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Teacher Resources
: Teacher Institute
: Teacher Institute in Early American History
2008
Elementary
School
Programs:
June 11-18*
July 8-15*
July 16-23*
July 22-29*
July 29 - Aug.5*
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2008
Middle/High School
Programs:
June 18-25*
July 9-16*
July 23-30*
2008
High School
Programs:
June 25-July 2*
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Designed for elementary and middle/high school social studies teachers
who teach United States history and government, these intensive week-long
workshops will immerse participants in early American history "on location" in Williamsburg, the restored capital city of eighteenth-century Virginia,
and nearby Jamestown and Yorktown. Twenty-five teachers and a returning
mentor teacher will be selected for each session.
Participants will be involved in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching
social studies with colonial American history as the focus. Teachers will have
the opportunity to exchange ideas with noted historians, meet character interpreters,
and take part in reenactments of eighteenth-century events. They will review
various interactive teaching techniques with a mentor teacher and with each
other. Instructional materials in a variety of media will be provided to participants
to use in their classrooms. Together with Colonial Williamsburg staff, teachers
will prepare new instructional materials for use in their own classrooms.
To receive more information about the
Teacher Institute in Early American History,
contact Amanda Turner, The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, P. O. Box 1776, Williamsburg,
VA 23187, or call (757) 565-8417 or fax
(757) 565-8916.
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