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CONTENTS
Eligibility

Selection Criteria

Stipend, Tenure, and Conditions of Award

Application Instructions

Description of Application Materials
- The Application Cover Sheet
- Résumé
- The Application Essay
- Reference Letter
- Submission of Applications and Notification Procedure

Equal Opportunity Statement

Checklist for Application Process

Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops are offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities to provide K-12 educators with the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics and issues in American history and culture, while providing them with direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary evidence. Prior to completing an application, please review the attached and consider carefully what is expected in terms of residence and attendance, reading and writing requirements, and participation in the work of the project.

Landmarks Workshops will allow 40-50 teachers at a time to collaborate with core faculty and visiting scholars. The Workshops are designed to present the best available scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, while enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between the Workshop content and what they teach, and to develop enhanced teaching materials for their classrooms.

Eligibility
These projects are designed principally for classroom teachers in public, private, parochial, and charter schools, as well as home schooling parents. Other K-12 school personnel, including administrators, substitute teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, and librarians, are eligible to participate, subject to available space.

Teachers at schools in the United States or its territorial possessions or Americans teaching in foreign schools where at least 50 percent of the students are American nationals are eligible for this program. Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Foreign nationals teaching abroad are not eligible to apply. Individuals may not apply to study with a director of a Landmarks project who is a family member. Preference will be given to those who are new to the program.

Applicants must complete the NEH application cover sheet and provide all of the information requested below to be considered eligible. An individual may apply to and participate in no more than two Landmarks projects.

Selection Criteria
A selection committee (consisting in most cases of the project director, the project master teacher, and another member of the project’s core faculty or a specialist scholar) will read and evaluate all properly completed applications. Special consideration is given to the likelihood that an applicant will benefit professionally and personally from the Workshop experience. It is important, therefore, to address each of the following factors in preparing the application essay:

• Your professional background and interest in the subject of the Workshop;
• Your special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the Workshop; and
• How the experience would enhance your teaching or school service.

Stipend, Tenure, and Conditions of Award
Teachers selected to participate will receive a stipend of $500 at the end of the residential Workshop session. Stipends are intended to help cover ordinary living expenses, books, and travel expenses to and from the Workshop location. Lodging costs, at either of the two accommodation choices, will be deducted from this stipend and the balance remaining will be issued to educators, in the form of a check, at the conclusion of the residential workshop session. A travel supplement will also be provided to all workshop participants. Educators whose home location is within 50 miles of Washington, DC will receive $100. The remaining travel supplement funds will be divided among participants traveling from distances greater than 50 miles, with each participant receiving at least $300. In order to receive the travel supplement, all participants, regardless of the distance they travel, must provide original receipts to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Travel reimbursements will be issued by check within thirty days of receiving acceptable documentation of expenses. Stipends and travel supplements are taxable.

Workshop participants are required to attend all scheduled meetings and to engage fully in all project activities. Participants who do not complete the full tenure of the project will receive a reduced stipend.

Participants will provide NEH with an assessment of their Workshop experience, especially in terms of its value to their personal and professional development. You will be asked to provide a confidential evaluation at the close of the Workshop.

Application Instructions
A completed application consists of the following items:

1. Three copies of the completed application cover sheet (detailed below)
2. Three copies of an application essay (no longer than one double- spaced page. Detailed below.)
3. Three copies of your resume.
4. One letter of recommendation as detailed below.

For hard copy applications, please collate the application cover sheet, essay, and resume into three complete sets in the order listed above (no staples please) and include just one sealed letter of recommendation. Applications will be accepted by e-mail, US mail, or private delivery service (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.).

All application materials should be sent to the Project Director, Katherine Malone-France, at the address listed at the bottom of this page. Sending application materials and reference letters to NEH will result in delay.

Description of Application Materials

The Application Cover Sheet
The application cover sheet must be filled out online at this address:
http://www.neh.gov/online/education/participants/ Please fill it out on line as directed by the prompts. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "submit" button. Print out the cover sheet and add it to your application package. At that point you will be asked if you want to apply to another workshop. If you do, follow the prompts and select another workshop and then print out the cover sheet for that workshop. Please note: On the first page of the application cover sheet you must specify that you are applying to a Landmarks of American History workshop (not a summer seminar or institute.)

Résumé
Please include a detailed current résumé.

The Application Essay
Perhaps the most important part of the completed application is the essay. It should be no more than one double-spaced page. The essay should address your professional background and interest in the subject of the Workshop; your special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the Workshop; your passion for the subject matter and how the experience would enhance your teaching or school service.

Reference Letter
Applicants should provide a letter of recommendation (on letterhead) from their school principal, department head, district administrator, or home-schooling association president as appropriate. It is helpful for referees to read the description of the project sent by the director and the application essay. Please ask your referee to sign his/her name across the seal on the back of the envelope containing the letter, and enclose the letter with your application. Reference letters may also be submitted by email. The appliants full name must appear in the subject line and the referee must include a title and contact info.

Submission of Applications and Notification Procedure
Completed applications should be submitted to the Project Director Katherine Malone-France at the address below and should be postmarked no later than March 17, 2008.

Successful applicants will be notified of their selection by April 16, 2008, and they will have until April 23, 2008 to accept or decline the offer. Applicants who will not be home during the notification period should provide an address and phone number where they can be reached. No information concerning the status of an application will be available prior to the official notification period.

Mail completed applications to:
Katherine Malone-France, Project Director
Race and Place Teacher Workshop
The Stephen Decatur House Museum
1610 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

raceandplace@nthp.org

Equal Opportunity Statement
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. For further information, write to NEH Equal Opportunity Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506. TDD: 202/606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).

Checklist for Application Process
Applicants who have completed the following steps will have successfully fulfilled the application requirements:

For NEH:

• Filled out and electronically submitted application cover sheet to NEH on line at this address: http://www.neh.gov/online/education/participants/

• Printed a copy of completed cover sheet

For Race and Place:

• Send three copies of completed cover sheet, application essay, and resume (collated in that order) without staples and one sealed letter of recommendation to Project Director Katherine Malone-France.

Questions and comments should be directed to
Hart at raceandplace@nthp.org or 202-842-0920 ext. 41232.