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.
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