Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all of the HHRC's 2020 summer seminars will be presented online via Zoom, and thank to generous donors and grants, all of the seminars will be offered free of charge. To ensure the opportunity for participation in discussions, each course will be restricted to a maximum of 30 participants.

Yearning to Breathe Free: The Immigrant Experience in Maine

HHRC’s Yearning to Breathe Free: The Immigrant Experience in Maine is inspired by the popularity of HHRC’s 2016 exhibit and the educational outreach program of the same name. This one-of-a-kind program will focus on specific aspects of Maine’s history of immigration, and provide firsthand accounts of immigration today. This is a program that combines pedagogy and techniques of teaching about Maine’s immigration history, while at the same time providing compelling stories and resources that can be incorporated into classrooms.

This is a workshop that includes many guest speakers of different nationalities and heritages. It is a reflection of the diversity of Maine in the past and present.

Who should attend: Current or pre-service K-12 ELA/English and Social Studies/History teachers.