“Ancestry in your Classroom” is a workshop on doing ancestry research with your students, It will be offered by Judith Painter and colleagues at Andrew Lewis Middle School in Salem, Virginia, on Saturday April 18. Deadline for registration is April 6, or April 1 if you will need lodging.
We are excited this year to be offering a workshop on Ancestry research for your students and ideas to incorporate Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, and Fold3 into your classroom. This workshop is for teachers of all curricular areas and all levels. The features covered are all available for FREE to teachers. We will be offering you even more ideas for incorporating geography and history through these two aspects into your classrooms!!!
Join us for these sessions at Andrew Lewis Middle School, in Salem, VA.
A workshop for teachers and pre-service teachers is being offered Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Andrew Lewis Middle School in Salem, VA. A Friday night hotel is an option for those driving a longer distance (double-occupancy). Recertification points will be awarded for attendance and participation.
Workshop sessions will offer instruction, classroom activities, and free materials for all grade levels
Workshop sessions will be offered from 9:00am until 3:30pm Saturday.
Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of registration form (see link below) and check.
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Teachers will be engaged in learning how to utilize Ancestry Classroom, Newspapers.com, and Fold3 as well as Journey Through Hallowed Ground’s lessons relating to Civil War soldiers. Ancestry Classroom offers a unique opportunity for teachers to incorporate ancestry research by their students into existing curriculum.
Newspapers.com will give teachers access to historic newspapers from 1700-today from their locality and the world (not all newspapers have been digitized). Fold3 is a database of soldiers from the Revolutionary War to modern era that often includes artifacts about the soldier. Journey Through Hallowed Ground is a non-profit organization that promotes the history of the Civil War on Route 15 from Monticello to Gettysburg. Their current work includes planting a tree for every soldier (north and south) who died during the Civil War.
Websites are FREE.
Three teachers will be presenting on Ancestry and extension activities at the workshop.
| Jenny Motley Lucy Addison Middle School Roanoke, VA*14 years experience teaching US History, English, and Reading *Jenny will be co-teaching how to utilize the Ancestry.com resources. Additionally, she will be sharing an activity on the Boston Tea Party that utilizes the resources available. |
Judith Painter Andrew Lewis Middle School Salem, VA*23 years experience teaching Geography, US &World History, Government, and Humanities *Judith will be co-teaching how to utilize the Ancestry.com resources. Additionally, she will be sharing an activity about world events using the resources and JTHG Civil War lessons. |
Julie Stoltz Rowan County Early College High School, Salisbury, NC*16 years experience teaching English, US History, ESOL, and Spanish *Julie will be sharing extension activities for using Ancestry through her research with primary sources on the migration of Scots from Scotland to North Carolina on the Great Wagon Trail and via Cape Fear. |
