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Summer history institutes grant deadline is March 15 12:53 a.m., Jan. 26, 2004--The University of Delaware, in partnership with the Christina and Indian River school districts, is offering a pair of summer institutes for middle and high school teachers. The week-long summer institutes, with stipends for teachers of American history, government and social studies, are the second series in a three-year, $947,000 grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of Educations Teaching American History Grant Program. Various Delaware museums and historical societies, including the Delaware State Archives, Hagley Museum and the Historical Society of Delaware, also are involved in the grant. Under the grant, the Department of History and Delaware Center for Teaching Education at UD will plan and coordinate 16 in-service workshops, as well as six week-long seminars for middle and secondary school teachers at UD campuses in Newark and Lewes. All workshops address topics included in Delaware and high school curricula. The first summer institute, Abraham Lincoln, the Problem of Slavery and the Crisis of the Union, will be held from Sunday-Friday, July 18-23. The professor in charge is Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History at UD. The session will deal with Abraham Lincoln and his efforts to grapple with some of the major problems of his era, including economic development, individual rights, slavery, sectionalism and the disruption of the Union. The second session, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Great Depression and the Coming of the Second World War, will be held from Sunday-Friday, Aug. 1-8. Professor in charge is Raymond Wolters, Thomas Muncy Keith Professor of History at UD. The focus will be on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt and will deal especially with the causes of the Great Depression, the programs and personnel of the New Deal, the gathering storm in Europe and the road to Pearl Harbor. Participants in each institute will be expected to read and discuss several scholarly books, monographs and articles. Those who wish to earn three academic credits also will write a paper on one of the most important issues of the era. The institutes will be held on UDs Newark campus and are offered at no charge. Participants will receive a $700 stipend plus full room and board. Because of limited availability, early registration is recommended. March 15 is the deadline for applications for the 2004 summer institutes. Applications should be mailed to Raymond Wolters, Department of History, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. For more information, call Wolters at 831-2378, send e-mail to [wolters@udel.edu] or visit [www.udel.edu/teachushistory]. Article by Jerry Rhodes To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |