These weeklong programs are designed for teachers grades 3-12.

Discover historical sites in Washington, D.C., to share with students.

• 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.
• Visit historic Anacostia and the gracious home of Frederick Douglass as he helped raise up the formerly enslaved during and after Reconstruction.

Learn new strategies and resources you can apply in the classroom.

• Explore a variety of digital tools and resources that can help you harness the power of primary sources in the classroom.
• Discover oratory skills that can get your students on their feet performing speeches by Lincoln and Douglass
• Gain confidence taking students on content-driven experiential learning adventures
• Learn skills and strategies on how to use classroom drama to help historic characters come alive.

Upon successful completion of the program participants will receive a certificate stating that they completed 34 contact hours.