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Democratic Vistas //**
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 * //Summer Institute //**
 * // International Conflict in Post War America //**
 * //July 6, 7, 8, 9 & 12, 2010 //**
 * //Sacred Heart University, Cambridge Building, Trumbull //**



The Teaching American History program **//Democratic Vistas//** invites all interested teachers to register for our 2010 Summer Institute, "International Conflict in Post War America”. The Institute will focus on the Vietnam War and terrorism, with a special emphasis on using oral history projects in the classroom. This year’s institute will be hosted by Sacred Heart University. It will take place in the Cambridge Building, 7 Cambridge Drive, Trumbull from Tuesday, July 6th to Monday, July 12th from 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.

The week’s activities will include lectures from noted historians, professional development workshops, and a fieldtrip to The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, MA. Teachers can apply to participate in the institute and either receive a $650 stipend and CEUs or 3 graduate course credits through Sacred Heart University. A requirement of the institute is that you write a unit plan to implement in the classroom.

We will be accepting fifty five participants. We have 12 spots available for graduate course credit, and the remaining 43 spots open for $650 stipend and CEUs. If you would like to participate and receive either graduate credit or stipend and CEUs, please indicate your first choice. Meals will be included. Special consideration will be given to Social Studies and Language Arts teachers not served by previous Teaching American History grants. To apply for the Summer Institute, please complete an application online at the Democratic Vistas site. Deadline to apply is May 12th. You will be notified by May 19th as to whether or not you have been accepted to participate.