On hallowed ground: gettysburg in history & memory [we propose to engage k-12 educators at gettysburg college and on the battlefields of the gettysburg national military park in 2 week-long…

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) provides $186,928 to Gettysburg College to engage K-12 educators in two week-long workshops on the history and construction of collective memory related to the Gettysburg Battlefield. The workshops will examine the relationship between history and memory, explore how perceptions of the past shape documentation and recollection, and consider what it means to be a citizen in a complex democracy. The project aims to deepen participants' content knowledge and expand their pedagogical tools for teaching Civil War history and the Gettysburg campaign. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.

On hallowed ground: gettysburg in history & memory [we propose to engage k-12 educators at gettysburg college and on the battlefields of the gettysburg national military park in 2 week-long workshops on history and the construction of collective memory, bringing fresh perspectives to the study of gettysburg and to civil war history. This program sustains and enhances the themes of our successful 2014 and 2022 landmarks programs, sharpening the focus and adding new content. The 2025 proposed workshops will examine the relationship between history and memory and the conflict between what happened and how we remember IT. Participants will explore how perceptions of the past shape how we document and remember and how we conceptualize what IT means to be a citizen in a complex democracy. K-12 teachers will extend their content knowledge and expand and deepen pedagogical tools in fresh and challenging ways. Our proposed program leverages the scholarly expertise of the college and its faculty to attract a diverse and talented participant pool.]