National Park Service and National Endowment for the Humanities Sponsor Summer Institute on the Industrial Revolution

The U.S. Department of Education would like to share information about a unique professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers and administrators at the Tsongas Industrial History Center at the historic Boott Cotton Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. "Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution" will be a weeklong summer institute combining scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park. Drama, historical fiction, hands-on simulations and field studies at Old Sturbridge Village, Walden Pond and Concord will also help bring history to life.

Stipends for the institute are available through the National Endowment for the Humanities. Some travel support may also be available. Participants may be able to earn 40-80 continuing education credits or professional development hours. Graduate credit is available through the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

For more information please visit: http://www.uml.edu/tsongas/NEH/. Completed applications must be postmarked by March 15.

The Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative has plans to publicize its own summer workshop dates soon. For more information, continue to subscribe to Teacher Updates.