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San Tan Valley Teacher Attends Seminar On The Civil War in Global Context
San Tan Valley Teacher Attends Seminar On The Civil War in Global Context
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2011
San Tan Valley Teacher Attends Seminar On The Civil War in Global Context
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by: Debbie Bippen
This summer, Combs High School history teacher Deborah Painter-Plimley will travel to Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA to attend a one-week competitive application seminar entitled “The Civil War in Global Context.”
Directed by Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, this seminar will set the Civil War in its global context, examining its impact on our nation's military, diplomatic and financial relations with Europe.
Directed by Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, this seminar will set the Civil War in its global context, examining its impact on our nation's military, diplomatic and financial relations with Europe.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute is renowned for its scholarly seminars for K-12 educators and National Park Service interpreters. This summer, the Institute’s seminars will offer over 1,000 participants the chance to study American history with leading scholars of the field. Held at institutions throughout the United States and Great Britain, these weeklong seminars provide intellectual stimulation and practical resources and strategies to take back to the classroom. In each seminar, educators work with primary source documents provided by the professors and the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Each educator receives reading materials, room and board, transportation for tours and a stipend.
Founded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History of American History is a nonprofit organization improving and enriching American history education through a wide range of programs and resources for students, teachers, scholars, and history enthusiasts throughout the nation. In addition to its summer seminars, Gilder Lehrman administers the State and National History Teacher of the Year Award; creates and works closely with history-focused schools; organizes development programs for teachers; produces print and digital publications and traveling exhibitions; hosts lectures by eminent historians; and offers national book prizes and fellowships for scholars to work in the Gilder Lehrman Collection as well as other renowned archives. Gilder Lehrman hosts www.gilderlehrman.org, serving as the gateway to American history online and featuring the quarterly online journal History Now, designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students.
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
19 West 44th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10036
www.gilderlehrman.org
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J.O. Combs Unified
Debbie Bippen
Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent's Office for J.O. Combs Unified School District #44.
Website: www.jocombs.org/Contact Details
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Address301 East Combs Road
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CitySan Tan Valley
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State or ProvinceAZ
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Zip Code85140
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CountryUnited States
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Telephone(480) 987-5300
