Teacher Workshops

2010 Teacher Workshop
June 28-30 and August 2-4
Take a day out of your summer to enrich your students’ learning all year long!

Summer Teacher Workshops are designed to provide Virginia instructors with new insights into creating more engaging and stimulating lesson plans for their students. Each day-long session will focus on essential historical facts that the teacher can take back to the classroom. Emphasis will be placed on events of the past and their continued impact through time.


Age of Exploration

June 28th and August 2nd Program code: I

Analyze the rationale for European exploration and the outcome of their
voyages and discoveries.

History and Social Science SOLs: 1.3, 1.7, 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.9, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, WG.1, WG.12, WHII

Slavery & the Transatlantic Slave Trade

June 29th and August 3rd Program code: I

Investigate the inner workings of the Triangular Trade and slavery’s impact in the Americas.

History and Social Science SOLs: K.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8,
3.12, VS.3, VS.4, USI.4, USI.5, USI.8, USI.9, USII.5, WHI.10, WHII.4,
WHII.5, WHII.8, WG.1, VUS.2, VUS.3, VUS.6, VUS.7

Battle of Hampton Roads

June 30th and August 4th Program code: I

Examine the role ironclads played in the Peninsula Campaign and the overall Civil War effort.

History and Social Science SOLs: VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.9, USII.3, VUS.1, VUS.7

WORKSHOPS CAN BE TAKEN FOR RECERTIFICATION POINTS.

The fee of $40 per workshop or $100 for all three includes teaching materials, a catered lunch and admission to The Mariners’ Museum. Teachers will receive $5 off one session or $10 off the three-program rate if you register by March 15th.

To register, send the completed registration form and payment to the address or fax number listed on the form. To register by phone or for more information, please call (757) 591-7743.