Teaching a Tapestry of American History Workshop Opportunities
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 Fall 2007
 

 Spring 2008

Summer 2008

FALL 2007 Cohort Workshop Offerings
 

Grades 4 & 8
Historical Theme:
 Three Worlds  Meet Beginnings to 1620

Grades 5 & 11
Historical Theme:
Civil War and Reconstruction

Smithsonian Two Day Institute 
Educators from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. will travel to Middle Tennessee and provide a two day, hands-on workshop on using primary sources relative to the historical theme, Three Worlds Meet: Beginnings to 1620.

 

 October 25 and 26 2007
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Gilder-Lehman Three Day Institute 
The Gilder-Lehman Institute of New York provides access to thousands of online primary source documents. Historians from Gilder-Lehman will travel to Middle Tennessee and present a two day institute on integrating primary sources into daily instruction. Primary sources will be relative to the historical theme, Civil War and Reconstruction.

 September 20-21 2007
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                                                      FALL 2007 Workshop Offerings
*Cohort Members are required to choose one workshop, in addition to the institutes above.  All workshops are open to all United States History teachers in both WCS and MCS.

Grades 4 & 8
Historical Theme:
 Three Worlds  Meet Beginnings to 1620

Grades 5 & 11
Historical Theme:
Civil War and Reconstruction
Volunteer Voices offers online access to thousands of digitized images of artifacts from museum collections and historical organizations across Tennessee. Teachers will learn how a national historic theme can be evidenced through local history. As a result of this workshop, teachers will develop two lesson plans focused on cultural heritage through local primary sources.

December 5, 2007
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 Volunteer Voices offers online access to thousands of digitized images of artifacts from museum collections and historical organizations across Tennessee. Teachers will learn how a national historic theme can be evidenced through local history. As a result of this workshop, teachers will develop two lesson plans focused on cultural heritage through a specific primary source. 

                    December 5, 2007
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 Spring 2008 Workshop Offerings
*Cohort Members are required to choose one workshop, in addition to the institutes above.  All workshops are open to all United States History teachers in both WCS and MCS.

Grades 4 & 8
Historical Theme:
 Three Worlds  Meet Beginnings to 1620

Grades 5 & 11
Historical Theme:
Civil War and Reconstruction

 January 25,2008
Visit the Tennessee State Library and Archives  in Nashville, TN

 Learn how to access archive holdings while having the afternoon to explore some of  the most coveted archives of our state’s past to enrich curriculum.  Lunch, Transportation, and a lesson planning stipend will be provided to all participants. 
                      Civil War Lesson Plans

January 25,2008
 Visit the Tennessee State Library and Archives  in Nashville, TN

 Learn how to access archive holdings while having the afternoon to explore some of  the most coveted archives of our state’s past to enrich curriculum.  Lunch, Transportation, and a lesson planning stipend will be provided to all participants. 
                        Civil War Lesson Plans
 

May 1,2008
 Pinson Mounds

Visit 15 earthen mounds, a geometric enclosure, and related earthworks with your own National Park Ranger!!  Pinson Mounds, a national landmark will our destination. Bring your walking shoes and an appetite as we explore. Lunch, transportation and a lesson planning stipend will be provided.  

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 February 9, 2008 
“Behind the Scenes”  

Teachers will have access to two of the finest (and closest) examples of the antebellum period, Rippavilla  and Carnton Plantation. This trip will be especially designed for enriching curriculum. Lunch and a lesson planning stipend will be provided to all participants.           

 

April 3-5, 2008
National Council for History Education
(First Ten to Register will attend—All Cohorts)

Energize yourself with a trip to the NCHE Conference  in Louisville, Kentucky.  Admissions, accommodations, transportation and stipends are provided.  Check it out at:
http://www.nche.net/conference/page8/page8.html

 

April 3-5, 2008
National Council for History Education
(First Ten to Register will attend—All Cohorts)

Energize yourself with a trip to the NCHE Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.  Admissions, accommodations, ransportation and stipends are provided.  Check it out at:
http://www.nche.net/conference/page8/page8.html

                               April 24,2008 
The National Archives Southeast Region,
                             Atlanta, Georgia

Learn how to access archive holdings while having the afternoon to explore some of  the most coveted archives of our nation’s past to enrich curriculum.  Lunch, Transportation, and a lesson planning stipend will be provided to all participants. 
(All Cohorts)

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                               April 24,2008 
The National Archives Southeast Region,
                             Atlanta, Georgia

Learn how to access archive holdings while having the afternoon to explore some of  the most coveted archives of our nation’s past to enrich curriculum.  Lunch, Transportation, and a lesson planning stipend will be provided to all participants. 
(All Cohorts)

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Summer Institutes 2008


 

June 9th-June 13th, 2008
Summer Institute One   Monticello, Historic Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg.          

Who? All 4/8 teachers; 45 teachers maximum.

Teachers will travel to three of the richest sites in early American colonial history.
Participating teachers will be accompanied by a historian and will receive personal tours of each location. Accommodations, meals, admission to destinations as well as daily participation stipends will be provided. A detailed agenda will follow.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia—the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here we interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution. The Colonial Williamsburg story, “Becoming Americans,” tells how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality.

 

June 21-23rd, 2008
Summer Institute Two   Civil War Battlefield Tour.
Who? All 5/11 grade teachers; 30 maximum.

Teachers will travel to Stones River, Chickamauga, and Shiloh to learn about the history and significance of the Civil War in the region. Participating teachers will be accompanied by a historian and will receive personal tours of each location.  Battlefield excursions will be conducted as day trips with teachers returning to middle Tennessee each evening.  Lunches, participation stipends and lesson planning stipends will be provided. A detailed agenda will follow.
 

 
 

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