Ongoing Programs

The Newberry Teachers' Consortium (NTC)

NTC provides Chicago-area teachers access to the latest scholarly developments in their fields and an opportunity to discuss important content-related issues with scholars and colleagues. Seminars are organized as a series of half-day seminars in nine subject areas. Advance registration and a membership fee are required.

Chicago Teachers as Scholars (TAS)

TAS is a partnership between Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Newberry Library. TAS offers a series of one and two-day, content-based seminars on a wide range of topics. This program is open to all CPS teachers.

Partnerships and Affiliated Programs

Civil War Home Front Seminar (October 19, 2010)

In this special seminar led by historian Margaret Storey, Depaul University, participants will explore the Northern opposition movement known as the Copperheads by engaging with primary sources from the Newberry Library's collection and grapple with historians' attempts to understand what the Copperhead movement means for our understanding of the war. This seminar is sponsored by the Depaul Humanities Center.

North Suburban American History Consortium (NSAHC)

NSAHC is a collaboration between the Newberry Library, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and school districts 211 and 214. Funded by a U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant, the consortium partners organize graduate level seminars, summer institutes, and symposia in which participants expand their understanding of U.S. history and learn new ways to enrich their teaching of the subject to high school students.

History Channel Seminar Series

The Newberry Library and the History Channel are proud to announce an engaging series of professional development seminars for Chicago-area teachers. Each of the seminars is led by a Research Center Director at the Newberry Library and features a "show and tell" of unique items from the Newberry's collections.

Conferences

Picturing America Regional Conference (August 19-20, 2010)

The Newberry Library hosted a Picturing America School Collaboration Regional Conference on August 19-20, 2010. This conference supprted teachers in the development of lessons using images from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Picturing America program. The Conference featured presentations by distinguished scholars and sharing of resources in workshop formats, use of the Newberry Library’s collections and a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago and a walking tour of Chicago’s Loop to model ways for teachers to use local resources in their own communities. Program resources and materials related to the this conference can be found on the Newberry Library's Picturing America Conference wiki.

The Newberry Library’s Picturing America School Collaboration Regional Conference was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH has designated this conference a We the People project.

Picturing America National Conferences

The Newberry Library hosted two Picturing America School Collaboration Conferences, on October 23-24, 2009, and April 16-17, 2010  These conferences will support teachers in the development of lessons using images from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America program. Conferences featured presentations by distinguished scholars and sharing of resources in workshop formats. Conference activities include the use the Newberry Library's collections, a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, and a walking tour of Chicago's Loop to model ways for teachers to use local resources in their own communities. The Newberry Library's Picturing America School Collaboration Conferences are made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For further information, program eligibility, and application please visit the Scholl Center's conference page. Program resources and materials related to the two conferences can be found on the Newberry Library's Picturing America Conference wiki.