Participant's Guide to the
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute
in Early American History
2008

During the Institute

The Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute will improve your ability to teach U.S. History. We want you to get all you can out of your experience while you are here. Sessions with a peer facilitator will help you focus on ways to actively apply the content in the classroom. Daily evaluations help us focus and improve the Institute.

Here are just a few comments from teachers who attended the 2007 Teacher Institute:

The entire experience was the best I’ve been through in my 32 years of teaching everything including the accommodations was the best; thank you for all your hard work; I recommend this experience to all teachers of social studies.

The trials and elections were great! I found a great way to teach these concepts in a meaningful and memorable way. They were also great lessons with relatively easy preparation, but with a huge payout in learning.

I really like the continuous use of primary sources in teaching different concepts. It not only explains what happened through history, but it shows how we know what we know. It also shows kids the necessity of knowing information rather than guessing.

Schedules | Lodging and Dining | Materials | Application Sessions  
Evaluations | Final Project