August 20, 2008
by Mount Vernon Education Department
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Learning Center for Teachers opened in the spring of 2007, and since then our Education Center Manager, Diana Cordray, has worked hard to acquire every resource available for teaching about George Washington and the Revolutionary Era. The Learning Center for Teachers is open daily and is a place for teachers to review curriculum kits, books, and DVDs before purchasing, use the scholarly version of the Digital Papers of George Washington for free, and create a Resource Packet of teaching materials about George Washington and Mount Vernon to take back to the classroom. Each month, Diana will review a new teaching resource in order to introduce teachers to the many wonderful materials that can bring Mount Vernon to the classroom. And now for Diana’s review….
The Phoebe Apperson Hearst Learning Center for Teachers is fortunate to have educational materials from Teacher Created Materials. One item that is exceptionally beneficial to classrooms is the Primary Source Readers kit. Winner of the 2005 Golden Lamp Award from the Association of Educational Publishers, each kit contains: 6 copies of 16 content rich 24 page readers; lesson plans for each reader; teacher resource CD; and, 16 overheads. Continue reading Resource of the Month: “Primary Source Readers” »
Category: Classroom Resources, Teacher Opportunities
August 13, 2008
by Mount Vernon Education Department
The tenth year of George Washington Teachers’ Institutes has come to a close, and we are so sorry to see our teachers go! From a one week Institute for Mississippi teachers ten years ago, the George Washington Teachers’ Institutes have grown to four separate Institutes with teachers sponsored from 14 different states. This year, 84 teachers from Mississippi, Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Arkansas, Ohio, Florida, and Minnesota, were able to come to Mount Vernon and stay on the Estate grounds. The teachers listened to lectures by some of the best historians in the country, took behind-the-scenes tours of Mount Vernon Estate, went on field trips to Washington, DC or Philadelphia, and were able to cap off their evenings with sunset on George Washington’s own Piazza overlooking the Potomac River.
If you would like to view pictures from this year’s Teachers’ Institutes, or share your own photos that you took at the Institute, please go to www.flickr.com/photos/mountvernon.
Category: George Washington Teachers' Institute
August 6, 2008
by Mount Vernon Education Department
The George Washington Teachers’ Institute welcomes Mount Vernon area teachers to the Estate for two days of lectures, workshops, first person performances, and tours every July. The highlight of this year’s program was a discussion between Woody Holton, National Book Award winning author of Unruly Americans and the Origin of the Constitution, and Catherine Allgor, author of A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation, moderated by Emmy award winning journalist, Cokie Roberts. Director of Programs, Nancy Hayward, said, “We are dedicated to providing quality programs for our local teachers, and so we were delighted that over 200 teachers joined us for this special look at the role of the disenfranchised in the Constitution.” We would like to thank all the speakers who joined us for this event, as well as a special thanks to the First Federal Congress Project for co-sponsoring the program. This program is free to all teachers, and can be reserved by emailing education@mountvernon.org each June.
For the full 45 minute video, please email education@mountvernon.org for the YouTube link.
Category: George Washington Teachers' Institute, Professional Development, Teacher Opportunities
