Annual Conference: Teaching with Historic Places - 2012
A workshop for K-12 educators
and historical organizations
June 9th, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
2012 Theme: The War of 1812, James Madison and James Monroe
Click here to Register for the 2012 Workshop
Information on the 2012 Workshop
The conference is aimed at K-12 teachers, as well as curators and docents from historical societies or museums. Certified K-12 teachers will receive a stipend for participating. Museum and historical society professionals are welcome to attend. The fee will be $20.
To register, please click on the link above.
SOL-based lesson plans on the War of 1812 will be distributed to all participants.
A light continental breakfast and lunch are included with registration.
"Teaching with Historic Places" is sponsored by the Tusculum Institute and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
2012 Schedule & Registration
To register for the conference, please click on the link on the left. The deadline for registration is June 5th.
9 June 2012 - Schedule of Events
9:00 - Welcome, Dr. Lynn Rainville (Director, Tusculum Institute)
9:15 - "What you and your students should know about the War of 1812," Prof. Don Hickey (historian and author). Read more about Prof. Hickey.
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 - "Live from 1812" Lesson Plan Demonstration, Rita Bradunas (Baltimore City School Teacher)
11:15 - "Bringing your students to James Madison's Montpelier," Sterilng Howell (Museum Educator, Montpelier). Read more about Montpelier.
Noon - lunch
12:30 Virginia Resources on the War of 1812, Stuart Butler (military historian)
12:45 - "America's Second War for Independence - The War of 1812," Dennis Bigelow (Monroe Interpreter at Ash-Lawn Highland, Performing as President James Monroe). Learn more about Mr. Monroe's doppleganger.
1:45 - Learning about James Monroe at Ash-Lawn-Highland and the James Monroe Museum, Bigelow and Jarod Kearney, (Curator, James Monroe Museum)
2:45 - Other Resources for Teachers, Dr. Rainville and Dr. Bob Carter (Director, DHR's Sweet Briar Satellite Office)
3:30 - End of the Workshop
Visit the Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission website.
