Spearker Seminar Series - Year 3

Each year will feature a speaker series that draws from a pool of the best research and teaching faculty to cover a variety of provocative topics. Each session will be hosted at a relevant local historical site. All sessions will be held 6:00 – 8:30 PM. Participation in the Speaker Seminar Series is open to teachers of American history within the five participating school divisions (Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Greene County, Madison County and Orange County). Teachers attending 3 of 4 seminars per semester will receive a stipend of $250.

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2008-09 Schedule of Speakers

	September 9: Motivate and Inspire:  Teaching with Primary Source Documents LeeAnn Potter Director of Education Center for the National Archives Experience National Archives and Records Administration Jefferson Library, Monticello (website | directions)
	September 16: Elections in the 20th Century Dr. Paul Martin Miller Center for Public Affairs University of Virginia Miller Center (website | directions)
	October 7: America’s Response to the Holocaust Dr. Peter Black, Chief Historian United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Special Collections Library (website | directions)
	November 11: The Civil War & Reconstruction Dr. Edward Ayers, President University of Richmond Montpelier (website | directions, map)
	December 9: The American Revolution: Massachusetts and Virginia Perspective Dr. Robert Gross Department of History University of Connecticut Special Collections Library (website | directions)
	January 13: The British Perspective of the Declaration of Independence Dr. Paul Halliday Department of History University of Virginia Jefferson Library, Monticello (website | directions)
	February 10: 20th Century Labor Movements Dr. Joe McCartin Department of History Georgetown University (website | directions)
	March 10: Modern America, Immigrant America Dr. Carl Bon Tempo Department of History Princeton University Miller Center (website | directions)
	March 31: Civil Rights in Virginia History Dr. Paul Gaston Department of History University of Virginia Dome Room, Rotunda (website | directions)