Philadelphia, PA and Oxford, UK – This summer, Brooks Wester Middle School social studies department chair and history teacher Anh Pham traveled to Philadelphia, PA and Oxford University in the United Kingdom to attend seminars on American history.
Pham was selected to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) workshops on Ben Franklin and the Constitution in Philadelphia as well as a one-week seminar entitled “The Age of Lincoln,” at Oxford University in the UK.
“Her travels have really aided her in bringing history alive for middle school students and she shares what she learns with others,” said Marie Media, MISD social studies curriculum coordinator. “She is a great teacher leader.”
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965. The NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the federal government. They offer the Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for Schoolteachers as part of the NEH's We the People program. Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops provide the opportunity for K-12 educators to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history. These one-week academies give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary historical evidence. Landmarks Workshops present the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the workshop and what they teach, and to develop enhanced teaching materials for their classrooms.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. The Institute serves teachers, students, scholars, and the general public. It helps create history-centered schools, organizes seminars and programs for educators, produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions, sponsors lectures by eminent historians, and administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state through its partnership with Preserve America.
“The Age of Lincoln” seminar examined Abraham Lincoln’s life and key aspects of his age. In each seminar, educators work with primary source documents provided by the professors and the Gilder Lehrman Collection. The documents are used by all of the attendees to produce materials that can be brought into their classrooms.
In past years Anh Pham also received scholarships and study tours to Timbuktu, Morocco, and Japan.
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