[468] MTSU Center Lends Expertise To Civil War Teacher Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Center for Historic Preservation, 615-898-2947

MTSU CENTER LENDS EXPERTISE TO CIVIL WAR TEACHER INSTITUTE

Scholars to Provide Ideas to Help K-12 Teachers with Civil War Curricula
(MURFREESBORO) – Representatives of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation (CHP) will make major contributions at the tenth annual Civil War Trust Teacher Institute July 14-17 at the Nashville Airport Marriott Hotel.
The institute, which focuses exclusively on the Civil War, is a four-day professional development experience for K-12 educators. It is sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based Civil War Trust, America’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Civil War battlefields.
Dr. Carroll Van West, director of the CHP, is slated to be the featured luncheon speaker at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15. West also is director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, the only National Heritage Area in the United States that is administered by a university department.
Dr. Stacey Graham and Kira Duke, CHP research professor and specialist, respectively, with Teaching across Tennessee with Primary Sources, are scheduled to discuss “Photography from the Library of Congress in the Classroom” at a workshop from 4:15-5:30 p.m. Friday, July 15.
Graduate student Amy Kostine, who works at CHP as a research assistant, will guide the workshop, sharing her expertise on Civil War photography.
"’Teaching with Primary Sources across Tennessee’ is excited to reach a wider audience of teachers through the Civil War Trust Teacher Institute and to highlight the work of our graduate student assistant, Amy Kostine,” says Graham. “This is one of
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many educator presentations and workshops we are planning as part of the statewide Sesquicentennial observances from 2011-2015."
Other workshops offered include “Teaching Civics through Battlefield Presentation,” “The War in the West: An Overview,” and “Literature Circles and Reading Theater: Using Language Arts to Teach the Civil War,” among others.
Robert Hooks, author of The Widow of the South and A Separate Country, is scheduled to be the featured dinner speaker at 6 p.m. Friday, July 15. Hooks, who lives in an 18th-century-style log cabin near Franklin, is a passionate advocate for the preservation of the battlefield of the Battle of Franklin.
For more information, go to www.civilwar.org/teacherinstitute, or contact the Center for Historic Preservation at 615-898-2947.


Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. In September 2011, MTSU will celebrate its 100th year anniversary with special events and activities throughout the year—kicked off by a Blue-Tie Centennial Gala on Friday, Sept. 9.