Center for the American Idea

Center for the American Idea
Summer Seminar

History, Literature, Government, and Economics Teachers!!

Space is limited! Apply Now!
Only 50 teachers will be accepted.

June 24 - 27, 2001 at Del Lago Resort & Conference Center on Lake Conroe, One Hour North of Houston

$150.00 includes meals and room

"One of the highlights of my summer...the finest learning experience for today's educators that is being offered in the entire nation."
-Dwight Mutschler, Social Studies Chairman, Austwell-Tivoli I.S.D., Austwell, Texas

American Idea Seminars Feature

Excellent Speakers on a wide array of current issues and classroom topics, including:

Dr. Burton Folsom, Jr. is Historian in Residence at the Center for the American Idea and editor of Continuity: a Journal of History.

Dr. Donald Lutz, Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston and author of nine books, including The Origins of American Constitutionalism.

Barbara Elliott, Executive Director and founder of the Center for Renewal, author of Candle Behind the Wall: Heroes of the Peaceful Revolution that Shattered Communism.

Dr. Bradley J. Birzer is Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He is a Senior Fellow with the Center for the American Idea and book review editor for Continuity: a Journal of History. He has also edited a new collection of James Fenimore Cooper's writings, American Democrat and Other Political Writings.

Dr. Ben Lockerd, Professor of English at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is author of Aetheral Rumours: T.S. Eliot's Physics and Poetics.

and 6 additonal speakers presenting numerous topics in Economics, Government, History, and Literature!

Diverse Seminar Tracks and Topics, including:

  • America's Presidents
  • Economics: Work and Prosperity
  • Shakespeare
  • Entrepreneurs in America
  • Literature and the Moral Imagination
  • Discovery and the Settlement of America
  • British and American Literature
  • Origin and Framers of the American Constitution
  • America's Free Enterprise System

Professional Setting at the Del Lago Resort on Lake Conroe

Low Cost to teachers thanks to financial support from foundations, businesses, and individuals.

Colloquium Sessions will be held over short readings. Readings will be sent to you upon your acceptance and should be read prior to the start of the seminar. Participation in the colloquiums is required.

All spaces are full, thanks for your interest. We look forward to seeing you at our Fall workshops!