Professional Development

Professional Development Events

Philadelphia History For Teachers
Jul
16
2012
Teacher Workshop

Join fellow humanities instructors this summer to discover new ways of exploring and teaching Philadelphia history, hands-on and up-close at the three-credit 2012 Teacher Institute of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.

Led by Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Charlene Mires, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities and Associate Professor of History at Rutgers-Camden, renowned historians, archivists, museum educators and editors of The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia will provide immersive learning experiences at locations related to each day’s session,

Franklin's Thrift: A Classic American Idea for the 21st Century
Jul
29
2012
Teacher Workshop

Say the word "thrift" and people think of Benjamin Franklin and sayings like "a penny saved is a penny earned."  Or they might think about grandparents who suffered through the Great Depression and never stopped saving baggies and rubber bands.

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