The Age of Lincoln

Description

"Abraham Lincoln will stand at the centre of the seminar, though less as a biographical subject than as a prism for exploring key aspects of his age. The themes and topics to be addressed include slavery and the Old South; the abolitionist impulse and the broadening antislavery movement; party political realignment and the sectional crisis of the 1850s; evangelicalism and politics; the election of 1860, the secession of the Lower South, and the coming of war; wartime leadership, political and military; the Civil War 'home front'; emancipation; the elements of Confederate defeat and Union victory; and the meaning of the war for American nationalism."

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
1 646-366-9666
Target Audience
Secondary
Start Date
Cost
None ($400 stipend)
Course Credit
"Participants who complete the seminar in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate. Teachers may use this certificate to receive in-service credit, subject to the policy of their district. No university credit is offered for the course."
Duration
One week
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

"This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

"This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Nine days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

"This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

"This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom."

Contact name
Packer, Barbara
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Five days
End Date

Primarily Teaching: Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

Description

"This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom."

Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Archives
Target Audience
Fourth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$100.00
Course Credit
Not listed
Duration
Ten days
End Date

Leadership and Life in Revolutionary America

Description

This seminar will "focus on Virginia's political leadership and cultural life in the era of the American Revolution. Participants will gain an understanding of the unique events and dynamics that prevailed in mid-to-late 18th-century Virginia and will be given the tools to incorporate this newfound knowledge directly into their classrooms in order to enrich students' educational experiences."

Contact name
McFarland, Kenneth M.
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Monticello-Stratford Hall
Phone number
1 804-493-8038
Target Audience
Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
Start Date
Cost
$650.00
Course Credit
"Upon successful completion of the seminar, six semester hours of graduate credit in history will be awarded by the University of Virginia."
Contact Title
Director of Education
Duration
Three weeks
End Date