DATES AND LOCATION: "The Unresolved Crisis: America, 1850-1870" will be held from June 25 to July 6, 2007, at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Postmarked by March 5, 2007.

ELIGIBILITY: The institute is open to high school teachers of history, literature, and art.

FORMAT: In seminar sessions, participants and faculty will discuss the texts of the institute syllabus. In addition, participants will work with the faculty and Center staff to select texts and develop discussion questions for an online toolbox based on the content of the institute. The toolbox collaboration will not involve work on a computer. To see toolboxes that emerged from previous summer institutes, please visit the Center's Toolbox Library.

STIPENDS AND TRAVEL: Participants will receive a stipend of $1,000. This is a non-residential program. The Center will reimburse commuting costs. TEXTS: Participants will receive the seminar texts, some of which will be online, at least six weeks before the program. MEALS: The Center will provide snacks and lunch every day.