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Next CWSG Program
10:30 AM, Friday, Aug. 25th
Lake of the Woods Clubhouse, Lower Level
Rod Hawkins (left above) reports on
the Civil War Trust's
National Teacher Institute at Memphis, Tenn.
Each year, the Civil War Study Group provides a $1,000.00 scholarship to a deserving area teacher, sending him or her to the annual National Teacher Institute held by the Civil War Trust. This is our fourth year to award the scholarship.
Rod Hawkins submitted the winning application that was selected by the Orange County Va. Public Schools. He is shown here accepting the scholarship check from CWSGI President Charles Brewer.
Rod is an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Prospect Heights Middle School in Orange. He attended the Institute in mid-July and will give CWSGI a report on the activities, lectures, battlefield tours and other events packed into the four-day event under the direction of the Civil War Trust.
The public is invited. At the Lake of the Woods clubhouse, 205 Lakeview Pkwy, Locust Grove, Va.
Below is the Civil War Trust's email notification of the completion of this year's Teachers Institute. Rod Hawkins is the gentleman in the green shirt in the middle of the photo!
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TEACHER INSTITUTE IN MEMPHIS
Earlier this month, the Civil War Trust’s Education Department hosted its annual Teacher Institute in Memphis, Tennessee. Some 176 educators from around the world participated in this fun and unique experience. The event offered educational workshops, networking opportunities, and tours of Shiloh Battlefield, the National Civil Rights Museum, and Memphis’s very own Graceland. We were also pleased to announce that Shirley Mae Snyder was selected as our 2017 Teacher of the Year with David Wege as the recipient of the Abroe-Carter Award; congratulations to both of those dedicated teachers. We would like to thank the teachers who came out to Memphis and dedicated their time and efforts to becoming better educators. Teachers are integral in fostering a spirit of historical appreciation and their dedication is widely appreciated at the Trust. We are excited to announce that next year's Teacher Institute will be hosted at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and we look forward to continuing our work with teachers to support and promote history in and out of the classroom!
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Plus ... don't miss these special events:
August 5 and 6. Friends of Cedar Mountain Battlefield presents the 155th anniversary living history weekend at Cedar Mountain Battlefield. Combined arms demonstrations, battle scenario, Confederate and Federal camps open to the public. For details CLICK HERE.
August 10. Our October CWSG dinner speaker, NPS Chief Historian John Hennessy, will present "Fredericksburg: City of Hospitals" at 7 p.m. at St. George's Episcopal Church, 905 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg. An added treat at 6 p.m. in the church undercroft will be a living history presentation by Dr. Jon Willen, of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Md. For details, CLICK HERE.
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