I am sure that adding an AFS student to your schools would assist your students with learning a new culture and language. Naturally, encouraging them to go on an AFS exchange is even better. Contact [link removed].
You may also contact Jackie Smiley, the local hosting coordinator, at 615-776-7580 and [email removed]].
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. feb, 2011) – Niagara University is now accepting applications from K-12 teachers nationwide for a summer program entitled Crossroads of Empire: Cultural Contact and Imperial Rivalry at Old Fort Niagara. The week-long residential sessions, which take place July 11-15 and July 18-22, 2011 at Old Fort Niagara and Niagara University, have been made possible by funding obtained from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Directed by Thomas A. Chambers, Ph.D., chair of Niagara University’s history department, the workshops are focused on the vital history that emanated from Old Fort Niagara, one of most significant and well-preserved 18th century historic sites in North America. Fort Niagara served as an important crossroads between the empires of Great Britain, France, the Haudenosaunee (the native people who inhabited what is now much of New York state and surrounding areas), and, later, the United States as they battled each other for control of the North American continent. The Fort threatened American territory during the Revolution, was occupied by both sides during the War of 1812, and then a peace treaty secured the Fort and region for the United States.
This workshop will immerse NEH Summer Scholars in the world of 18th century life, from both the Native American and European perspective. Participants will interact with historic interpreters, clamber about ramparts dating to the 1700s, handle beaver pelts and trade goods like fishhooks and beads, and perhaps even fire a musket. One unique feature will be an overnight stay at the French Castle, the three-story stone fortress and trading post perched above the crashing waves of Lake Ontario that dates back to 1726. By week’s end NEH Summer Scholars will understand the perspective of the Iroquois people who first inhabited this region, as well as the struggles of ordinary European soldiers who bled and died to control Fort Niagara.
Teachers of grades K-12 at schools in the United States or its territorial possessions, or Americans teaching in foreign schools where at least 50 percent of the students are American nationals, are eligible for this program.
Teachers selected to participate as NEH Summer Scholars will receive a stipend of $1,200 at the end of the residential workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location, books, and ordinary living expenses.
The deadline for applications is March 1, 2011.
For eligibility and application information, please call 716.286.8091, e-mail [email removed].
Niagara University is located 11 miles south of Old Fort Niagara.
Niagara University Founded by the Vincentian Community in 1856, Niagara University is a private liberal arts university with a strong, values-based Catholic tradition. Its four academic divisions include the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, and Hospitality and Tourism Management. The university also maintains an Academic Exploration Program that provides a learning community for students who are undecided about their major, as well as numerous opportunities through Continuing Education. -30-
We invite you to join us for our one-week workshops in June 2011. As NEH Summer Scholars at the “American History through the Eyes of a California Family” workshop, you will use the artifacts and archival sources of both the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum and CSU Dominguez Hills Special Collections to trace the Dominguez family history for over two centuries. Their history and lands are entwined with California 's rich Indian, Spanish, Mexican and American history.
NEH workshops feature well known scholars, hands-on work with artifacts and archival documents, workshops and experiential learning opportunities that will bring history to life, and field trips to deepen historical and cultural connections. Workshops address the Dominguez family business and inheritance strategies and their relationship to natives and migrants from varied social and cultural backgrounds. Successful applicants whose title will become NEH Summer Scholars will also analyze how territorial industrial expansion transformed the American people and how massive immigration after 1870, including the Chinese, some of whom became laborers on Dominguez lands, formed new social patterns and concepts about national identity.
$1200 stipends are offered to help cover travel, lodging, and meal expenses.
Workshops will be offered twice and applicants may apply to one, but not both, workshops. The first is the week of June 13-17, 2011 and the second is the week of June 20-24, 2011. Continuing Education Units offered. Applications due March 1st.
If you are still seeking employment, I have an opportunity in Williamsburg, KY ... My name is Verna Hill (Technical Proposal Writer) for K4 Solutions. Please contact me via email: verna.[email removed].
Retired teacher- lots of K-12 new and gently used items for sale that include: Blank Books .99 100 Award Winning Science Fair Projects 1.20 Math Wizardry for Kids-huge 324 pp. 2.99 Body Through the Microscope 1.30 Daily Geography Activities .50 See pictures of the items and purchase using paypal at [link removed]
I will be helping my son move to Lexinngton in May. I was hoping to get some ideas on where to live in this area; such as apartment complexes and such.
I am doing a research project about how teachers decide what type of classroom management techniques to use. Part of my research is also to find out if teachers think that their college education prepared them for dealing with classroom behaviors.
I am posting a link to my anonymous survey (using Google-docs). I would greatly appreciate it if you could find the time to complete the 17 item survey. Most of the items are on a scale of 1-5, so it should only take a few minutes to complete it.
Thank you in advance for your time and efforts! The link should be available below my name.
Come visit the AFS-USA Booth in the International Children's Zone at the Clarksville River and Spire Streetfest, April 15-16th. (5-9 on the 15th and 10-9 on the 16th). International games and songs will be offered to interact with the children on a schedule by country with the current AFSers.
Information will be available on going abroad and hosting an AFS foreign exchange student including copies of students bios who currently need a host family for the fall. See [link removed].
This is also in celebration of AFS National Service Day in coordination with Global Youth Service Days.
Dr. Barbara Y. Wills (Contact person) [email removed]]
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