On March 23rd, we will offer “Teaching the History of Race in the U.S.” at the University of Richmond. In cooperation with the VA General Assembly African American Cultural Resources task force, and funded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, this program features participants from the Carter G. Woodson Institute, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance Project, the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab, the University of Virginia English Department, and the Curry School of Education. The program will focus on classroom uses of new resources and open discussions on challenging topics surrounding race in the U.S.

On April 27th, “Enlazando lengua y cultura,” at the University of Lynchburg, will follow up on the session on interdisciplinary approaches to the teaching of Spanish we offered last year. Participants do not have to have attended last year’s program, though those who did are very welcome; we hope to provide an equally (in the words of one of last year’s participants) “engaging and stimulating” program where teachers can get new resources and ideas “to think about, while incorporating interdisciplinary goals in planning classes” (as participating teachers described it). This program too is funded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

Also on April 27th, Prof. Lisa Reilly of the UVA Department of Architectural History will lead the program “Thomas Jefferson and Community Life at Monticello” sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program will take place at Monticello and will focus on the material evidence for the enslaved community at Monticello. Teachers will get a full tour of the main house, visit the excavation sites normally closed to the public and participate in a hands-on workshop with the archaeology team