtrip to West Virginia’s southern coalfields. We will explore
artistic renderings of recorded testimonials through music, theatre,
and other art forms. Students have free access to all evening events
on campus during their stay, such as concerts, dances, craft showcases
and the widely acclaimed Augusta Heritage Center. For information,
contact kline@folktalk.org,
304/636-5444, www.folktalk.org.
To register, contact augusta@augustaheritage.com,
800/624-3157 x1209, www.augustaheritage.com.
Wisconsin
June 18-July 15, Folklore 530: Foodways, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, directed by Janet Gilmore. This four-week course meets Monday-Thursday
from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and requires a full-time commitment to the
class and related ethnographic. Examine the many expressive dimensions
of food in folk culture, from the artistic, social, and spiritual to
the biological, nutritional, political, and economic. Observe and document
foodways in contemporary settings. Share discoveries and food with the
class. This summer we focus on the act of cooking and cooking "landscapes."
K-12 teachers are welcome. Contact jgilmore@wisc.edu,
608/265-8270.
June 21-June 29, Here
at Home: A Wisconsin Cultural Tour for K-12 Teachers, a project
of Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture sponsored by the Center for the
Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, UW-Madison, and the Wisconsin Arts
Board, led by Debbie Kmetz, Ruth Olson, and Anne Pryor. Join UW faculty,
K-12 teachers from throughout the state, and UW undergraduates on a
special nine-day multidisciplinary tour exploring the local cultures
of Wisconsin. This tour is premised on the idea that resources and content
for teaching exist all around us--in the local environment and landscapes,
in family stories, in local music and artistic expressions, in community
history and contemporary social issues. The tour will offer teachers
a chance to experience directly the diverse cultures of Wisconsin through
on-site guided tours, interaction with local residents, and community-based
presentations. The itinerary is especially designed for the needs of
teachers and will include "inside the community" experiences
not usually available to tourists or independent travelers. Contact
Debbie Kmetz, dkmetz@wisc.edu,
608/262-8180, http://csumc.wisc.edu/WTLC/Home.htm.
July 11-12, Central Wisconsin's Local Culture: Connecting with Communities,
Portage, sponsored by Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture, led by Anne
Pryor and Ruth Olson. What is local culture? What is the local culture
of the eight counties that make up CESA 5? Who are the cultural groups
that contribute to this area's unique identity? This two-day, one-credit
workshop will examine the physical and social factors that comprise
the local culture of central Wisconsin. The first day will be classroom
based as we review the settlement history of the region, current immigration
patterns, learn about cultural study techniques such as interviewing
and community-based fieldwork, and develop ways to "see" local
culture instead of just passing through it. The second day will be in
the field, visiting community members, talking with them, and observing
"culture in place." By becoming better acquainted with the
cultural make-up of the CESA 5 region and experiencing cross-cultural
interactions as facilitated by folklorists, attendees will be better
able to use their own students' cultures as valuable pedagogical resources.
Specific cultures of focus will include Native American (especially
Ho-Chunk), Hmong, and Mexican. Contact Anne Pryor, anne.pryor@arts.state.wi.us,
608/266-8106.