Summer Programs for Teachers

Great War Summer Seminar

• The University of Kansas holds a yearly summer seminar on the Great War that is sponsored by the NEH; the seminar lasts for two days and educates school teachers on the World War I experience of America. Those who choose to participate in this summer program will look deeper into the United States' participation in the war, how the Great War affected the U.S. and how Americans have remembered, memorialized and represented the war after it ended in November 1918. Participants will delve into the studies of this program by utilizing visual artifacts, literature and history.

  Great War Summer Seminar
  900 Sunnyside Avenue
  Lawrence, Kansas 66045
  785-864-7884
  greatwar.ku.edu

The Abolitionist Movement

• The Abolitionist Movement program is held by the Rochester Institute of Technology during the summer for four weeks and is also sponsored by the NEH. In addition to the 14 school teachers who are brought together, two graduate students are also accepted into the seminar to closely study the movement in between the historic American Revolution and the Civil War called the abolitionist movement. Teachers will learn teaching strategies and also study films and websites on abolitionism as a historical topic; some of the key themes include slave rebellions, the Underground Railroad and the role of women as abolitionists. Additionally, there will be field trips to the greater Philadelphia area to visit famous abolitionist sites such as Gettysburg and Independence Hall.

  The Abolitionist Movement
  92 Lomb Memorial Drive
  Rochester, NY 1407
  716-597-9860
  librarycompany.org/abolitionseminar

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Medieval Culture

• Yale University also holds a summer seminar program that is sponsored by the NEH that studies Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and medieval culture. The seminar lasts for six weeks and includes studies on topics such as chivalric epics, animal fables and parodies; other topics include the study of Christianity in comparison to other religions of the medieval culture. All of "Canterbury Tales" will be read in full aside from "Parson's Tale" and the "Tale of Melibee"; these will be sampled only. The purpose of reading the tales is to obtain an in-depth understanding of the medieval world. In addition to the consultation between the director and participants, participants meet three times each week for two to three hours at a time.

  Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Medieval Culture
  P.O. Box 208355
  Yale University
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-287-9109
  yale.edu