Alabama
June 20-29, Alabama Community
Scholars Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, led by
Joyce Cauthen, Lesley Williams, and Kern Jackson. This intensive training
program for those who want to research, document, and present aspects
of Alabama's traditional culture is valuable to educators and others.
The fieldwork focus is Mobile’s Mardi Gras. Contact joycecauthen@bellsouth.net,
(205) 822-0505, http://www.alabamafolklife.org.
California
June 12-14, 13th 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 Legacy500@gmail.com,
(415) 255-4800, x*823, http://www.muse-sf.org/legacy.html.
District
of Columbia
July 13-18 or August 3-8, Race and Place: African Americans in Washington,
DC, 1800-1954, Decatur House Museum and the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, directed by Katherine Malone-France. Faculty
for this NEH seminar includes folklorist John Vlach and sites include
the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, LeDroit Park, and Howard
University. Contact raceandplace@nthp.org,
202/842-0920, http://www.decaturhouse.org/workshop.
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: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/summerinstitute.
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.
The sessions are: Creating the United States ( June 18-20); Incorporating
Primary Sources into the Teaching Process (July 30-August 1); Immigration
(August 13-15). An Advanced Session on Using Library Resources to Create
Lessons (July 22-25) is for those who have attended previous institutes
or were American Memory Fellows.
Florida
June 10-12, 6th Annual
Arts for Learning GETsmART Summer Institute, Miami, directed by
Janet Evans. Based on the belief that the arts address multiple learning
styles and provide opportunities for students to build meaning and community,
Arts for Learning works to advance teaching learning through the arts
and community cultural resources. Participants learn arts-integrated
teaching strategies and work with local artists to acquire hands-on
experience in developing arts-integrated learning units and lesson plans.
Participation is by invitation. Contact janet@a4lmiami.org, 305/576-1212,
x30, www.a4lmiami.org.
June 15-21, June 22-28, or June 29-July 5, Jump at the Sun: Zora
Neale Hurston and Her Eatonville Roots, Rollins College, Winter
Park, directed by Ann Simas Schoenacher. Educators from across the U.S.
will join historians, folklorists, architectural historians, and literary
scholars for a week-long NEH-funded workshop examining Hurston in the
context of Eatonville. Contact aschoenacher@flahum.org,
(727) 873-2010, http://www.flahum.org/zora.
Georgia
July 13-18, Slaves, Slavery,
and the Individual in America’s Past, National History Day
Summer Institute, Savannah. This institute will improve the teaching
of history by introducing participants to the most up-to-date scholarship
on the history of slaves and slavery, familiarizing them with the range
of primary sources available for studying and teaching about an institution
that played an integral role in shaping this nation, and modeling effective
methods by which to encourage active, engaged learning. Contact ann@nhd.org,
(301) 314-9739, http://www.nhd.org.
Kentucky
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 14-18, Explorations
in Puerto Rican Culture, presented by Springfield Public Schools
and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, managed by David Marshall (MCC)
and Julie Jaron (SPS), and funded by the U.S. 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
July 20-24, Celebrating Our Creative Spirit, 10th Anniversary
Mississippi Whole Schools Institute, University Mississippi, Oxford,
directed by Judi Holifield. This annual gathering for over 200 teachers
is sponsored by the Mississippi Arts Commission. Contact jholifield@arts.state.ms.us,
(601) 359-6040, http://www.mswholeschools.org.
Nebraska
June 10-13, Prairie Visions Institute, University of Nebraska,
Omaha, directed by Shari Hofschire. This year’s theme is "Crossroads:
How the Past Becomes the Future." The focus is object-based and
site-centered learning, connecting the past and present through historical
objects and artistic works. Using regional curriculum delivery sites
will model connecting innovative and exciting off-site experiences to
classroom learning and meaningful curriculum. Activities will show how
students can experience learning through exploration of diverse populations
and authentic voices, interpretation of artifacts and artworks, and
understanding through thematic relationships. Contact shofschire@mail.unomaha.edu,
(401) 554-2402, http://www.unomaha.edu/~fineart/art/edcenter.htm.
New
Hampshire
July 8-29, Celebrating Heritage: Creating and Producing a Community
Festival, Plymouth State University, Concord campus, directed by
Millie Rahn. This course is part of the graduate Heritage Studies Program,
which includes many K-12 teachers. It will use regional festivals as
case studies, looking at components such as local history, occupational
and domestic crafts, foodways, oral histories, and traditional and ethnic
music, all of which highlight and reinforce a strong sense of place.
Note: required fieldtrip to Lowell, MA, Folk Festival July 26 or July
27. Contact club47@aol.com, http://www.plymouth.edu.
New
York
July 8-11, Heartland Passage:
The Erie Canal in American History, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
City, directed by Amanda Dargan. This NEH-funded institute is sponsored
by City Lore and the Gotham Center for New York City History and will
feature traditional music, local architecture, historical documents,
fieldtrips, and an array of scholars. Contact adargan@citylore.org,
(212) 529-1955, x302.
July 14-18 or August 4-8, Immigration, Religion, and Culture on
New York's Lower East Side, directed by Annie Polland. This NEH-funded
seminar will take participants to historic sites, including the Eldridge
Street Synagogue, Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, Little Italy,
African Burial Ground, and Schomburg Institute. Contact Pfreed@eldridgestreet.org,
(212) 219-0888.
North
Carolina
July 7-12 or July 14-19, Not Just a Scenic Road: The Blue Ridge
Parkway and Its History, Appalachian State University, Boone, directed
by Neva Jean Specht. An NEH-funded workshop on the history and culture
of this American landmark. Contact brpasu@appstate.edu,
(828) 262-6879, http://www.history.appstate.edu/NEH/NEH.html.
July 7-12, 10th 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 intensive institute
offers a multidisciplinary approach to Cherokee studies by covering
archaeology, anthropology, history, literature, folklore, and geography.
Includes daily discussion, reading, field trips, and presentations by
Cherokee people on the Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians. Teachers may receive CEUs or graduate credit through
Western Carolina University for additional fees. Contact Barbara Duncan,
bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org,
(828) 497-3481, http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_courses.html.
July 14-25, Cherokee
Language Immersion Class, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee,
directed by Bo Taylor and Cherokee elders. This course teaches conversational
Cherokee language and will immerse participants in Cherokee language
through classroom activities, interaction with elders, and field trips.
Contact Bo Taylor, botaylor@cherokeemuseum.org,
(828) 497-3481, http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/education_courses.html.
August 4-8,
Literacy Through Photography Institute, Center for Documentary
Studies at Duke University, Durham, led by Katie Hyde, Elena Rue, and
Wendy Ewald. The LTP workshop is open to anyone with a desire to learn
how to bring together photography and writing. Educators, artists, community
workers, and researchers have adapted LTP methodologies in communities
and schools around the world. This is an opportunity to engage photography
as an art form and educational medium, a mode of self-exploration, a
way to connect visual literacy to verbal and written communication,
and a tool to facilitate community dialogue. Contact ltpworkshops@duke.edu,
(919) 660-3655, http://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 Contact Duke Continuing Studies, (919) 684-6259,
http://cds.aas.duke.edu.
Ohio
June 3-5, Ohio Oral History Institute, Kenyon College, Gambier,
directed by Frank Dunkle. The Ohio Humanities Council and Rural Life
Center at Kenyon offer this annual opportunity to learn all stages of
oral history through hands-on activities. Topics include framing questions,
interviewing techniques, transcribing and archiving, and devising public
programs based on oral history. The Ohio Humanities Council offers partial
scholarships for Ohio residents, application deadline is May 1. Contact
Frank Dunkle, frankd@ohiohumanities.org,
(800) 293-9774, http://www.ohiohumanities.org.
Oregon
July 13-18, 8th Annual
Oregon Teacher Arts Institute, Portland State University, Portland,
led by Don Hudgins. The Oregon Alliance for Arts Education invites classroom
teachers from Oregon and southwest Washington for intensive training.
Participants study in workshop and studio formats, attend performances,
and network with peers and professional arts organizations. Special
emphasis is placed on multicultural learning, arts integration, and
Native American arts traditions. Teams of teachers from schools are
encouraged. Workshops are taught by master teaching artists. Contact
info@oregonarts.org, (503)
587-0220, http://www.oregonarts.org.
July 21-25, Translations: Writing Between Cultures, Lewis and
Clark College, Portland, directed by Joanne Mulcahy. How do language
and culture frame our worlds? What is found as well as "lost in
translation" as we move between different languages and cultures?
The annual Writing Culture Summer Institute looks at linguistic and
cultural translation in literary works, social life, and writing. Participants
will write from their own cultural frameworks and explore diverse Portland
settings. Visiting faculty include poets, translators, and a children’s
book author. Background in translation or bilingual fluency is not necessary.
Anyone eager to delve into language and culture is welcome. Contact
mulcahy@lclark.edu.
Pennsylvania
May 12-June 21, Anthropology
of Education, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, taught
by Linda Deafenbaugh. This course introduces educators to the intersection
of the fields of anthropology and education. Core topics, explored cross-culturally,
include formal and informal cultural transmission, sense of place, identity,
metaphors and story, cultural congruence and conflict in schools, community
and school celebrations as vehicles for moral education, and folk, popular,
and elite cultural processes operating in schools. Contact lindadeafenbaugh@yahoo.com,
(412) 915-6382.
July 5-August 8, Voices Across Time: Teaching American History Through
Song, Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh. This
NEH institute is open to full-time teachers in all disciplines. Contact
Kathy Haines, kmill@pitt.edu, and
see http://www.voicesacrosstime.org.
July 7-August 10, 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.
July 7-11, Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity I,
Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3, Homestead, led by Linda Deafenbaugh.
This workshop focuses on understanding cultural differences, the processes
that lead to prejudice, and the basic concepts underlying multicultural
education program models. We explore the range of cultural issues that
confront English Language Learners and approaches to working with all
students and teachers to help these newcomers to our schools adjust.
Contact lindadeafenbaugh@yahoo.com,
(412) 915-6382.
July 21-30, Developing Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity II,
Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3, Homestead, led by Linda Deafenbaugh.
This workshop deepens our learning about the issues raised in the introductory
workshop. We will look at the dynamics and tensions inherent in the
assimilation and acculturation process in our country, focusing on the
effects this has had on the cultural identity of English Language Learners
in our schools. We work with several multicultural education program
models to explore their strengths and limitations at addressing pressing
issues in the schools. Contact lindadeafenbaugh@yahoo.com,
(412) 915-6382.
South
Carolina
June 30-July 3, Gullah
Art and Culture Institute, Beaufort, directed by Paddy Bowman and
Jada Gray. As part of a four-year U.S. Department of Education Model
Development and Dissemination Program grant, educators, Gullah community
scholars and local traditional artists and teaching artists will collaborate
to develop frameworks for a three-year arts integration project. Contact
Jada Gray, Jada.Gray@beaufort.k12.sc.us.
July 13-25, 4th Annual Penn Center Gullah Studies Summer Institute,
St. Helena Island, directed by Rosalyn Browne. Introduces the history
and culture of African Americans in the Sea Islands, particularly at
Penn School, the first school for emancipated slaves. Content will support
state standards in grades 5, 6, 8, and 11. History, heritage workshops
on Gullah art forms, cultural immersion, and field studies will be presented
by distinguished faculty and experts on Gullah studies. Teachers may
earn continuing education and graduate credit through South Carolina
State University. Onsite residences are provided in the historic buildings
of the Penn Center National Historic Landmark site. Contact info@penncenter.com,
(843) 838-2474, http://www.penncenter.com.
Tennessee
May 28-30, 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, http://www.jubileearts.org.
Vermont
Place as the Context, Service Learning as the Strategy, Sustainability
as the Goal is a series of unique opportunities for professional
development. Each institute represents an opportunity to make deep connections
between curriculum and community. Events are offered in partnership
by Community Works, Shelburne Farms, the Sustainable Schools Project,
and the Vermont Folklife Center. Each is distinct in content, while
sharing purpose, conceptual unity, and a nationally recognized faculty
team. All are appropriate for K-16 teachers, administrators, and community-based
educators. Graduate credit is available for each event. See www.TheInstitutes.org.
June 22-24, 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, http://www.shelburnefarms.org/educationprograms/professional.shtm.
TBA early July, 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, http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org.
July 14-18, 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, gsharrow@vermontfolklifecenter.org,
(802) 388-4964, http://www.discoveringcommunity.org.
July 21-25, Community
Works Institute on Service Learning, Shelburne Farms. This premier
national event has helped educators from more than 35 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, http://www.vermontcommunityworks.org.
Virginia
June 23-July 25, Roots: African Dimensions of the Early History
and Cultures of the Americas, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities,
Charlottesville, an NEH-funded institute led by Joseph Miller. Contact
dunderlucy@gmail.com, (434)
924-6395, http://www.virginiafoundation.org.
Washington
May 23-26, 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, http://www.nwfolklife.org.
West
Virginia
July 27-August 1, Listening for Change: Oral History and Appalachian
Culture, Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins,
led by Michael and Carrie Kline. Learn to document life stories and
community experience through the art of deep listening. This class will
explore spoken testimonials enhanced by live music. The course offers
techniques for seeking out and recording the voices of local citizens.
Through field trips to West Virginia hillside farms and general stores,
learn about Appalachian customs from elders whose lives have been shaped
by conventions unheard of today. For questions on course content, contact
kline@folktalk.org, (304) 636-5444,
http://www.folktalk.org.
To register, contact augusta@augustaheritage.com,
(800) 624-3157 x1209, http://www.augustaheritage.com.
Wisconsin
June 16-August 8, Ethnic Representations in Wisconsin and Public
Folklore Collections in the Upper Midwest, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, taught by Janet Gilmore. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30-4:30
p.m. K-12 teachers may find this course interesting for learning about
ethnographic materials in the region's archives that may be used to
develop curricula in Literature, Social Studies, and the Arts, and activities
that introduce high school students to the dynamics of cultural programming
for nonprofit cultural organizations. First four weeks will explore
the history and description of ethnic groups in Wisconsin, notions of
ethnicity, and methods of symbolic representation through food, handwork,
music, dance, dress, festival, and exhibits. Contact jgilmore@wisc.edu,
(608) 265-8270.
Ashland/Chequamegon Bay Area, June 23-27, and Milwaukee, August 4-8,
Wisconsin: Making It Home--Cultural Tours for K-12 Wisconsin Teachers,
led by Debbie Kmetz, Ruth Olson, and Anne Pryor. Wisconsin Teachers
of Local Culture is a partnership of the Center for the Study of Upper
Midwestern Cultures, Wisconsin Humanities Council, and Wisconsin Arts
Board. This third year of cultural tours as professional development
opportunities for K-12 teachers will focus intensively on two distinct
areas of the state: the Ashland area in the far north by Lake Superior,
and the city of Milwaukee in the southeast by Lake Michigan. This year's
tours focus on sense of place and conservation in Wisconsin, especially
Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic." Making It Home asks, How do people
here make Wisconsin their home? What is their relationship to the land
and the water where they live? Contact Debbie Kmetz, dkmetz@wisc.edu,
(608) 262-8180, http://csumc.wisc.edu/wtlc.