2. Raffle ticketsto win this exquisite pit-fired,painted, gilded earthenware vessel byrenowned artist Bennett Bean are available. Please see NJCH staff to purchase. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Lifetime Achievement in the Humanities James M. McPherson NJCHhonorsJames M. McPherson , professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and renowned expert on the Civil War, for his extraordinary efforts to inform Americans about the history of the Civil War era. 9.
10. 2009 Humanities Book of the Year NJCHhonorsAnnette Gordon-Reed ,professor of history at Rutgers University and professor of law at New York Law School, forThe Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. Annette Gordon-Reed 11.
12.
Gregory Woodruff NJCHhonorsGregory Woodruff ,an English and humanities teacher at Montclair High School, for his success in introducing students to the humanities. 13.
His passion and infectious enthusiasm for the humanities was evident in every class. The breadth of material covered was astounding, yet he managed to make every concept accessible.Naomi Horowitz, former student 14. 2009 Honor Book John Fea,The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America(University of Pennsylvania Press) 15.
2009 Honor Book 16.
2009 Honor Book 17. 2009 Honor Book James M. McPherson,Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief (The Penguin Press) 18.
2009 Honor Book 19. 20.
Teacher Institute Topics include 21. Teacher Institute:Literature and Democracy The level of discussion guided by experts in their fields invitesdeep thinking and multiple perspectives on topics that are bothgrounded in history and highly relevant in current society. 22. Literature and Democracy seminar attendees at a teleconference withformer U.S. Poet Laureate and New Jersey native Robert Pinsky 23. Teacher Institute:Religious Diversity 24. In the last three years, I attendedReligious Diversity in America, New Jerseys Many Faces,andNew Scholarship in African American History.These were the finest experiences I have ever hadI am still talking about what I learned and experienced. I cant wait to return. 25. Teacher Institute:Coming of Age Literature 26. I feel fortunate to have participated in the NJCH Teacher Institutes, as these classes have enriched my own goals of being a life-long learner and a more accomplished, informed educator. 27. Teachers examine the Whats Going On? exhibit at the New Jersey Historical Society during a field trip to Newark Teacher Institute:The 20th Century and the African American Experience