Teacher Workshop: “Letters From the Front: Life in George Washington’s Army”

Teacher Workshop: Thursday, August 11, 2011
8:30 AM to 4PM

“Letters From the Front: Life in George Washington’s Army”
An ACT 48 History Workshop for K – 12 Teachers

Presented by the
David Library of the American Revolution
in association with
Pennsylvania Coalition for Representative Democracy (PennCORD)

Keynote Lecturer:

Edward G. Lengel, Ph. D.
Professor and Editor in Chief of the George Washington Papers
at the University of Virginia

The workshop, open to K-12 educators, will introduce teachers to the experience of soldiering in the Continental Army as seen through the eyes of officers and men during the Revolutionary War.

The workshop will draw on the David Library’s Sol Feinstone Collection of original manuscripts. Thomas J. McGuire, teacher and author of The Philadelphia Campaign will be a co-presenter.

To register, or for further information, contact William P. Tatum III, Sol Feinstone Scholar at the David Library: tatum@dlar.org or 215.493.6776 ext. 103. Registrants must provide their name, email address, school, grade(s) taught, and for awarding of ACT 48 Credits, Professional Personal ID #.