Summer institutes

Summer institutes offer teachers a week-long intensive study of challenging humanities content and time to plan how to put new knowledge into classroom practice, while living in a community of like-minded learners. The New Hampshire Humanities Council funds summer institutes as an effective way to deeply improve what and how a teacher teaches and thereby deeply improve what and how thousands of children learn. In 2006, the NHHC is supporting summer institutes on Vietnam, on the Holocaust, and on freedom in Classical Greece and Rome for teachers in New Hampshire. For details, contact the presenting organization directly (not NHHC), and apply early: spaces are limited, with rolling admission until the institutes are full.

Vietnam : History, Culture and Identity

July 23-28, 2006
Geneva Point Center, Moultonborough, NH
Presented by Northeast Cultural Coop, with additional funding from the Freeman Foundatio

“… to make sure teachers and, through them, the students think of Vietnam as a country, not a war.”

This institute will gather 20 middle and high school teachers with an impressive group of scholars to study the history, anthropology, literature, art and current social, political and economic conditions in Vietnam. Faculty will be drawn from Dartmouth College, Holy Cross College, North Carolina State University, St. Anselm College and Yale University.
Teachers will be credited with 52 hours of professional development and may also choose, for a fee, to earn 3 graduate credits.
Applicants should be actively teaching humanities, social studies, history, literature or the arts in a public or private school in the region.
Pre- and post-sessions will be held May 20 and Oct. 21 in Hanover, N.H.
The $50 fee covers tuition, meals and lodging. At completion, teachers will receive a $150 stipend.
Download details and a registration form. E-mail questions to Blanche Milligan include your phone number in your e-mail message.

Addressing Ethic and Civic Responsibility through the Lessons of the Holocaust

July 9-15, 2006
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Presented by the Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies at Keene State College

This is the third time NHHC has funded the Cohen Center’s biennial institute – a testament to the compelling need for educators to deal thoughtfully and accurately with one of history’s most difficult events. This week-long institute is offering graduate-level, multidisciplinary lectures on the history of the Holocaust by seven professors, two rabbis and Cohen Center educators, with group discussions on applying the lessons to the classroom. This year’s keynote speaker will be Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller-von Sell, widow of Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who was head of the Confessing Church and Hitler’s only personal prisoner. The institute is designed for middle and high-school teachers; elementary teachers may also apply. In addition to professional development hours, teachers may choose to earn 3 graduate credits from Keene State College at a reduced tuition. Attendees will become Fellows of the Cohen Center and enter a support network of Cohen Center staff, faculty and past participants.
The $125 fee includes meals, lodging and texts. Download a registration form and schedule.

Freedom & Its Discontents

July 10-15, 2006
Dartmouth College , Hanover , NH
Presented by the Classical Association of New England (CANE)

Ancient Greece and Rome developed theories of freedom that influence us today, yet paradoxically both were slave societies. Lectures and courses will investigate freedom from a number of angles, including:
• Roman Education & Freedom
• Plato’s Republic
• Democracy & Freedom in Classical Athens
• Women against the System
• Modern Turkey
• Optional reading groups in Greek and Latin
While there is a charge fore the teacher institute, the lectures in this series are free and open to the public.
Download a lecture list and registration forms.