Participant's Guide to the
Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute
2009

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 2008 Teacher Institute:

Everything was so relevant to what we teach that you could see yourself teaching and using all the information we have gathered. My mind is exploding with new ideas to make this material come alive. I cannot wait to start planning for my new school year.

This has been an outstanding week; I have not only learned information to take back to my classroom but I have learned lessons that I will take back as a citizen of the United States. Having a better understanding of the events that led to the creation of our nation allows me to be a more involved citizen.

The Williamsburg experience was incredible. It seems as if you stepped into the pages of a history book and back into the past. I experienced the trials and hardships as well as the light hearted fun of the days of freed slaves and gentry. I watched as Virginia went from being loyal to the king to declaring independence from Britain and the beginning of a new independent free nation. These events shaped what the United States is, what it represents, and what it shall become, a nation that leads and is one whose citizens proudly protect and proclaim freedom for all.

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