Curriculum for July 2012 includes two field trips to nearby battlefields. No prerequisite required.
America’s Civil War has been called our nation’s greatest tragedy. It was a time when Americans fought each other, resulting in the deaths of 620,000 American soldiers and sailors – more than in all American wars combined through the War in Vietnam. The Civil War resolved the two most important national questions since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution – will slavery continue under a government dedicated to the notion that “all men are created equal,” and do states have the right to secede from the United States when they become dissatisfied with national policies?

Join fellow educators at a summer institute that will provide:
- A deeper understanding of Antebellum America, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction(June & August)
- An understanding of the last year of the War in the Eastern Theater and the roles played by Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee (July)
- Related student activities for use in the classroom
- An opportunity to exchange ideas about teaching these important topics

Institute Features
- The five-day institutes will begin on Monday and end Friday.
- Sessions will begin at 9:00 am each day and end at 2:30 pm, or 4:00 pm on tour days.
- Teachers may attend for 3 college credits.
- Teachers will receive a certificate of completion to present to their supervisors.

Location
The institute will be conducted near Petersburg, Virginia on the 422-acre campus of Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier and will include a guided bus tour of Civil War sites.

Registration and Information - Price: $495
Contact Richard Bland College's Registrar:
Phone: (804) 862-6206
Web: http://www.rbc.edu/registrar.php
Course Catalog Page 9: http://rbc.edu/PDFS/Summer2012_Course_Schedule.pdf

For additional information about the institute, email generalmailbox@pamplinpark.org or call at 804-861-2408. Click here to download a flier.