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Crafting Freedom Materials Project - Development and
Field-Testing is in full swing with field-testing of lessons
on Harriet Jacobs, Sally Thomas, and others to occur
during February. Lessons on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper,
Edmonia Lewis and
Elizabeth Keckly will be ready for field-testing this spring and
we still need elementary and middle grade field-test sites for these
lessons. Many thanks to the teachers who provided Key
Instructional Strategies for these lessons. Learn
more.
The American Institute of History Education (AIHE)
will have a booth at the North Carolina Social Studies Conference
in Greensboro, NC Feb. 20-22 2008 at the Koury Convention Center.
American Institute of History Education
helps school systems across the country provide quality
history education through writing "Teaching American History Grants"
for schools and providing outstanding professional
development programs including special travel opportunities for
teachers to historical sites like Williamsburg. AIHE
is seeking to expand in the Southeast so come by their booth!
The Doll, a short
film by Emmy Award winning documentary producer/director , Dante James is now
available for purchase. The film is based on a short story by African American writer Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1922)
and includes a teacher guide. The setting of a number of
Chesnutt's short stories is Eastern North Carolina where he lived for
many years. Dante James has also been a consultant to TDEP and the Apprend Foundation,
Inc. on its
film in-progress Thomas Day, American.
Learn more about The Doll.
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 workshops
& presentations
Crafting Freedom Takes a Break in 2008
"Thomas Day & Elizabeth Keckly: Black Artisans, Entrepreneurs,
& Artists in the Making of America 1800-1865" will not be
offered in Summer of 2008. CF teacher mentors and scholars will be working on the
Crafting Freedom Materials Project throughout the summer instead.
Crafting Freedom In-School '08
School systems
may contact us about making select Crafting Freedom
presentations part of their staff development offerings. At
present, we are offering CF In-School in the Carolinas and
Virginia only. Learn
more.
A
Zora Neal Hurston Landmarks Workshop
will be offered by the Florida Humanities Council
(FHC) during the summer of 2008. Three week-long expenses paid workshops
are being offered during: June 15–21, June 22–28, June 29–July 5, 2008.
Deadline for application is March 17th. This is a new workshop and like
Crafting Freedom is 'most expenses paid.' It should be of great
interest to educators desiring to infuse more black history and culture
into their teaching. FHC is known for its outstanding teacher workshops.
Learn more.
 Thomas
Day & His Work
Thomas Day (1801 - ca. 1861), a free black cabinetmaker and
businessman, lived and worked in Milton, N.C. from the 1820's
until his death. By 1850, he had the largest furniture shop in the
state.
More about Day
Exhibits of Day's Work
Furniture
Our Mission Who We Are
The Thomas Day Education Project (TDEP) based in Durham, NC, is
dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of African-American
history and culture at the K-12 levels. Formed in 1997, TDEP
has offered workshops to hundreds of teachers from 40+ states and
has developed award-winning teacher-tested instructional media and
materials. Since 2006, TDEP has
been one of the projects of the Apprend Foundation, Inc. an educational
foundation dedicated to improving the knowledge and awareness of
minority cultures and social groups in the United States with an
emphasis on the Southern region. Apprend's focus in 2008 is
developing materials on ten little known 19th century African American
figures and a documentary film on Thomas Day.
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