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Upcoming AOTWS Events
Race, Immigration, and U.S. Citizenship
Dr. Matthew Jacobson
Yale University
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:00 PM
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Fresh Approaches to Understanding and Teaching World War I
Dr. Michael Neiberg
US Army War College
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:00 PM
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Teaching World War II with Primary Sources
Dr. Jim Madison
Indiana University
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:00 PM
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America on the World Stage News & Events

Library of Congress Grant AOWS Partners with Library of Congress, Receives TPS Award

The America on the World Stage project received a $20,000 Teaching with Primary Sources Award from the Library of Congress to support the work of the Transatlantic Teacher Scholars in the spring of 2012.
   
Western History Association
 Julie Haddix awarded Redd Center Teaching Award from Western History Association

Congratulations to Julie Haddix of Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Greene County who was awarded the 2011 Redd Center Teaching Award from the Western History Association.
   
Fourteen AOTWS Teacher Scholars Traveled to Colorado to participate in the 2011 Backpack Historian Field experience, The American West ­ from the West.

Each day teachers explored significant spaces and places that traced the evolution and growth of the American West from the colonial period to the modern era.
   
Teacher Scolars Eligible for Weeklong Summer Travel Experience Teacher Scholars Eligible for Weeklong Summer Travel Experience

All Teacher Scholars will be eligible to participate in a week-long summer travel experience sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
   
UVA Today Transatlantic Teacher Scholars Program Featured in UVA Today

The Transatlantic Teacher Scholars Program was the subject of a feature article in UVA Today, the online news web site of the University of Virginia. View Article
   
Transatlantic World: Britain, America and the Caribbean

20 Transatlantic Teacher Scholars Complete 2011 Backpack Historian
Experience.
   
First Contact to Freedom: 16 Teacher Scholars Complete 2010 Backpack Historian Experience

Sixteen AOTWS Teacher Scholars recently traveled to Boston Massachusetts to participate in the 2010 Backpack Historian Field experience, First Contact to Freedom. Each day teachers explored significant spaces and places in early American History from the traditional and international perspectives.