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Teacher Institute in Early American History

Teacher Institute 2009 Elementary School Programs:
  • June 16 - 23
  • July 7 - 14
  • July 21 - 28

2009 Middle/High School Programs:

  • June 17 -24
  • July 8-15
  • July 22-29

2009 High School Programs:

  • June 24-July 1

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 McKee,
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
P. O. Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187
or call (757) 565-8417 or fax (757) 565-8916.