Primary Source Seminars
2012 Schedule | ||
| Date | Seminar | Leader |
| Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 |
The Role of Medical Care in the Civil War: The Hospital and the Battlefield Registration Closed |
Margaret Humphreys Duke Univ.; NHC Fellow |
| Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
Art and the New Negro Registration Closed Sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council |
Richard J. Powell John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art History, Duke Univ. |
| Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
Teaching Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield and Adolescent Rebellion
Registration Closed |
Grace Elizabeth Hale Univ. of Virginia; NHC Fellow |
| Thursday, April 19, 2012 |
 Nation, Race, and Genocide: Terror in the 20th CenturyRegistration Closed |
Jonathan Reynolds Northern Kentucky Univ. |
| Tuesday, Apr. 24 & Thursday, Apr. 26, 2012 | Using Art in History and Literature Classes: What’s the Story? Parts 1 & 2 | Ashley Weinard & John Coffey, North Carolina Museum of Art |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
Spain and Its North American Empire in the Eighteenth Century: The Other Revolution | Cynthia Radding UNC-Chapel Hill; NHC Fellow |
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These seminars focus on teaching with primary sources — historical documents, literary texts, visual images, and audio material. Emphasizing critical analysis and close reading, they address the Common Core State Standards while giving teachers the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge.
Seminar texts are provided free online. The Center draws texts from a variety of sources, including America in Class® primary sources, and attempts to select fresh material that will invigorate classroom instruction.
Cost: $35.00 per seminar. Email Caryn Koplik, Assistant Director of Education Programs, for special pricing.
Recertification Credit: The National Humanities Center programs are eligible for recertification credit. Each seminar includes ninety minutes of instruction plus approximately three hours of preparation. Because the seminars are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation.