The Newberry and the History Channel offer an engaging series of professional development seminars for Chicago-area teachers. Led by a local scholar and held at the Newberry, each full-day seminar features a “show and tell” of unique items from the Newberry’s collections, and classroom resources from the History Channel and Newberry Professional Development Programs for Teachers staff.
2012-13 seminar registration is now open
These seminars will feature:
- Pre-seminar readings on topic
- Classroom materials provided by the History Channel
- Newberry digital library collection resources based on the seminar theme
- Full day seminars - 9 am to 3 pm
- Breakfast, lunch and CPDU credits provided
- Open to all Chicago area teachers at no cost
- Limit of two teachers per school per seminar
If you have questions or require more information contact Rachel Rooney, Program Director, at rooneyr@newberry.org.
Seminar Schedule
Between 1776 and 1824, every major nation in the Americas except for Cuba declared independence from their colonial masters, but was Mexico’s long struggle for revolution from 1810 to 1821 a response to the European crisis, or did it have more domestic origins?