The Seventh Annual Teacher Institute of the Robert C. Byrd Center
for Congressional History and Education
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Upcoming Workshops:
October 1-31, 2022 (Asynchronous) November 1-30, 2022 (Asynchronous) November 5, 2022 (In-Person at the Byrd Center, Shepherdstown) The cost for this workshop is $198.00 per registrant. With support of grant funding, this cost is waived for the first 90 registrants to the Teacher Institute. To register, download and complete this form >> Submit registration forms via email to graduate-studies@shepherd.edu |
Institute Point of Contact:
Jody Brumage - Director of Education and Outreach, Byrd Center jbrumage@shepherd.edu or (304) 876-5648 Program Description:
Congress, Citizenship, and the World: Teaching about Congress and Foreign Policy in American History is the Seventh Annual Teacher Institute of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education. Educators will engage in demonstrations of inquiry-based teaching resources built on primary sources from the Byrd Center’s West Virginia congressional archives as well as the vast resources of the National Archives and Records Administration. Workshop resources will explore how Congress engages with the rest of the world, how the Constitution delegates foreign relations between the branches of government, and topics of foreign policy such as defense, trade, aid, and economics. The Byrd Center Teacher Institute is generously supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council. |
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About the Teacher Institute:The Byrd Center Teacher Institute was established in 2016 as a new civics education initiative designed to create and disseminate innovative learning resources for secondary educators to teach about the United States Constitution, Congress, and representative democracy.
We develop a range of education resources utilizing inquiry based, experiential, and primary source learning methodologies with a special focus on designing resources that employ the regional history and culture of West Virginia in civics instruction. Lesson plans developed by the Byrd Center and demonstrated in the Teacher Institute are available to download for free >> The Teacher Institute offers an array of professional/educational development opportunities in workshops held throughout the year. We partner with the Center for Legislative Archives, a division of the National Archives and Records Administration, to bring the latest methods and additional resources to our Institute educators. The Byrd Center Teacher Institute is administered through the Shepherd University School of Graduate and Professional Studies and educators are eligible to obtain EDPD credits from Shepherd University by successfully completing the Institute.
We are grateful to our many financial supporters who make the Teacher Institute possible, including the West Virginia Humanities Council, the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation, and the Friends of the Byrd Center. Past Institutes:2019 - Teaching about Congress and the Constitution in Four Periods of American History
2018 - Congress, U.S. Constitution, and Representative Government 2017 - Teaching about What Congress Does and How it Works 2016 - Teaching about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Representative Government |
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Our Mission: |
The Byrd Center advances representative democracy by promoting a better understanding of the United States Congress and the Constitution through programs and research that engage citizens.
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Congressional History and Education |