2004 Teacher Institute

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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library offered a three-day Teachers’ Institute during the summer of 2004 entitled “The Civil War: Virginia at a Crossroads.”  The presentations were geared to 4th and 5th grade teachers and provided in-depth study of an important era covered in Virginia SOLs.  A variety of activities, classroom lesson plans, and interpretive materials were incorporated in the presentations.  The institute was sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Bank of America.    

The program topics and speakers were:                                                                                                                                                                                                     

"The Burning" of the Shenandoah Valley, John Heatwole, historian and author

Virginia's Place in the War, Drs. Dorothy and Clifton Potter, Lynchburg College

Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Philip Stone, President of Bridgewater College

Frederick Douglas and Early Abolitionists, Dr. Scot French, University of Virginia 

Robert E. Lee, Dr. Cash Koingner, Washington and Lee University    

Slavery in the Valley, Nancy Sorrells, historian and author   

Stonewall Jackson’s Valley campaign, Robert Krick, historian and author   

Medicine in the Civil War, National Museum of Civil War Medicine   

Technological divisions between the North and South, Rick Potter, Curator, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library   

Civil War Sites in the Valley, Robert Moore, historian and author   

“Valley of the Shadow” project, Andy Mink, University of Virginia, Virginia Center for Digital History   

Ulysses S. Grant, Dr. Philip Dillard, James Madison University   

Using primary sources in the classroom, Sue Simmons, historian and teacher