To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Endowment for the Humanities has arranged special programming around Constitution Day on Sept. 17. Here’s how you can participate:

If you are a teacher:

• Plan to have your class watch the September 17th live stream
• Coordinate with other teachers/professors on your campus to organize a large watch party for students
• Build lessons around curricula from NEH’s EDSITEment
• Encourage your students to enter the NEH’s Student Contest
• Share the Emancipation Timeline with your class
• Make emancipation a central focus of your Civil War lessons this year

If you are a librarian/community leader:

• Host a watch party for your community at a centrally located facility
• Share online resources with interested community members

If you are a student:

• Enter the NEH’s Student Contest
• Work with faculty at your school to set up a watch party
• Check out the Emancipation Timeline with links to NEH-funded films and websites

Click here to find information about this programming, lesson plans to help build this day into your syllabus, a student essay contest, and ways to connect with a large community of scholars.