The 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers - "James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship"

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James Madison's life encompassed the development, establishment, and maintenance of a new constitutional enterprise. His career was dedicated to establishing the new nation and its constitutional system, and in the process he made the transition from founder to citizen—that is, from the outside to the inside of the political system, from regime-making power to institutionalized governmental authority.

Explore James Madison’s role in the invention of fundamentally new concepts of a constitution, a bill of rights, and citizenship—and explore Montpelier, his life-long home and plantation in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains—in the 2008 NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers, "James Madison and Constitutional Citizenship," hosted by the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier.

These week-long summer programs for K-12 educators nationwide will take place at James Madison's Montpelier near Orange, Virginia. Fifty educators from across the country will participate in each Workshop. All materials, meals, and housing will be provided at no cost to you, and your travel costs will be reimbursed up to $300 (see the Travel Information section for details).

• Workshop No. 1 will be offered Saturday, June 14, to Saturday, June 21, 2008.
• Workshop No. 2 will be offered Sunday, June 22, to Sunday, June 29, 2008.

If you received a brochure stating that accommodations and program activities would take place at Woodberry Forest School, please note that plans have changed. See the Meals and Accommodations section of the website for more details.

The application deadline has been extended. Applications will be accepted until both Workshops are full.

Read "The Home as History" an article on the 2006 NEH Landmarks Workshop, published in Humanities, the magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"The Home as History" is reprinted from Humanities, September/October 2006, Vol. 27, No. 5, with permission from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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