Summer InstituteMaking Equality: Individuals, Social Movements, and the LawFunded by a Teaching American History grant and open only to educators in Reading, North Reading, Danvers, and Lowell. Institute Dates: July 12 – 16, 2010 Through the lens of the Constitution, this summer institute examines some of the most enduring issues in American history: the nature of equality; the law—and the limitations of the law—as a vehicle for advancing rights; and the interplay between the individual leader and the group in movements for social change. The institute highlights the struggles of women, Native Americans, Chicanos, African Americans and others as they pressed to expand definitions of equality, and increasingly over the course of the twentieth century, succeeded in doing so. Archival visits, walking tours and online resources will help bring to life the unfolding history of American democracy in the past and present. Selected faculty: |
Educating for Global Understanding
