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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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2007 Teacher Institute Registration Form

2008
Middle/High School
Programs:
June 18-25*
July 9-16*
July 23-30*

2008
High School
Programs:
June 25-July 2*

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.