WWI History and Literature

The view from Antietam National Cemetery last evening.

The penultimate day of the seminar saw some incredible presentations by participants who are heading home tomorrow with some really innovative and interdisciplinary new lesson plans for teaching the First World War. We're looking forward to hearing about their students' reactions as they share the seminar materials in their classrooms in the year ahead! We closed the day out with an evening visit to Antietam where we considered again the meaning of sites of war memory as we strolled the battlefield and visited the World War I graves at the cemetery. An engaging evening of conversation indeed!

Day 10 saw us at the U.S. Army Heritage Education Center in Carlisle, PA, where we visited a mock WWI trench, a great museum exhibit on American experiences of the Great War, and the Amry archives. Our participants made some great finds among wartime photos, field reports and postwar surveys!

Day 8 took us to Memorial Park in Frederick, MD, where we explored ways to teach about local memories of war with memorials expert Dr. Jennifer Wingate!

Day 6 of the seminar took us to Washington, DC for a tour of World War I-related exhibits and memorials, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Argonne Cross at Arlington National Cemetery, and the District of Columbia War Memorial. It was an exciting, if warm, day filled with lots of great conversations about how we remember and teach the memory of the First World War.

We're off and running! Day 3 of our NEH Seminar "World War I in History and Literature." A great discussion of Pat Barker's novel Regeneration!

Application portal open til midnight TONIGHT! Work with a great group of educators on our beautiful campus this July!

World War I in History and Literature NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers

Applications due THIS FRIDAY, March 1! Don't miss this opportunity to explore the history and literature of World War I with a group of amazing educators from around the country! Apply here: https://wwihistoryandlit.com/

WWI in History and Lit: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Join us for our NEH Summer Seminar! July 8 - 26, 2019 at Hood College in Frederick, MD.

Want to explore the history and literature of WWI with a group of amazing educators from across the country? Submit your application by March 1 @ https://wwihistoryandlit.com/

WWI in History and Literature: DC War Memorial Join us for our NEH Summer Seminar! July 8 - 26, 2019 at Hood College in Frederick, MD.

A fascinating example of the ways that WWI continues to impact our present moment:

A WWI letter was found in a box of old papers after almost 102 years A Canadian antique dealer stumbled on an unlikely treasure in a bunch of old papers she bought for a dollar -- a letter written by a World War I soldier almost 102 years ago.

Applications are due March 1st! (Don't let a potential government shutdown keep you from this fantastic professional development opportunity: complete your cover sheet this week @ https://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/)
National Endowment for the Humanities Hood College

WWI History and Literature: Join us! Join us for our NEH Summer Seminar! July 8 - 26, 2019 at Hood College in Frederick, MD

Planning to apply to our seminar? Be sure to fill out the NEH Cover Sheet now that the Federal Government is open again! Remember, applications are due 1 March!

NEH Summer Programs Application Coversheet Individual applicants are allowed to apply to up to TWO different Seminars, Institutes, or Landmarks programs; however, they may participate in only ONE program per summer.