有没有什么历史话题是你一直想在课堂上讲的? 你是否面临着你想要解决的内容知识或课程的空白? 在开发课程材料以满足学生的特殊需求方面，您是否需要支持?
的 Swensrud Teacher Fellowship program offers K-12 educators the opportunity to research and create educational materials using documents and artifacts from the collections of the MHS. 的 fellowships carry a stipend of $6,000美元，用于四周的研究和创建两个或更多的课堂使用的主要资源集. We are seeking applications that identify an area of need in the applicant’s curriculum and propose ideas for a research project that will address that need.
我们将在2024年夏季/秋季颁发两个斯旺斯鲁德奖学金. 申请人将优先考虑其前五年的教学经验 for one Swensrud Fellowship.
Swensrud Fellowship Description
During the summer and fall, Swensrud fellows will complete a total of 20 days of research both on and off-site on the topic of their choice using MHS collections, 并将为课堂制作2套以上的原始资料. 的se deliverables are due on January 15th, 2025, 这些项目的材料将被纳入MHS在线教育资源，这要归功于创造它们的老师们.
Swensrud fellows will meet regularly for virtual mentorship sessions with our 教育 department for support in finding resources, focusing research questions, and developing classroom materials. 研究员还将与MHS的研究图书馆员合作，帮助他们找到支持他们研究的资源. 斯旺斯鲁德学院的研究员为他们的研究设定了自己的节奏:有些人更喜欢把他们的研究时间压缩到几个星期, 而另一些人则在夏天和秋天展开他们的研究. Applicants may also be eligible for fully virtual fellowships if the majority of the materials they are interested in studying are already digitized.
斯旺斯鲁德学院的研究员将获得6000美元的津贴，以奖励他们在MHS的工作. 他们的前一半津贴将在6月参加我们的虚拟培训后发放, 下半年在2025年1月收到可交付成果后完成.
Who should apply?
Applications are welcome from any K-12 teacher or library media specialist who wishes to use the collections at the MHS to prepare primary-source resource sets in the fields of American history, 世界历史, 公民, English language arts, or other relevant subject areas. Applicants are welcome from all U.S. states and territories, 并且必须在2023-2024年期间在教育机构任教或工作. 斯旺斯鲁德奖学金将优先考虑前5年教学经验的教育工作者.
What is the deliverable for this fellowship?
After completing the 20 days of research, Swensrud fellows will be asked to produce 2 or more primary source sets and associated materials for other educators to use. 奖学金获得者还将完成对其奖学金经历的简短反思.
源设置:
在2+组中，研究员应包括至少10个主要来源. Each source set should include the following:
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对主题及其意义的简短概述(3-4段)
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从文学硕士历史和社会研究或ELA/扫盲框架适用的标准列表
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1-2 essential questions
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MHS馆藏中至少3件物品的主要来源清单，包括:
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用一段话描述每个项目的意义/教育价值
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An image or photograph of each item
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课堂上使用的任何书面节选的文字记录
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基于文档集的2-3个课堂活动样本
Where applicable, 研究员可以选择制作一个短视频来代替书面文本，作为源集的一个或多个组成部分, e.g. 对主题的视频介绍或课堂活动的录音解释和演示.
可以在这里查看以前开发的源集的示例.
Fellowship Reflection:
受奖人可以写一篇1000字的博客文章来描述他们在奖学金期间的经历, 或参加与MHS教育人员进行45分钟的虚拟面试. 两个可交付成果必须完成并提交 January 15th, 2025.
Source set materials and activities developed by teacher fellows may be incorporated into the MHS 历史来源 curricular resource portal for other educators to use, 我们将在MHS Beehive博客上分享这些评论. Teacher fellows also retain use of their project materials and may post and share their lesson materials elsewhere with credit to the Massachusetts Historical Society Swensrud Fellowship.
我如何申请?
Submit your application via our online application form 午夜时分 March 14th, 2024. 如果你愿意，你可以同时申请斯旺斯鲁德奖学金和卡斯奖学金.
我们将举行联谊信息会议 February 7th, 2024 at 5 PM (注册在这里). You can watch the recording of last year's info session here (密码:=&v0%pFJ).
申请人须准备下列材料:
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A current resume
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A letter of intent (no longer than two pages, single spaced) that identifies an area of need in your curriculum and ideas for developing primary source lesson materials that address that need. 你的信必须回答以下问题:
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这个研究领域最让你兴奋的利记APP官网手机版? 利记APP官网手机版这个主题，你有哪些问题是你希望你的研究能够回答的?
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谈谈你的学生的具体需求. 这项研究将如何支持你的课堂教学和你自己的学生的需求?
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描述一下你在课堂上使用第一手资料的教学理念. 你经历过哪些成功和挑战?
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A list of 3-5 MHS collections, 展品, 或MHS档案中的特定项目，您有兴趣作为研究的一部分进行探索. We recommend exploring our website, our collection guides, 历史来源 curricular resource portal, 和我们的 online collections.
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学校校长或系主任的支持信
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你制定的课程计划或课堂活动样本. 它可以是任何主题，不必与你申请的主题相同，甚至不必与历史课相同.
利记APP官网手机版与您的主题相关的利记手机官网的可访问性和可用性的问题, 有意申请人士可透过以下途径与图书馆读者服务部联络 电子邮件 or 虚拟聊天. 利记APP官网手机版您的提案和研究问题，请发送电子邮件 MHS 教育 Staff.
的 fellowship process is competitive. Awards will be made on the strength of 1) proposed topic of research; 2) how this research will address an area of need in the applicant’s teaching 3) the plan for using MHS collections; 4) usability of the proposed research in other classrooms; 5) recommendations; 6) the sample classroom materials.
Please direct questions to education@78278.net.
