Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kent State University's 2020 "Making Meaning of May 4" workshops will be offered Summer 2021. We're in the process of updating this website for the 2021 workshops, so check back soon.
​We welcome new applications from educators of students in the middle school through high school levels. We’ll post the 2021 application for new applicants very soon. We also welcome those who applied by the March 1 deadline for 2020 to remain in the applicant pool for 2021 (with no new application necessary).
Kent State University’s 2021 summer workshops, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in US History,” explore the history of the shooting of student demonstrators at Kent State on May 4, 1970. The events on Kent State’s National Historic Landmark site are recognized for changing public opinion about the Vietnam War; setting precedent in the US Supreme Court; changing National Guard armament policy; helping to lower the voting age to 18; impacting culture and the arts; and reminding us all to practice and protect the First Amendment.
You’ll work with the best scholar-experts to develop lesson plans for students in all disciplines. Workshop faculty include witnesses to the shootings, two surviving casualties of the shootings, K–12 experts, experts on movements of the 1960s, and an Ohio National guardsman on site during the shootings. You’ll also have access to extensive electronic information to use with students.
“Making Meaning of May 4” will be offered twice: June 20-25, 2021, and July 18-23, 2021. Graduate credit and contact hour options will be available. 
​Visit May4NEH.org again soon to complete your application.
Questions? Please email May4NEH@kent.edu
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