Teacher Workshops at the State Museum & Capitol

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Elementary (K to 4th Grade) Teacher In-Service Workshop One-Day Workshops for First-Time Attendees: $15 Wednesday, June 16, or Thursday, June 17, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Learn how to use the Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol as educational resources. • Enjoy a tour of the Tennessee State Capitol. • Explore the museum on a museum scavenger hunt. • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. One-Day Workshop for Returning Attendees: $15 Friday, June 18, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. • Keynote Session: Using Hands-On Techniques to Promote Thinking & Learning in the Elementary Classroom, Dr. Karon LeCompte, Professor of Social Studies Education and Teacher Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and President of the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies. Reservations due by June 7, 2010. Click here to register online. If you wish to mail reservation form with check: Click here to download PDF file. Secondary (5th to 12th Grade) Teacher In-Service Workshop One-Day Workshops for First-Time Attendees: $15 Wednesday, June 23, or Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Learn how to use the Tennessee State Museum and State Capitol as educational resources. • Enjoy a tour of the Tennessee State Capitol. • Explore the museum on a museum scavenger hunt. • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. One-Day Workshop for Returning Attendees: $15 Friday, June 25, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. • Experience hands-on Tennessee geography and history with our latest traveling trunk Tennessee: Its Land & People! • Receive creative lesson plans on using artifact-based learning in the classroom • Learn how to engage your students on-line with TN4me.org. • Keynote Session: Dr. Bob Hunt, professor of the Civil War and Reconstruction at Middle Tennessee State University, will present a talk on Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War. Reservations due by June 14, 2010. Click here to register online. If you wish to mail reservation form with check: Click here to download PDF file. Don't miss Tennessee History Comes Alive! Family Day Saturday, May 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum will literally come alive on Saturday, May 8, as interpreters dressed in period costumes portray individuals from the Volunteer State's past. Visitors will have the opportunity to interact with historical characters while touring the exhibit, and can participate in special games and hands-on activities for children. The public is invited to attend free of charge. more Tennessee State Museum • 5th Avenue and Deaderick Street • 615-741-2692 For more information on the museum visit www.tnmuseum.org To view the museum's educational website visit TN4me.org