Dr. Mary Ann Wilson will teach an institute this summer at UL Lafayette called 小蝌蚪APP淭he Women小蝌蚪APP檚 War: Revisioning the Civil War.小蝌蚪APP 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, 小蝌蚪APP淗ospital Sketches;小蝌蚪APP Mary Chesnut 小蝌蚪APP淭he Private Mary Chesnut;小蝌蚪APP Harriet Jacobs, 小蝌蚪APP淚ncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl;小蝌蚪APP Kate Chopen, stories from 小蝌蚪APP淏ayou Folk;小蝌蚪APP Grace king, 小蝌蚪APP淢onsieur Motte;小蝌蚪APP Ernest Gaines, 小蝌蚪APP淭he Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman;小蝌蚪APP and Kaye Gibbons, 小蝌蚪APP淥n the Occasion of My Last Afternoon.小蝌蚪APP
Contact Mary Ann Wilson for more information and a brochure and application at (337) 482-6916 or by email at pasta@louisiana.edu.