Events

Teacher Institutes

A cooperative endeavor between the Interpretive Programs Office and the Office of Strategic Initiatives, this institute invites educators from across the country to learn about America’s founding documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—based on the Library’s primary and web based materials. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition Creating the United States as its foundation.

Dates:

Friday, March 26, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm
Saturday, March 27, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm FULL
Monday, March 29, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm

The Fall session for all three days is full and no longer available for registration. We will offer it again in the Spring. An announcement will be sent via email.

January 7, 2009
Gerard Gawalt, curator of Creating the United States
“The Formation of the Electoral College”
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

January 14, 2009
Janice Ruth (MSS)
“Abigail Adam’s Letter Asserting the Rights of Women”
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

February 4, 2009
John Hébert (G&M)
“John Mitchell’s Map of the Colonies”
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

May 20, 2009
Ray White, Music Division
Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner”
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

May 27, 2009
Daun van Ee, G&M Division
The Supreme Court’s Miranda Decision
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

June 10, 2009
Sara Duke, Prints and Photographs Division
Herb Block and the Bill of Rights
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building

June 17, 2009
Gerard Gawalt, curator of Creating the United States
Separation of Church and State
Creating the United States exhibition, 2nd Floor, SW Gallery, Jefferson Building