NJCH Teacher Institute 2004

FAIN: BC-50199-04

New Jersey Council for the Humanities (Camden, NJ 08101-3287)
Kara V. Donaldson (Project Director: March 2004 to September 2006)

Four six-day teacher seminars. Topics include new scholarship in African American history, citizenship in the 21st century, religious diversity in America, and the literature of immigration.

NJCH seeks funding for its 2004 Teacher Institute, which will serve 100 of the State’s K-12 teachers. It consists of four residential six-day graduate-level seminars and workshops during the following year in the teachers’ home schools. The seminars are: A RECONSIDERED PAST: NEW SCHOLARSHIP IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, CITIZENSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY, RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, AND LITERATURE OF IMMIGRATION.