June 14-18, 2010, the third annual Hatton W. Sumners Teacher Institute will be held in Tulsa.? The institute will focus on the Foundations of Democracy curriculum authored by the Center for Civic Education.? This program explores the four concepts of democracy Authority, Responsibility, Privacy, and Justice.? Morning sessions consist of lectures given by scholars in the field of civics education.?? In the afternoon participants take part in classroom applications conducted by program mentors.

On the final day educators learn about the Representative Democracy in America project.? The project mission is ?to reinvigorate and educate Americans on the critical relationship between government and the people it serves?. ?A wealth of supplemental resources for teaching civics education will be made available to teachers in attendance.

Due to generous funding from the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, the conference is offered at no charge with all expenses paid for attendees.? In addition educators receive a free classroom set of Foundations of Democracy textbooks.

The application deadline is April 15, 2010.