[Tasl] Teacher Institute 2008

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 The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will host its Seventh Annual
Teacher Institute from July 25-27, 2008 in Hagerstown, MD. This free
weekend will feature "field trip" tours of Antietam and Harpers
Ferry, focusing on techniques teachers can use to make a battlefield
visit a central part of their Civil War curriculum.

Workshops this year include:

*Civil War Lost and Found: An Antietam Soldier's Diary

*Civil War Service Records as Primary Source

*Organizing a Youth Re-enactment Program

*Teaching the Civil War with Technology

*Creating a Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Event

*Economic Issues in the Civil War

*Lincoln Assassination Murder Mystery

*Marie Tepe: Vivandiere – Women in the Civil War

*Teaching the Civil War to Elementary Students

*Creating a Student Living History Museum

The Saturday Field Trip choices are:

*Antietam – Includes two NPS Education programs (Battlefield in a
Box, & Angels of the Battlefield, battlefield tour, living history

*Harpers Ferry – Includes three NPS Education programs (John Brown,
Civil War in Harpers Ferry, and African American Experience),
battlefield tour

Workshops are designed not only to impart specific information about the
era but also a variety of pedagogical strategies to help teachers bring
the Civil War to life in their classrooms.

Once again, Virginia Tech's Center for Civil War Studies will be an
active partner in the institute, and Dr. James I. "Bud"
Robertson, director of the center, will be a keynote speaker at the
institute. Through our partnership with Virginia Tech, CWPT is able to
offer Continuing Education Unit credits to participating educators.

The CWPT Teacher Institute is provided at no direct cost to teachers,
who have only to pay for their room and travel. CWPT anticipates being
able to provide travel stipends for 10 or more teachers who would not
otherwise have been able to attend due to geographic or funding
constraints. Stipend applications will be made available to teachers in
the near future.

The hotel will be the Sheraton Four Points, Hagerstown. Call (301)
790.3010 to make your reservations. Rooms are $75 per night. Teachers
must mention "CWPT Teacher Institute" to get this rate. Parking is
free.

Sheraton Four Points Hagerstown
1910 Dual Highway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 790-3010

There is a $50 registration deposit that is refunded after completion of
the program.

For more information, contact the Civil War Preservation Trust at (301)
665.1400 X 204 or by email at info at civilwar.org
<mailto:info at civilwar.org> . Registration forms and details on the CWPT
Teacher Institute can also be found on the web at
http://www.civilwar.org/historyctandclassrm.htm
   
  
<http://mail.civilwar.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.civilwar.\
org/historyctandclassrm.htm> .


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