During this professional development program, you will join up to 25 teachers to learn about Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and the city of Washington during the Civil War!

• Walk in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln, his “Team of Rivals” and the Confederate spies who plotted against him at Ford’s Theatre;
• Experience the home of a southern sympathizer in historic Georgetown, and learn how she saved her beloved estate from devastation;
• Learn about Contraband Camps and Emancipation Day as you follow Lincoln’s commute to and from the Old Soldiers’ Home on a hill north of the city; and
• Visit historic Anacostia and the gracious home of Frederick Douglass as he helped raise up the formerly enslaved during and after Reconstruction.

After the Civil War Washington program, you will have: 

• A virtual knapsack of digital tools and resources for your classroom; 
• Lasting connections with a national network of fellow teachers and museum educators; 
• Improved  oratory skills to get your students on their feet performing speeches by Lincoln and Douglass; 
• Confidence taking students on content-driven experiential learning adventures; and
• Skills and strategies on how to use classroom drama to help historic characters come alive.