Teacher Workshops

Teachers complete a drawing workshop on the White House with Peter Waddell.

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President's Park offers a variety of teacher workshops throughout the year that focus on a number of disciplines.

These workshops are designed to complement our in-park and in-classroom activities for students, and help teachers better understand the history of the White House, its grounds, and all of President's Park. Teacher workshops also promote a sense of stewardship of the cultural and natural resources found here and in all national parks.

We welcome suggestions for future workshops or symposia from educators. If you would like to suggest a topic or area for a workshop, please contact us.

 

Current Teacher Workshops

Civil Rights & The Women's Movement for Equality

Don't miss this opportunity to learn from National Park Service experts, historians, authors, professors, museum educators, and rangers from your home this summer! Please register for our FREE five-day teacher workshop and join an online community of educators from across the country for an immersive exploration of teaching tools using National Park Service sites. Explore historic homes, museum objects, historic letters, photographs, maps, poems, cartoons, and art. Educators from different sites will explore connections among their collections and resources and model teaching strategies that participants can then implement with their students, whether online or in the
classroom.

Course Dates and Registration:

The live sessions in this course will run from July 13-17, 2020. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation notice. Two weeks before the program, you will receive the course schedule and additional resources that will be used during this program. For questions about registration, please e-mail us.

Who Will You Learn From During the Week?

• Authors
• National Archives Museum Staff
• National Park Service Staff
• White House Historical Association Staff
• U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Staff

Who Should Attend?

Teachers of all subjects and grades 4-12 are welcome to register.

What Will Participants Accomplish?

• Gain expertise from interacting with different National Park sites through live webinar sessions.
• Learn about untold stories in history on women of all ethnic groups who broke barriers.
• Explore inquiry-based strategies for integrating National Park sites using objects, letters, poems, photographs, cartoons, and art into your teaching, whether in the classroom or online.
• Learn to use the National Park Service digital resource collections and share lesson ideas with your colleagues.
• Add to your support network of peers when collaborating in small groups during the breakout sessions.

What is Required of Participants?

Registered participants will be required to attend live content sessions delivered through one of these platforms: Microsoft Teams, WebEx, Adobe Connect, or Skype each day, as well as a daily virtual meeting with small groups to reflect on sessions and discuss ideas for classroom implementation. Live sessions will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. EDT daily, with breaks between sessions. The sessions will be about one hour each.

What Technology is Required?

We recommend that participants use a computer equipped with a microphone and webcam. If you have a headset, it's recommended but not required.

How Can Participants Earn Professional Development Credit?

Participants will receive a certificate documenting their participation, including the number of professional development hours, upon completion of the course an electronic copy will be sent to each participant.

Click here to register!