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This K-12 teacher workshop unpacks the history of the Grand Coulee Dam as a landmark of contested narratives. One narrative celebrated the social, economic, and cultural power of modernity. The other focuses on the threat to indigenous cultural identities, practices, and livelihoods.
Participants will explore these dynamics in discussion with experts, site visits, and engagement with oral histories, art, song, and photographs. The workshops will equip teachers with unique and meaningful frameworks to engage their humanities and social science students in conversations centered on how social groups experience and interpret transformative changes of the landscape.
We are excited to offer two workshop opportunities in Summer 2024:
Workshop 1
Sunday, July 7 - Friday, July 12, 2024
Pre-Workshop Synchronous Virtual Session
June 5, 2024
Workshop 2
Sunday, July 14 - Friday, July 19, 2024
Pre-Workshop Synchronous Virtual Session
June 19, 2024
Wrap-Up Session
Post-Workshops Synchronous Virtual Session
Oct. 15, 2024
Equal Opportunity Statement
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).
Workshop Highlights:
Scholar Presentations
Local Discussants
Field Trips to Kettle Falls, the Kettle Falls Historical Center, the Colville Tribal Museum, and the Grand Coulee Dam and Visitor Center