Teacher Institutes
Interested in learning strategies to teach about European Explorers in the Americas? Want to know more about the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica (Maya, Inca, and Aztec)? Explore the cartographic knowledge of the world in the sixteenth century. You will be able to do all of this and more by using Library of Congress primary sources. Register to attend the Library of Congress Exploring the Early Americas Teacher Institute. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition Exploring the Early Americas as its foundation. Learn how to make this era in history come alive for student using images, manuscripts, letters, three-dimensional objects, and maps.
Dates:
- Friday, March 12, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm
- Saturday, March 13, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm
- Monday, March 15, 2010; 8:30 am – 4 pm
The Fall session for all three days is full and no longer available for registration. We will offer it again in the Spring. An announcement will be sent via email.
Register for one-day institutes
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Noon
John Hebert will discuss "The Matteo Ricci World Map"
Exploring the Early Americas Exhibition, 2nd Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building
February 11, 2009
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of Exploring the Early Americas
“La Florida”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, 2nd Floor, NW Gallery, Jefferson Building
May 13, 2009
Barbara Tenenbaum, curator of the Exploring the Early Americas
“Mesoamerican Ballgames: The Sport of Life or Death”
Exploring the Early Americas exhibition, 2nd Floor, NW Gallery, Jefferson Building