Applications are currently closed.
Complete the application form, including:
- Resume/CV in PDF format
- A statement of interest including the following [less than 800 words]:
- (A) What topics in Virginia do you believe deserve more attention in the classroom? What stories have been historically excluded and/or left out of the mainstream narrative?
- (B) What is a topic that you think can be challenging in a classroom? How have you taught this/how do you want to teach this?
- (C) Please provide a lesson plan or K-12 activity (in .PDF format) you’ve used with students that reflects a topic that you feel like is under told in Virginia and/or a topic that has been challenging to talk about with students.
Please submit supplemental material(s), such as the lesson plan and resume, as a PDF file.
If you are applying to Virginia Humanities for the first time, you will need to create an account.
Pictured: Our receptionist Cauline Yates (far right), a descendent of Sally Hemings and founding member of the the Descendants of Enslaved Communities at UVA, gives educators a tour of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA. Photo by Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities
