Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 14, 1991 TAG: 9104140130
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D8 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Southwest bureau
DATELINE: ABINGDON LENGTH: Short
The grant is from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
Two similar seminars funded by foundation grants were held in Abingdon and Big Stone Gap.
This one is aimed mainly at teachers from Tazewell, Russell, Bland and Giles counties.
"The purpose of these seminars is to support more local and regional history being taught in the schools," said Carl D. Clarke Jr., project director at the center. "The resulting classroom instruction should help build pride in the Southwest Virginia heritage among the region's young people."
The seminars are one of the priorities of the Southwest Virginia Regional Humanities Council, an advisory group to the state foundation.
"Previous participants in the seminars have put together outstanding instructional units, many based on original research with documents and old records," Clarke said.
The seminars cover curriculum development, research methods, area resources, regional history and the culture of the 19th century.
Instructors will be Jerry Moore, teacher education director at the University of Virginia, and Melanie Biermann, director of education at Montpelier, the home of James Madison.
Teachers interested in participating should contact Clarke at the center, P.O. Drawer 1987, Abingdon, Va. 24210. The telephone number is 628-6327.
by CNB