The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the federal government. Each year NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops provide the opportunity for K-12 educators to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history and culture. These one-week programs give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical and cultural sites and the use of archival and other primary evidence. Landmarks Workshops present the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the Workshop and what they teach, and to develop enhanced teaching or research materials.

Amount of Award
Teachers selected to participate will receive a stipend of $1,200 at the end of the residential Workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover living expenses, books, and travel expenses to and from the Workshop location.

Eligibility
These projects are designed principally for classroom teachers and librarians in public, charter, independent, and religiously-affiliated schools, as well as home-schooling parents. Other K-12 school personnel, including administrators, substitute teachers, and classroom professionals, are eligible to participate, subject to available space.

Teachers at schools in the United States or its territorial possessions and Americans teaching in foreign schools where at least 50 percent of the students are American nationals are eligible for this program. Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Foreign nationals teaching abroad at non-U.S. chartered institutions are not eligible to apply.

Applicants must complete the NEH application and provide all of the information requested to be considered eligible.

An individual may apply to up to two NEH Summer Programs in any one year (Landmarks Workshops, Summer Seminars, or Summer Institutes), but may participate in only one. Please note that eligibility criteria differ between the Landmarks Workshops and the Seminars and Institutes programs.

How to Apply
Please visit Workshop websites for expanded descriptions and detailed application information. You may request information about as many Workshops as you like, but as noted above, you may apply to no more than two programs and may participate in only one.

Please Note:  The application deadline is March 1, 2012 (postmark).

Information
Please direct all questions concerning individual Landmarks Workshops, as well as all requests for application materials, to the appropriate information contact person listed below for each program.

Equal Opportunity
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. For further information about the NEH EEO policy, write to NEH Equal Opportunity Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506. TDD: 202/606-8282 ( for the hearing impaired only ).

Abraham Lincoln and the Forging of Modern America
Springfield, IL: June 25–29 or July 16–20
Locations: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and sites in Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, Lincoln Law Office, and Lincoln Home) and New Salem Village
Caroline R. Pryor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Information:
Caroline Pryor
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
P.O. Box 1122
Edwardsville, IL 62026
618/650-3439
nehlincoln@siue.edu
capryor@siue.edu
http://www.siue.edu/education/neh

The American Skyscraper: Transforming Chicago and the Nation
Chicago, IL: July 8–14 or July 22–28
Locations: Chicago Loop including: Santa Fe Building, Sears Tower, Fisher Building, Marquette Building, Monadnock Building, Manhattan Building, Field Building, the Rookery, the Auditorium Building, Sullivan Center (formerly Carson Pirie Scott), Tribune Tower, the Reliance Building, and Federal Center
Jean Linsner, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Information:
Jean Linsner
Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
312/922-3432, ext. 232
NEHLandmarks@architecture.org
http://caf.architecture.org/education/teacherworkshops/NEH

Contested Homelands: Knowledge, History, and Culture of Historic Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM: June 17–23 or June 24–30
Locations: Santa Fe and surrounding communities, including: Palace of the Governors, Taos Pueblo, Santa Fe Plaza, spots on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior), New Mexico History Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art
Rebecca M. Sánchez, University of New Mexico
Information:
Rebecca Sánchez, Ph.D.
College of Education
MSC05 3040, Hokona 238
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1231
505/277-1624
homeland@unm.edu
www.unm.edu/~homeland

Crafting Freedom: Black Artisans, Entrepreneurs, and Abolitionists in the Antebellum Upper South
Chapel Hill, NC: June 21–26 or July 12–17
Locations: The Union Tavern, home and shop of the celebrated free black cabinetmaker Thomas Day (1801–ca. 1861); the Burwell School, girlhood home of the formerly enslaved dressmaker–turned–Lincoln White House–insider Elizabeth Keckly (1817–1907); and Stagville, a major 19th-century tobacco plantation with intact slave quarters and other slave-built structures
Laurel Sneed, Apprend Foundation
Information:
Laurel Sneed
Executive Director
Apprend Foundation
4211 South Alston Avenue
Durham, NC 27713
919/405-2326
laurelsneed@gmail.com
http://thomasday.net/crafting-freedom-neh-landmarks-workshop/

Crossroads of Conflict: Contested Visions of Freedom and the Missouri-Kansas Border Wars
Kansas City, MO: June 24–29 or July 8–13
Locations: University of Missouri-Kansas City campus and historic sites including: Historic Lawrence, Kansas; Historic Westport, Missouri; Watkins Woolen Mill; John Wornall House; Jesse James Farm; Constitution Hall in Lecompton, Kansas; Steamboat Arabia Museum; Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site; Bates County Museum; and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Edeen Martin and Diane Mutti Burke, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Information:
Mary Ann Wynkoop
Department of History
203 Cockefair Hall
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
816-235-1631
NEHBorderWars@umkc.edu
http://cas.umkc.edu/NEHBorderWars/

At the Crossroads of Revolution: Lexington and Concord in 1775
Concord, MA: July 22–27 or August 5–10
Locations (all in Massachusetts): Minute Man National Historical Park; Concord (Colonial Inn and surrounding historic districts, Old Manse, and Concord Museum); Boston (Massachusetts Historical Society and Freedom Trail); Lexington Green
Jayne Gordon and Kathleen Barker, Massachusetts Historical Society
Information:
Kathleen Barker, Education Coordinator
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
617/646-0557
education@masshist.org
www.masshist.org/crossroads

Empire City: New York from 1877–2001
New York, NY: June 24–30 or July 8–14
Locations: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, Central Park, Henry Clay Frick Museum and Mansion, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), the Brooklyn Bridge, Foley Square, Five Points, Chinatown, Little Italy, Madison Square Garden, Harlem and the South Bronx, Site of the World Trade Center, Chelsea and the Meatpacking District
Kenneth Jackson, Columbia University, and
Karen Markoe, State University of New York, Maritime College
Information:
Empire City NEH Landmarks
Attn: Andrea Zakai and Sasha Pereira
c/o The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
19 West 44th Street, Suite 500
New York, New York 10036
646/366-9666, ext. 12 or 13
seminars@gilderlehrman.org
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/education/seminar_NEH.php

Empires of the Wind: Exploration of the United States Pacific West Coast
San Diego, CA: June 24–29 or July 15–20
Locations: Maritime Museum of San Diego, Cabrillo National Monument, Old Town State Historic Park
Raymond Ashley, Maritime Museum Association of San Diego
Information:
Susan Sirota
Maritime Museum Association of San Diego
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101-3322
619/234-9153, ext. 126
ssirota@sdmaritime.org
www.sdmaritime.org/neh-workshop-for-teachers/

Huck, Jim, and Jim Crow
Hartford, CT: July 9–13 or July 23–27
Locations: The Gilded Age home of Mark Twain
Craig Hotchkiss, The Mark Twain House & Museum
Information:
Craig Hotchkiss
Education Program Manager, The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860/280-3146
craig.hotchkiss@marktwainhouse.org
http://www.marktwainhouse.org/programs/neh_teacher_workshop.php

Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution
Lowell, MA: June 24–29 or July 15–20
Locations: Lowell National Historical Park, Old Sturbridge Village, Minute Man National Historical Park (Concord, Massachusetts), and Walden Pond
Sheila Kirschbaum, Tsongas Industrial History Center (Lowell National Historical Park and University of Massachusetts Lowell)
Information:
Ellen Anstey, Administrative Assistant
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Boott Cotton Mills
115 John Street
Lowell, MA 01852
978/970-5080
Ellen_Anstey@uml.edu
http://www.uml.edu/tsongas/NEH/

The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, History, and Culture of the Mississippi Delta
Cleveland, MS: June 24–30 or July 8–14
Locations: Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, the heart of the Mississippi Delta, with regular trips throughout the region and one trip to Memphis; Greenville, Dockery Farms (birthplace of the blues), the B.B. King Museum, the Mississippi River, Indianola, Sumner, Money, Clarksdale, Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Highway 61 (the Blues Highway), Robert Johnson’s grave, Fannie Lou Hamer’s grave
Luther Brown and Lee Aylward, Delta State University
Information:
Delta Center for Culture and Learning
Delta State University
Box 3152
Cleveland, MS 38733
662/846-4311
laylward@deltastate.edu or lbrown@deltastate.edu
www.blueshighway.org

The Problem of the Color Line: Atlanta Landmarks and Civil Rights History
Atlanta, GA: July 15–21 or July 22–28
Locations: Martin Luther King National Historic Site, the Atlanta University Center Historic District, the Auburn Avenue Landmark District, the Fox Theater, Piedmont Park—Site of the 1895 Cotton States Exposition, the Georgia Capitol
Timothy Crimmins, Georgia State University
Information:
Timothy Crimmins
Box 5020
Department of Sociology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30302-5020
404/413-6356
tcrimmin@gsu.edu
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwnms/initiatives/AtlantaLandmarks.pdf

Renaissance in the Black Metropolis: Chicago, 1930s-1950s
Chicago, IL: July 8–14 or 22–28
Locations: South Side Community Art Center, George Cleveland Hall and Chicago Bee branch libraries, Stockyards Gate, United Packinghouse Workers of America District 1, Supreme Life Insurance and Overton buildings, Victory Monument, Hansberry and Burroughs houses, Metropolitan Community Church, Blues Museum Heaven, DuSable Museum, Vivian Harsh Research Collection, Wabash YMCA, Abraham Lincoln School, Parkway Community House, Michigan Avenue Apartments, Bronzeville Walk of Fame, Eighth Regiment Armory
Erik Gellman, Roosevelt University, and
Lisa Oppenheim, Chicago Metro History Education Center
Information:
Lisa Oppenheim
Chicago Metro History Education Center
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312/255-3652 or 312/636-2031
loppenheim@chicagohistoryfair.org
www.blackchicagorenaissance.org

Spanish, Mexican, and American California: Reframing U. S. History at Peralta Hacienda
Oakland, CA: June 18–23 or 25–29
Locations: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, San Francisco Presidio, Ceja Vineyards, Sonoma Mission, Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood
Holly Alonso, Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, and
Alex Saragoza, University of California at Berkeley
Information:
Ben Glickstein
P.O. Box 7172
Oakland CA 94601
510/532-9142
ben@peraltahacienda.org
http://peraltahacienda.org/nehlandmarks/

The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories
Toledo, OH: July 22–27 or August 5–10
Locations: The River Raisin Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Perry’s Victory and International Peace Monument
Brian Schoen, Ohio University, and
Rebecca Trivison, Ohio Historical Society
Information:
Rebecca Trivison
Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical Society
800 East 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
614/297-2527
rtrivison@ohiohistory.org
www.1812landmarksteachers.org/

NEH Information
General questions concerning the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Landmarks Workshops Program may be directed to 202-606-8463 or landmarks@neh.gov.