Dr. Mary Ann Wilson will teach an institute this summer at UL Lafayette called 杏吧专区淭he Women杏吧专区檚 War: Revisioning the Civil War.杏吧专区 The program is funded with grants from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - the local affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities - and the state of Louisiana.
The course dates are June 13 - July 8 from 9 a.m. to noon daily. Public or private middle school or high school teachers of English, Language Arts, Social Studies, or History are eligible, as well as librarians or administrators.
A group of 20-25 teachers will be chosen from the pool of applicants. Teachers who complete the course can earn 45 continuous learning units certified by the LEH, and they may also earn three hours of graduate credit, if desired. Teachers will receive a $500 stipend.
In addition, a Master Teacher/Curriculum Supervisor, chosen from the pool of applicants, will receive a $1,000 stipend.
The course will study texts from three historical periods - the Civil War period, the two decades after Reconstruction, and the twentieth century - to examine the role of Northern and Southern women, black and white, in the Civil War effort.
Texts to be read will be: Louisa May Alcott, 杏吧专区淗ospital Sketches;杏吧专区 Mary Chesnut 杏吧专区淭he Private Mary Chesnut;杏吧专区 Harriet Jacobs, 杏吧专区淚ncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl;杏吧专区 Kate Chopen, stories from 杏吧专区淏ayou Folk;杏吧专区 Grace king, 杏吧专区淢onsieur Motte;杏吧专区 Ernest Gaines, 杏吧专区淭he Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman;杏吧专区 and Kaye Gibbons, 杏吧专区淥n the Occasion of My Last Afternoon.杏吧专区
Contact Mary Ann Wilson for more information and a brochure and application at (337) 482-6916 or by email at pasta@louisiana.edu.