[WSCSS] NARA "Primarily Teaching" Summer Institute

[Carol Buswell]

Wonderful Washington Teachers!

It's official!  We are now offering the week-long National Archives'
"Primarily Teaching" workshop right here at the Seattle facility.  The
official press release follows.  We hope to see you there. Clock and
credit hours will be offered. Space is limited to 10 participants here
in Seattle, so let us know soon. 

Hope to see you there! 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OFFERS SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR EDUCATORS

The National Archives and Records Administration announces the dates
for its annual institutes for educators in the summer of 2008. 
Primarily Teaching: Original Documents and Classroom Strategies will be
held at twelve of the agency's locations including:

The Gerald Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI, June 16 - 20, 2008 
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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS, July 17 - 25, 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 

Primarily Teaching is designed to provide access to the rich resources
of the National Archives for educators at the upper elementary,
secondary, and college levels. Participants will learn how to research
the historical records, create classroom materials based on the records,
and present documents in ways that sharpen students' skills and
enthusiasm for history, government, and the other humanities. 

Each participant will search the holdings of the National Archives for
documents suitable for classroom use and develop strategies for using
these documents in the classroom or design professional development
activities to help classroom teachers use primary source documents
effectively.

The National Archives preserves and makes available to the public the
permanently valuable records of the United States government.  Although
the best known of these are the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, there are billions of textual
documents, maps, drawings, photographs, films, sound recordings, and
computer tapes in the National Archives holdings that record the
American experience of government from 1774 to the present.

The cost of the institute, including all materials, is $100.  
Graduate credit from a major university is available for an additional
fee. 
Participation in the Washington, DC, session is limited to 20 members;
participation in the sessions at the Presidential Libraries and regional
facilities is limited to 10 members each.

An application for the institute is available online at
http://www.archives.gov/education/primarily-teaching/ 

For more information about the institute, contact: 

Primarily Teaching 
Education Team (NWE) 
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Room G-9
Washington, DC  20408 
education at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
200 Southeast Fourth Street
Abilene, KS   67410
kim.barbieri at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
2313 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78705
Marsha.sharp at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
Gerald R. Ford Museum and Library
Museum:					Library:
303 Pearl Street, NW				1000 Beal Ave.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-5353		Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2114
Barbara.packer at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
1000 George Bush Drive West
College Station, TX 77845
Tel. (979) 691-4013; Fax (979) 691-4050
Shirley.hammond at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
NARA's Rocky Mountain Region
P.O Box 25307
Denver, CO 80225
lori.cox-paul at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff 
NARA's Mid-Atlantic Region
900 Market Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4292
leslie.simon at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago)
7358 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629 
chicago.archives at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel)
24000 Avila Road
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 
paul.wormser at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Northeast Region (Boston)
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02452
annie.davis at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth)
501 West Felix Street, Building 1 
Fort Worth, Texas 
jenny.mcmillen at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Northeast Region (New York City)
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10014
(Entrance on Houston Street, between Varick and Hudson.) 
newyork.archives at nara.gov 

Primarily Teaching Staff
NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)
6125 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115 
seattle.archives at nara.gov