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Crafting Freedom Materials Project - Development and
Field-Testing is in full swing with lessons on Edmonia Lewis and
Elizabeth Keckly ready for field-testing . We still need elementary
and middle grade field-test sites so contact us if you're interested!.
Media production begins in the fall on short "you-tube" like videos on
the ten figures.
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Dr.
William A. Ferris is Honored
A tour of Thomas Day sites in Caswell County , North Carolina was held
March 1, 2008 to honor Dr. William A. Ferris, past chair of the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). TDEP has
brought over 500 teachers to Caswell through NEH grants to study
Thomas Day and the history he represents since 2003. Many thanks
to everyone in
Caswell who came out for this celebration at the Yancey Restaurant.
 Grant Submitted for "Thomas Day, American
A grant to
complete the script for the documentary-in-progress, "Thomas Day,
American" was submitted to NEH in January. Grant awards will be
announced in
September 2008. If funded the grant will enable
new research to be incorporated into the story of Thomas Day so the film
can be crafted by an Emmy-award winning scriptwriter.
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 Charles Waddell Chesnutt
(1858-1922) and includes a teacher guide.
Learn more about The Doll.
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 workshops
& presentations
Crafting Freedom Takes a Break in Summer 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.
The American Institute of History Education (AIHE)
offers school systems assistance writing
Teaching American History (TAH) grants to the Department of Education.
If funded (and success rate is high) AIHE brings
outstanding presenters to your school system who provide the
professional development. AIHE works with school
systems coast -to-coast and is seeking to expand to more systems
in North Carolina and the Southeast. Crafting Freedom presenters
Mike Wiley, Laurel Sneed and Chubb's Miles have all presented for AIHE
programs and think this is a great way to get high quality history
content to teachers! Another benefit of AIHE to teachers
is access to excellent educational materials and expense-paid teacher
trips to historical sites like Williamsburg, Philadelphia, and more!. AIHE
seeks new school systems to work with so check them out! American Institute of History Education
 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. Thomas Day was the figure who initially was the sole focus
of this project, but now we have branched out to include other important
yet little know African-American artisans, entrepreneurs, abolitionists
and artists to be infused into the K-12 curriculum nationwide.
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.
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