CONTENTS
Education
in America
Primary
Source
Teaching
Strategy
Colonial Williamsburg Teaching Resources
Teaching News
Quote of the Month
The
Next
Electronic Field Trip is
"A Publick Education"
March 11, 2004
2003-2004 Teaching
Resources Catalog
2003–2004 Electronic Field
Trip Scholarships
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March
is
Women's History
Month!
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TOP STORIES
Education
in America
Before the American Revolution, education
was a privilege accorded to the wealthy
few. The vast majority of people in America
and Europe received only a rudimentary
education.The American Revolution, however,
marked a distinct change in American attitudes
about education. Learn
More.
Primary
Source: The Education of 18th-Century Gentry Children
This month, we feature quotes from the journal
of tutor Philip Vickers Fithian and a letter from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter,
Patsy. Both Fithian and Jefferson describe the type of education received by young ladies and gentlemen of the gentry, or wealthy, class in eighteenth-century Virginia.
Learn
More!
Teaching Strategy: Education-Related Primary Sources on the Internet
A selection of Internet links to sites offering a wide variety of materials concerning the history of education or the use of primary sources in the classroom. Do some investigating and see what great resources you can find! Learn
More!
Colonial
Williamsburg Teaching Resources for Your
Classroom
Colonial
Williamsburg offers a variety of quality
instructional materials dealing with 18th-century
life, including:
—Aesops' Fables cards
—Eighteenth-century writing implements
—A Day in the Life (instructional video series)
—Hands-On
History: Slave's Bag (object kit)
—Hands-On History: Lady's Pocket (object kit)
—Mary Geddy's Day (book)
—If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days (book)
—Our Common Passage (videotape)
Learn More!
Teaching
News
The 2004 NCHE (National Council for History Education) National Conference will be held on April 1–3, 2004 in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme for the conference is “Explorations in World History: Commemorating the Anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition."
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a NCHE sponsoring partner. Our partnership extends throughout NCHE's many programs and initiatives to revolutionize American history education across the United States. Each year, we are pleased to offer professional development opportunities to educators participating in the national conference. This year, Colonial Williamsburg will again host the Thursday evening opening reception. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet President Thomas Jefferson and hear some of his views on the Louisiana Purchase and his Presidency. They can meet Mr. Jefferson again (and a surprise guest!) during Friday's opening general session. Learn More!
Quote
of the Month
"Every
child must be encouraged to get as much
education as he has the ability to take.
We want this not only for his sake—but
for the nation's sake. Nothing matters more
to the future of our country: not military
preparedness—for armed might is worthless
if we lack the brainpower to build a world
of peace; not our productive economy—for
we cannot sustain growth without trained
manpower; not our democratic system of government—for
freedom is fragile if citizens are ignorant."
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Special message to Congress
January 12, 1965
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Volume
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