The Presidential Primary Sources Project is a partnership with the National Archives and the National Parks Service to provide live, interactive, video conferencing programs for students to analyze primary sources to learn about presidents like Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

All of our programs are presented by National Park Service rangers and educators at the Presidential Libraries. Programs start in January 2022 and focus on analyzing primary source documents to understand a variety of different moments in history. For more information, check out our website: https://internet2.edu/community/community-anchor-program/presidential-primary-sources-project/

2022 PPSP Program Schedule:

*All programs are live at 11am ET and 2pm ET on their scheduled day and applicable to students grades 4-12.

• January 18: The War of 1812, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
• January 20: “The Johnson Treatment”: LBJ’s 1964 Campaign, LBJ Presidential Library
• January 25: Roosevelt and the World Today: Issues Then and Now, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• January 27: Lights, Camera, Action: 75 Years of The State of the Union on Television, Nixon Presidential Library, Clinton Presidential Library & Truman Presidential Library
• February 1: Understanding Conflicting Primary Sources: When Hoover Met Hitler, Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
• February 3: Primary Source Detectives: Learning About President Ford and the 1970s Energy Crisis through Primary Sources, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation
• February 8: President Grant and Civil Rights, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
• February 10: Lincoln’s Evolving Legacy in Washington, D.C.: Places as Primary Sources, Ford’s Theatre & the National Mall and Memorial Parks
• February 15: President Kennedy and the Bill of Rights, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
• February 17: Civic Literacy: Article II and The Presidency, Carter Presidential Library
• February 22: America’s Presidents Through Portraiture, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
• February 24: I Like IKE: Election Icon, Eisenhower Foundation
• March 1: 1986 Immigration Reform, Reagan Presidential Library
• March 3: Memorializing Young Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
• March 8: Theodore Roosevelt’s “First Family, Theodore Roosevelt Center at DSU
• March 10 How RBG Came to Be: The Process of Appointing a Supreme Court Justice, Clinton Presidential Library
• March 15: The Constitution and Presidential Powers, National Archives
• March 17: 7th Street Challenge: Lincoln’s Commute, President Lincoln’s Cottage
• March 22: Rosalynn Carter: Partner-in-Chief, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
• March 24: Who Started the Cold War?, Truman Presidential Library
• March 29: Becoming Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• March 31: Young Teedie, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
• April 5: The Role of the First Lady, First Ladies National Historic Site

Many scholarship opportunities are available through the Lincoln Community Foundation including the following:

• The PINC Scholarship (1 - $3000 minimum award) was created to provide substantial assistance for a talented student (senior or former graduate, including homeschooled) involved in any fields in the Arts. It is the donor's hope that this award will be received by someone who has been directly affected by poverty who could not otherwise attend college but who would benefit from specialized study in their chosen art or music field.

Please see attached documents for specifics.

Students may find information about our scholarships by using this link: https://lcf.academicworks.com/

Using the link above students will create an account by supplying an email and password. If they accessed the system in previous years, they may simply Sign In with their username and password. Once logged in, applicants will have access to the online general application form. A current transcript and the first page of the FAFSA report with the EFC (Expected Family Contribution) value are required for all applications.

Based on information provided in the submitted general application, students are automatically matched to scholarships for which they are fully eligible. Students will see these “auto-matched” scholarships on their account's “My Applications” tab.

There are also scholarships which require additional information beyond the general application. After the general application is submitted, additional scholarships can be seen on the account’s “Recommended Opportunities” tab. Please read the information and criteria carefully to determine if you are eligible for these. "Recommended" does not mean that you are necessarily eligible. To apply, students must click on the individual “Apply To” buttons to finish and submit. These opportunities may require references, answers to additional questions, special essays, or other documentation. When you click on the "Apply To" button of an opportunity you will see additional fields to answer questions, upload documents and/or fill in the names and email addresses of your references. References will automatically receive a link to fill a reference form directly within the system. It is important to note that the deadline for references is the same as that of the application. It is also very important to apply well enough ahead of the deadline to allow references to respond! After submitting, these applications will also appear on the “My Applications” tab.

The application deadline for most scholarships is March 15, 2022.

If you have any questions regarding our application process or about our scholarships in general, please contact me at [email protected] or (402) 474-2345.

Thank you for your assistance in sharing this information with your students and their families!

Trish Reimer

Scholarship Coordinator

215 Centennial Mall S Suite 100

Lincoln, NE 68508

Phone: 402-474-2345 | www.lcf.org

Home School Families,

      If your son is a Junior this year he is eligible to attend the
2022 Boys State program which will be held 5-11 June '22.  The location
for the event is the UNL campus in Lincoln.  Please review the attached
brochure and application form.  The cost of this week long, on campus,
event is $375.  Harry Bossard American Legion Post 32 will sponsor four
candidates from applications received from Papillion-LaVista and
Papillion South High Schools. To this pool I will add home school
candidates.  A selection panel will interview candidates from these two
schools and home school candidates that are in the general area of these
schools.  The tentative date is 25 Feb for the interview.  Some home
school candidates may live closer to another American Legion Post.  If
that is the case please contact that post for Boys State selection
consideration.  Each post usually sponsors Boys State candidates. Please
send me your completed application before 25 Feb so I know how many
applications to expect.

    Usually we have more worthy candidates than we have funds to sponsor
the candidates.  If that situation happens the family, or other
organization, can sponsor the candidate and cover the $375 cost.  An
American Legion Post must endorse the applicant. Applications must be
sponsored, endorsed, and mailed with a $375 check to Cornhusker Boys
State, PO Box 5205, Lincoln, NE, 68505 before 15 March.

Please contact me if you have questions: [email protected]

Dudley Allen, American Legion Post 32, Boys State Selection Committee
Chairman,  402-321-3592

Description: The ideal digital and distant learning experience for grades 4^th-12^th. The goal of this FREE event is simply to further develop life science knowledge, specifically focusing on wild sheep in North America while also introducing outdoor careers and teaching about several different conservation groups and methods for conserving wildlife as well as exciting youth about getting off the couch and into nature. 

To register, contact [email protected].

Hosted from Reno, NV, this experience will utilize Zoom Webinars to bring experts from around the U.S. and Canada into teacher’s classrooms,  as well as homeschooler’s and distant learner’s homes. Participants can join for the entire day or even a session or two.  Presentations include: Meet the Sheep (NV), What is Wildlife Conservation? (NV), Keystone Elk Country Alliance (PA), Boone and Crockett Club (MT), Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation (CA), Ducks Unlimited (TN), Bear Dogs and their Use in Bear Management (NV), Living Your Outdoor Passions as a Career (Canada), The  Wildlife Refuge System (NV), Wildlife Management Areas and Duck Banding (PA), National Wild Turkey Federation (WI), Careers at Nevada Department of Wildlife (NV), Starting Careers in Wildlife Management (PA and SD),  Bighorns 101 (MT), Metal Detecting (NV), Imitating Insects: Tying Flies (NV), An Introduction to Backyard Bird Watching (NV), The Art of Fly Fishing (NV), Archery (NV), and Tools for Viewing Birds and other Wildlife (NV).

Some of you may be interested in the Comprehensive Multisensory/Structured Literacy Workshop the last week in July.  It’s a good one… jam packed with valuable information and support strategies for educators and parents.  I’ve attached the Class information and registration form.  If you are interested, please know that the Nebraska Dyslexia Association will provide a $100 scholarship for each attendee who completes the class.  Contact me if you’re interested in the scholarship.  Contact Sandy Stark (see attachment) for more information and class registration.

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CALL TO SECURE REGISTRATION!

Contact Sandy at (402) 269-5366

[email protected]

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