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Educators from across the country recently attended the weeklong, virtual 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History,” which has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
![New Digital Content is Added for May 4 Augmented Reality Experience](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ARPhone21_0.jpg?VersionId=hNfEZDt.2EczZD8HNlxYGMGe7AB0Wfjr&h=e6f36a9c&itok=5SpOgidl)
New digital content for the May 4 augmented virtual reality experience is set to premiere to coincide with this year's commemoration.
![A woman places a flower through the bullet hole left in a sculpture on the Kent State University campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.16.21%20Photo%20of%20woman%20placing%20flower%20in%20Solar%20Totem%20%231%20sculpture%20on%2050th%20anniversity%20of%20May%204%2C%201970_0.jpg?VersionId=XZAr2ec9IWUdwsGAJMN4zmZncH72rMhn&itok=PnCeOYZT)
Kent State University invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its 2021 Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History,” which has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
![Alan Canfora (far right), who was shot on May 4, 1970, leads a guided tour of the historic May 4 site.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.11.20%20Photo%20of%20teachers%20touring%20May%204%20site%20with%20Alan%20Canfora_0.jpg?VersionId=TdCnjGZpFDFwRWt6iewC6zRjnAjQmjJo&h=16a6d817&itok=eUWBLpGA)
Kent State University invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History.” Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were awarded $170,000 in funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create this workshop.