Peopling the Past: Schedule

April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec

Jan | Feb | March | April

April 11:
- Master Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm
April 13:
- Cohort Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm for Culpeper, Orange, Fauquier, & Manassas
April 21:
- Cohort Teacher orientation from 4-6 pm for Clarke, Frederick, & Winchester
Reading assignments and books provided at this time

Summer Institute Books:
Portrait of America Volumes I and II edited by Stephen B. Oates and Charles J. Errico
The New American History edited by Eric Foner
Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts by Sam Wineburg
The Reader’s Companion to American History edited by Eric Foner and John A. Garraty

Book Group Books:
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial by Suzanne Lebsock
Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era by Elaine Tyler May

Book groups meet to discuss American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
May 19:
- All Groups: Post online reflection on American Scripture
May 23:
- Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas and Orange group meets from 4-6 pm
May 25:
- Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester group meets from 4-6 pm

June 11:
- Eric Foner workshop
- 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Optional – cohorts one and 2 are invited

July 6-8 and 12-14:
- Summer Institute will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30-4:00 pm
July 6:
- Welcome, Roy Rosenzweig and Elly Greene
- “Production of Historical Knowledge,” Mills Kelly
- “Constitution and Early Republic,” Rosemarie Zagarri
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
July 7:
- “George Washington,” Peter Henriques
- Mount Vernon Site Visit with Guided Tour
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
July 8:
- “Slavery,” Adam Rothman
- Library of Congress Hands On Website Presentation, Digital Reference Specialists: Danna Bell-Russell, Peter Armenti, and Christine Pruzin
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
July 9:

Field Trip Module Participants Only: Post online reflection on Mt. Vernon site visit

July 12:
- “Abolition,” Carla Peterson
- “Frederick Douglass,” Jeffrey Stewart
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
July 13:
- “Civil War and Reconstruction,” Jane Censer
- Manassas Battlefield Site Visit, discussion and Tour, Robert Sutton & Timothy Nosal
July 14:
- National Museum of the American Indian Site Visit
- Morning presentation with museum staff
- Afternoon visit exhibits and Cultural Resource Center
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
July 16:

Cohort post online reflection on 7/12-7/14 summer institute
Field Trip Module Participants Only: Post online reflection on Museum of the American Indian Site Visit

August 9-11:
- Summer Institute continued and will take place at George Mason University Prince William campus from 8:30-4:00 pm
August 9:
- “Immigration,” Timothy Meagher
- “Locating and Evaluating Online Historical Resources,” Sharon Leon
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
August 10:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Site Visit
- Morning orientation and self-guided tour
- Afternoon session with Education Specialist
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
August 11:
- “World War II,” Zachary Schrag
- “Post-1945,” Michael O'Malley
- Hands On Primary Source Workshop
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
August 12:

Field Trip Module Participants Only: E-mail reflection on Holocaust Memorial Museum Site Visit to Elly Greene

Brief description of primary sources and the two lessons in which you will teach them during September and in October by Oct. 14. Due via e-mail to Elly Greene.

Write up your experience with one of the primary source infusion lessons taught in September/October. Due via e-mail to Elly Greene

January 16 (Martin Luther King Day):
- “Civil Rights,” Wendi Manuel-Scott
- “Analyzing Online Primary Sources,” Sharon Leon
- Grade Level Break Out Groups
January 18:

Book groups meet to discuss Homeward Bound
February 24:
- All Groups: Post online reflection on Homeward Bound
February 27:
- All Groups: Culpeper, Fauquier, Manassas, Orange, Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester meets from 4-6 pm