FUTURE PROGRAMS

Additional programming will continue to be developed and will be offered beginning September 2008. These programs consist of:

• The Geography of War (The Unfolding of the War on the American Continent)
• One Nation Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All (Legacies of the Civil War)
• The People of Tredegar (Who worked at Tredegar and what did they do?)
• Heroes and Heroines (Famous Americans and their contributions to the Civil War, Civil Rights, and Women's Suffrage)

Teacher Development Workshops

The Foundation already has a track record of conducting successful teacher training, having conducted a National Endowment for Humanities-funded workshop for teachers using nationally renowned historians, and having led several in-service training sessions for area teachers. In the future the Foundation will conduct annual summer workshops featuring leading scholars and aimed at training teachers in the use of our educational website. At least some of this training will be held on-site at the Center. Teachers will earn continuing education units by participating in these programs.

The programs/workshops under development will consist of:

• Guest historian lecturers
• Website training
• The use of primary and secondary sources in the study of history
• Teaching the Civil War from three perspectives: Union, Confederate, African-American
• A supplementary series of published monographs on key aspects of the Civil War, its causes and legacies.

Virginia Standards of Learning

All education programs are developed to meet the Virginia Standards of Learning, and are designed to increase the students understanding of the subject matter.