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Let’s C-SPAN It Up!

Portions from this year’s Teachers’ Institute, co-hosted by the White House Historical Association, will be broadcast on C-SPAN over the coming weeks. The schedule for this weekend is:

Saturday, August 15

12:55pm-2:05pm Mount Vernon: Teachers’ Institute – Richard Norton Smith
2:05pm-3:00pm Mount Vernon: Teachers’ Institute – Scott Berg

Sunday, August 16

1:00pm-3:00pm Mount Vernon: Teachers’ Institute – Panel Discussion A Woman’s Touch: The Role of the First Lady featuring Cokie Roberts, Catherine Clinton, Catherine Allgor, and Patricia Brady, moderated by Sally McDonough

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm and is filed under George Washington Teachers' Institute. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Let’s C-SPAN It Up!”

  1. Lee Ann Says:
    August 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    I was at the Mt. Vernon Teachers’ Institute and the panel discussion of the Role of the First Lady was really incredible. The others were good, too. Be sure to watch it!

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