Online Professional Development for High School Teachers
The National Humanities Center offers online professional development for high school history and literature teachers in spring 2012.
Classes include:
- Thursday, February 2, 2012 - The Role of Medical Care in the Civil War: the Hospital and the Battlefield
- Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Teaching Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield and Adolescent Rebellion
- Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Nation, Race and Genocide: Terror in the 20th Century
- Tuesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 26, 2012 - Using Art in History and Literature Classes: What's the Story? Parts 1&2
- Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - Spain and Its North American Empire in the Eighteenth Century: The Other Revolution
Each seminar costs $35. Professors assign a list of readings prior to each seminar. Assigned texts are free and online.
For more information and to register, visit the National Humanities Center at http://americainclass.org/seminars/.
