Horace Mann and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Fellowship Program

Each summer in Springfield, 50 teachers are given behind-the-scenes access to educational resources and historians at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum as part of a fellowship program. The program is jointly sponsored by the Presidential Library and Museum and the Horace Mann Company. The program covers the cost of round-trip transportation, as well as lodging and meals while in Springfield. Fellows will tour New Salem State Historic Site where Lincoln lived as a young man, the Lincoln Home, the Old Illinois State Capitol where Lincoln made his "house divided speech, the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, and Lincoln's Tomb. Attendees will broaden their knowledge their knowledge of the Sixteenth President through lectures, workshops and group discussions.

The 2011 program will accept 25 teachers for the June 19-24 session and another 25 for the July 10-15 session. Teachers may select their preferred session date. Note to AHTC teachers: These dates do not conflict with the AHTC Mini-Summer Institute on Immigration or the AHTC Summer Institute on the History of Illinois. The deadline for this fellowship has been extended to February 12, 2011.

Apply online at :
http://alplm.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Ouyu7gAWAAEAAAl6AASSFw