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The HistoryMakers 2012 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on African American Political History

Applicant Profile

Twenty-five participants will be selected from across the nation. The Institute’s selection criteria will aim for a geographic mix of women and men from urban, suburban and rural areas representing school systems of all types and sizes. Priority will be given to teachers with a record of achievement and who teach American and African American history or civics, politics or government. Participants will be selected according to the following criteria:

1. Commitment to teaching

2. Experience and success in teaching

3. Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn

4. Interest in incorporating oral history in the classroom

5. The ability of the teachers to serve as Master Teachers in their communities

6. The ability of the teachers to play an active and ongoing role in the Institute’s network

7. The ability of The HistoryMakers Summer Institute to meet the curricular needs of the applicant

8. Special perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to the seminar or institute

9. Commitment to participate fully in the formal and informal collegial life of the project

10. The likelihood that the experience will enhance the applicant's teaching

The Institute will carefully choose its applicants. The diversity of applicants’ backgrounds, type of school, level of experience, leadership, interest and background in the subject matter and geographic location will be taken into account. Selection of participants will be conducted by a panel consisting of the Institute’s Co-Project Directors, a local secondary educator, and two of the visiting scholars taking part in the Institute. The selection panel will follow all applicable federal, state and local guidelines and nondiscrimination statues in making its selections.