Open to 35 secondary school teachers and junior and community college faculty who teach U.S. history, government civics, political science, or social studies. Sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center in cooperation with Bradley University.
Enrollment is competitive.
The Dirksen Congressional Center announces the grants program for 2001 to help teachers, curriculum developers, and others improve the quality of civics instruction, with priority on the role of Congress in our federal government. Areas of interest include designing lesson plans, creating student activities, and applying instructional technology in the classroom. In the course of the year that follows, these teacher-created materials are 'roadtested' in fellows' classrooms, then edited for presentation on the Library of Congress Learning Page . Free 2-hour seminar for high school teachers with federal judges at 50 courthouses around the country. Participants come to the courthouse to view and discuss a classroom video about searching students' backpacks.