Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center Teacher to Attend Workshop at Kennedy Space Center
Amanda Cowgill, history teacher at Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center, will take part in the 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History Workshop called “The Space Age on the Space Coast.”
The National Council for History Education (NCHE) said it selected Miss Cowgill from a nationwide applicant pool to attend the one-week program, held at the Astronaut Memorial Foundation at the Kennedy Space Center. National and local faculty from various institutions, including the University of Central Florida and the University of Oklahoma, will guide participants as they explore the technological, political, social, and environmental history of Florida’s Space Coast.
The workshop will include lectures and field trips to regional sites of historic and cultural significance, such as the Apollo/Saturn V Rocket Center, Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Harry and Harriette Moore Cultural Complex, and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Since 1990, NCHE has worked to promote excellence in K-12 and college-level history education. The organization supports the teaching, learning, and appreciation of diverse histories through advocacy, sponsoring workshops that connect teachers and professors, and by producing resources for classroom use. NCHE is offering this workshop with funding from the NEH, a federal agency that supports research and learning in history and other areas of the humanities.
“I am thrilled to attend the institute at Cape Canaveral,” said Miss Cowgill. “I am confident that I will learn and grow in enormous ways and be able to bring back new information, ideas, and strategies to share with my students.”
“We are excited to have Amanda Cowgill join us this summer,” NCHE Education Coordinator & Program Director Kathleen Barker says. “Her experience inside and outside of the classroom, as well as her enthusiasm for teaching, will enhance the overall experience for all of our participants. Our team looks forward to collaborating with Miss Cowgill as we develop place-based learning resources to share with educators across the nation.”
ABOUT NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION
Founded in 1990, the National Council for History Education is a nonprofit organization that is committed to promoting the importance of history in schools and society. Learn more at www.nche.net.
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Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at www.neh.gov.
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