Ford’s Theatre teaching artist Stephen F. Schmidt plans with D.C. teachers as part of the 2009 Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows summer institute.

Ford’s Theatre is committed to engaging education professionals in developing meaningful and useful tools and skills that enhance teaching history and leadership to middle and high school students using theatre, speech and storytelling.

SUMMER INSTITUTE SESSION I

Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows Session I [PDF]

June 27 – July 1, & September 18, 2010

(For DCPS & PCS 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th Grade Teachers Only)

SUMMER INSTITUTE SESSION II

Civil War Washington Teacher Fellows Session II [PDF]

July 11 – 16, 2010

(For Teachers from the D.C. metropolitan area and around the country)

Join up to 25 teachers to learn about Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Washington during the Civil War!

• Walk in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln, his “Team of Rivals,” and 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 the Union army;
• Learn about the contraband camps and Emancipation Day as you follow Lincoln’s commute to and from the Old Soldier’s Home on a hill north of the city; and
• Visit historic Anacostia and the beautiful home of Frederick Douglass as he helped raise up the formerly enslaved during and after Reconstruction.

Come away from your week in Washington familiar with: an array of virtual tours, the oratory skills to get your students on their feet performing speeches by Lincoln and Douglass; comfortable taking students on content-driven experiential learning adventures; and excited about using classroom drama to help historic characters come alive!

Hosted by the Civil War Washington Consortium: Ford’s Theatre Society; Frederick Douglass National Historic Site; Tudor Place Historic House and Garden and President Lincoln’s Cottage

FUNDED IN PART BY THE CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS FOUNDATION

Please contact us to receive more information about the Civil War Washington Teacher Fellowships.

DOWNLOAD: Teacher's Guide to Ford's [Zip Compressed File]