FYI: A Summer Workshop for Educators on Using Historical Documents in the Classroom

This workshop provides a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work that introduces teachers to the holdings and organization of the National Archives. Participants will learn how to do research in historical records, create classroom material from records, and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities. Each participant selects and prepares to research a specific topic, searches the topic in the records of the National Archives, and develops a teaching unit that can be presented in his or her own classroom.

Presented by staff of the National Archives and Records Administration:

• The National Archives in Washington, DC, June 24 - July 3, 2008 *
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Denver, CO, July 14 - 18, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Chicago, IL, July 14 - 18, 2008 *
• The Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, TX, July 28 - August 1, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Waltham, MA, July 28 - August 1, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Laguna Niguel, CA, July 29 - August 5, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Philadelphia, PA, August 4 - 8, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Fort Worth, TX August 4 - 8, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, New York, NY, August 11 - 15, 2008
• The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, TX, August 11 - 15, 2008
• The National Archives Regional Facility, Seattle, WA, August 18 - 22, 2008

Workshop Overview with Location Details and How to Apply