2023 NEH LANDMARKS INSTITUTE

AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS

NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture give K-12 educators an opportunity to enrich and revitalize their teaching through the study of humanities topics that bear upon K-12 education.

EDUCATOR RESOURCES

TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

SCHOOL VISITS & PARTNERSHIPS

HERITAGE SITES

LIBRARY

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

IN OUR OWN WORDS: EARLY ASIAN & NATIVE HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

SESSION 1: JUNE 25 - JULY 1, 2023

UPDATED SESSION 2: JULY 16 - 22, 2023

APPLICATION SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED

APPLICANTS NOTIFIED OF SELECTION: 4/3/2023

ACCEPTED APPLICANTS MUST CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE BY: 4/14/2023

In-person at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle, Washington

Asian and Pacific Islander Americans played, and continue to play, significant roles in the transformation of regions, cities, and communities. These immigrants, refugees, and Americans are greatly ignored in the discourse on which people helped build America; whether the railroads, mining, salmon or other fisheries, aquaculture, aviation, civil rights, and social change.

The Wing Luke Museum’s week-long institutes are structured around the themes of Immigration and Exclusion (mid-1880s-1924), Struggles and Contributions of Laborers (1870-present), and Representation and Memorialization (1898-present). We will focus on the hidden histories of the Asian Pacific American pioneers, from the earliest Native Hawaiians who navigated the Pacific Coast and worked for the Hudson Bay Trading Company in the early 1800s through the Chinese, South Asians, Filipino, Korean, and Japanese immigrant laborers who were integral to the pre-World War II development of this region and beyond.

The workshop will offer experiences rooted in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, field trips to regional sites of historic and cultural significance, and presentations from national faculty.

NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture will give K-12 educators an opportunity to enrich and revitalize their teaching through the study of humanities topics that bear upon K-12 education. Landmarks programs are designed for a national audience of full or part-time K-12 educators who teach in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, or as home-schooling educators. Museum educators and other K-12 school system personnel—such as but not limited to, administrators, substitute teachers, and curriculum supervisors—are also eligible to participate.

Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the program, but programs are not intended to duplicate graduate-level courses.

In Our Own Words: Early Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Americans in the Pacific Northwest has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

HOUSING
We have booked a number of rooms and bunks at the American Hotel/Hostel.
This Hotel/hostel is three walkable blocks away from the Wing Luke Museum on S. King St. Access to the lobby of the Hotel/hostel is on the second floor of this historic building which is accessible by stairs and a handicapped lift. Access from the second-floor lobby to the rest of the building is accessible via an elevator or stairs.
Rates for rooms and by bunk vary. Final costs depend on the number of people in the room and your room type. The costs will range from $37.50 to $120 plus 10.25% sales and hotel tax per night per person. A very select number of rooms have their own private bathroom and all other rooms have access to a shareable and lockable bathroom down the hall. All rooms can have single or double occupancy.
Room registration for this Hotel/hostel option is arranged directly by the staff of the Wing Luke Museum (Vivian). To register for our room block, you MUST contact Museum staff and NOT the American Hotel/Hostel.
We will have a sign-up process after you have been confirmed for the workshop. This sign-up process will allow you to choose your 1st and 2nd room options for the hostel.
The cost for your weekly stay at the American Hotel/hostel will be deducted from your honorarium stipend from the NEH and the WLM. The balance of the cost of your stay will be issued to you via a check at the end of the workshop week. A Program Agreement will be signed acknowledging the cost of your stay, etc. before the workshop starts.
To view photos of the room and a list of accommodations: https://www.americanhotelseattle.com/
The Museum has also secured a discount at the following hotels:
CitizenM Hotel - Pioneer Square and South Lake Union properties
15% off using our discount code. Good only on the current rate when registering. We can provide you with the code when you request it after you receive your workshop confirmation and housing emails. Neither property offers parking.
Rates vary ~ $159-300 per night for single occupancy.
Pioneer Square is the closer of the two properties to the WLM. It is directly across from the Waterfront Ferry Terminal which we will be using during our workshop week. It is about a 16-minute walk to/from or a 5-minute drive.
https://www.citizenm.com/hotels/united-states/seattle/seattle-pioneer-square-hotel
South Lake Union is about a 10-minute car ride to WLM, you will need to find transportation options to get to WLM.
https://www.citizenm.com/hotels/united-states/seattle/seattle-south-lake-union-hotel
Other discounts are pending at local Seattle area hotels.
STIPEND
$1300
Stipend and Conditions for Completion:
Participants are offered a stipend for participation and completion of the Landmarks Workshop. The stipend is intended to help cover basic academic expenses.
Project applicants who accept an offer to participate are expected to remain during the entire period of the institute and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to either arrive after the beginning of the program or depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution's responsibility to see that only a pro-rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.
MEALS
All participants will be responsible for their own meals and snacks except for lunches on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (which will be all day field trip days). There are numerous restaurants within walking distance of the Museum with a variety of cuisines and price points.
9:00AM Check-In, Raffle, and Morning Thinking Routines
9:30PM Leave for Ferry
10:30AM Field Trip
12:15PM Lunch in Tacoma
1:30PM Return Ferry
2:00 PM Readers Workshop
2:55PM Break (10 min)
3:05PM Curriculum Resources
3:45PM Break out groups
4:25PM Wrap up

PRINCIPLES OF CIVILITY FOR NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

NEH Seminars, Institutes, and Landmarks programs are intended to extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; and foster a community of inquiry that provides models of excellence in scholarship and teaching.

NEH expects that project directors will take responsibility for encouraging an ethos of openness and respect, upholding the basic norms of civil discourse.

Seminar, Institute, and Landmarks presentations and discussions should be:

Firmly grounded in rigorous scholarship and thoughtful analysis
Conducted without partisan advocacy
Respectful of divergent views
Free of ad hominem commentary
Devoid of ethnic, religious, gender, disability, or racial bias.

NEH welcomes comments, concerns, or suggestions on these principles by email

EMAIL QUESTIONS@NEH.GOV

APPLICATION PROCESS

APPLICATION SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED

APPLICANTS NOTIFIED OF SELECTION: 4/3/2023

ACCEPTED APPLICANTS MUST CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE BY: 4/14/2023

A selection committee, comprised of the project directors and one or more colleagues, will evaluate all complete applications to select a group of Summer Scholars and to identify alternates.

SELECTION CRITERIA

At least three spaces per week (up to six spaces total for a program) must be reserved for teachers who are new to the profession (five years or less of teaching experience).

Primary consideration is given to those who have not previously attended an NEH Landmark program.

Applicants will be selected based on the following factors as evidenced through their resumes and essays:

Effectiveness and commitment as a teacher/educator;
Earliest experiences with Asian American and Pacific Islander topics of study;
Intellectual interests as they relate to the topic of the Landmark program;
Personal experience and/or exposure to the themes in this Landmark program;
Perspectives, skills, or experiences that would contribute to this program;
Evidence that participation will have a long-term impact on the applicant’s teaching.

Please limit your essay to 1200 words.

ELIGIBILITY

In any given year, an individual may apply to a maximum of two Seminars, Institutes, or Landmarks, but may attend only one.

Participants 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. U.S. citizens teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions are also eligible to participate. Foreign nationals teaching abroad are not eligible to participate.

Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks workshop whose director is a family member, who is affiliated with the same institution, who has served as an instructor or academic advisor to the applicant, or who has led a previous NEH-funded Institute or Landmarks program attended by the applicant.

Participants may not be delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (e.g. taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees). Individuals may not apply to participate in a Landmarks workshop if they have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency. The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) contained in 2 CFR Parts 180 and 3369 apply to this award. The recipient must comply and must require sub-recipients to comply, with Subpart C of these regulations.

APPLICATION

Resume (1-2 pages)

Essay

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities

400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20024

202-606-8400

TDD: 202-606-8282

questions@neh.gov

EMAIL CMANO-SHEN@WINGLUKE.ORG

QUESTIONS?

Contact Charlene Mano-Shen for additional information

ABOUT THE MUSEUM

For over 50 years, Wing Luke Museum has been and continues to be a leader in community-based cultural, historical, and contemporary art museums.

Our mission is to “connect everyone to the dynamic history, cultures, and art of Asian Pacific Americans through vivid storytelling and inspiring experiences, to advance racial and social equity.” Through our scholarship, historic interpretation, collections, storytelling, collaborations, and dynamic work of partnering with schools and districts to enhance social studies, history, and ELA programs—Wing Luke Museum seeks to tell a wider story of our region and nation.