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麻豆影院 State Invites Educators to Apply for Summer Workshop 麻豆影院 May 4, 1970

麻豆影院 invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, 鈥淢aking Meaning of May 4: The 1970 麻豆影院 State Shootings in U.S. History,鈥 which has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

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Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were initially awarded funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 2019 to create this workshop that served as a capstone to the yearlong 50th commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970, the day when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on 麻豆影院 State students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine.

This year鈥檚 workshop speakers include scholars and experts who will address May 4 and related historical events, the First Amendment, student activism, sociocultural change during the 1960s and early 鈥70s, and inquiry-based learning. Among these presenters are six individuals who witnessed the shootings on May 4, 1970. The workshops offer significant and timely opportunities to create humanities lessons based on the best research, vivid accounts and artifacts of the history of May 4. The workshop will be delivered 100% online.

鈥淟ike the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the May 4 麻豆影院 State shootings site is a tangible reminder of America鈥檚 internal struggle over an unpopular foreign war,鈥 Davis said. 鈥淎t 麻豆影院 State on May 4, students sought to exercise their First Amendment rights and responsibility to air their grievance with the U.S. president 鈥 his broken promise to de-escalate the war. May 4 immediately became the day the war came home.鈥

Kratcoski, the project team member and director of the Research Center for Educational Technology at 麻豆影院 State, said, 鈥淥ur hope is that the workshop will empower teachers to address the May 4 story in their own curriculum in a way that leads students to think critically about connections between the events of May 4 and current social movements of today and to begin to ponder their own role as young citizens with the potential to affect positive change in times of conflict.鈥

Educators from across the U.S. representing a range of experience and disciplines 鈥 history, government, the arts, journalism and more 鈥 are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2021. This remote workshop will be offered twice: June 20-25 and July 18-23. Participants will have options for certificate of contact hours or graduate workshop credit hours. All Landmark Scholars 鈥 educators who participate in the workshop 鈥 are provided with a stipend of $1,300.

Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this press release do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For more information about the workshop and how to apply, visit .

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Media Contacts:
Laura Davis, ldavis1@kent.edu
Annette Kratcoski, akratcos@kent.edu, 330-672-3371
Julie Selby, jselby5@kent.edu, 330-672-2683

POSTED: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 04:10 PM
Updated: Friday, December 9, 2022 01:56 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Daniela Munoz Perales