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Northern Virginia Community College Spring
2010, Course History 298: JTHG Teaching with Local Historic Sites
Loudoun County, Virginia
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| “I can hang
the rest of what I want to do in the curriculum on these historic places.” Fourth
grade Loudoun County teacher |
Scholarships
available for 4th, 6th, 7th, & 11th grade classroom history teachers.
Sponsor: Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership and
the Northern Virginia Community College
Location: Northern Virginia Community College, Loudoun Campus
Instructor: Rich Gillespie, Director of Ed., Mosby Heritage Area
Cost: $315.45. Out-of-state tuition: $869.70. Scholarships
available.
Start Date: January 22, 2010
Contact:
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Phone: 540-882-4929
Registration: Registration
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Course Description
History 298 helps educators use local historic sites in their teaching,
both to enliven it and to introduce students to the significance of the history
in their back yards. The course will discuss creative ways to use historic
sites within the Journey Through Hallowed Ground region and examine how local
places transform the way students think and see history.
Take the Journey
- Walk, with moonlight and lanterns as your guides, along the Underground
Railroad
- Sit on the floor of the Kennedy farm house where John Brown crafted the
Harpers Ferry plan
- Explore the haunted battlefield of Ball’s Bluff and visit
the private presidential home of James Monroe
- Relive an historic ambush by Mosby and his Rangers
- Visit local sites you’ve never heard of before, but will never
forget; all while receiving recertification credits and complimentary admission
to the JTHG 2010 Annual Conference
Teach the Journey
- Give students an opportunity to live history as they experience powerful
stories of leadership and civic responsibility
- Introduce participants to the significance of local history and help
them discover how historical decisions impact us today
- Apply what you’ve learned from Gene Scheel’s Loudoun History
course(s), or start fresh here
Course Scholarships
Full scholarships are available through the Journey Through Hallowed Ground
for participants who teach 4th, 6th, 7th or 11th grade U.S. and Virginia
History. E-mail instructor Rich Gillespie at
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for scholarship application or call 540-822-4351. In-state cost for
the course is $315.45.
Sample Class Session
Last year, participants found themselves
huddled in the upper room of the Kennedy Farm House, an unassuming home near
Harpers Ferry where John Brown and his men hid for days prior to their ill
fated raid. Educators dropped into the boots of the 1859 raiders replacing
traditional question and answer sessions with careful analysis of the political
world at that time - interpretation of period newspapers, exploration of
legal documents and legislative options for John Brown in his quest to abolish
slavery, and a dramatic reading of Brown’s words during a final conversation
with his friend, Frederick Douglass. At the completion participants were
left with the question, “What would you do if you were John Brown?” And
that was only the first hour!
Eisenhower
Acadamy — Presents an In-Depth Perspective Of Dwight D.
Eisenhower as President and World Leader, and Introduces Effective Strategies
for Teaching The Cold War Era in the Classroom
Adams County, Pennsylvania
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Sponsor: National Park Service, Gettysburg College, and
Mount St. Mary's University
Location: Gettysburg College and Eisenhower National Historic
Site in Gettysburg, PA
Cost: Total cost of $725 includes lodging and meals, banquets,
special evening events, field trips. Cost for day students is $475.
Registration: Deadline: June 1, 2010
Duration: Six days
Start Date: July 11, 2010
End Date: July 16, 2010
Contact:
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Phone: 717-338-9114 ext. 10
Website: www.nps.gov/eise
Course Description
The 13th annual Eisenhower Academy, a summer institute
for teachers, presents an in-depth perspective of Dwight D. Eisenhower as
president and world leader, and introduces effective strategies for teaching
the Cold War era in the classroom. Lectures and discussion cover civil rights,
the Cold War, 1950's economics, popular culture, and new scholarship on the
Eisenhower Presidency. Field trips include a visit to the Eisenhowers’ home
and a guided walk through historic Gettysburg to explore Eisenhower’s
life and times in the community. Professional education credits and
graduate credits are available.
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Northern Virginia Community College Spring
Course History 298: Teaching with Local Historic Sites along the JTHG. The
Journey Through Hallowed Ground, in partnership with instructor, Rich Gillespie
of the Northern Virginia
Community College, will introduce participants to the nature and value of our
regional historic resources to allow educators to employ this historic
landscape comfortably and dynamically in their history classroom. The course
will explore innovative ways to incorporate historic sites into the social
studies curriculum and creative strategies to eliminate roadblocks that
prevent on-site visits.
Course participants will travel to a variety
of local heritage sites during the semester. Each field trip will include
visits with historical experts who enhance background knowledge as well
as hands-on activities that demonstrate how these sites can be integrated
into classroom learning and enrich students’ understanding
and perspective.
As a course finale, participants
will adopt a local historical site an “Adopt
A Site” plan. This plan will include an examination of the site's history
and themes, a lesson plan that requires students to explain how material
learned at the site is relevant to our contemporary world and SOL connections.
Sample Journey: Last year,
participants found themselves huddled in the upper room of the Kennedy
Farm House, an unassuming home near Harpers Ferry where John Brown and
his men hid for days prior to their ill fated raid. Educators dropped
into the boots of the 1859 raiders replacing traditional question and
answer sessions with careful analysis of the political world at that
time - interpretation of period newspapers, exploration of legal documents
and legislative options for John Brown in his quest to abolish slavery,
and a dramatic reading of Brown’s words during a final conversation with
his friend, Frederick Douglass. At the completion participants were left with
the question, “What
would you do if you were John Brown?” And that was only the first
hour!
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