July 16, 2025
Teaching Brown and Beyond
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
1224 Progressive Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320
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Middle and high school teachers are encouraged to join Historical Services staff for a workshop about incorporating primary sources into their instruction on school desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement.
Earn at least 1.5 hours of professional development (PD) credit, helping to meet state licensure renewal requirements, specifically by developing understanding African American history. This professional development opportunity is organized as part of Old Dominion University’s and Virginia Commonwealth University’s “Empowering Educators at Cultural Institutions," a project funded by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program. Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.
This workshop will cover Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) for the following disciplines:
  • 6.C, 6.R1, 6.W.1
  • 7.C
  • 8.C,
  • 9.RL, 9.RI, 9.C,
  • 10.RI, 10.C,
  • USII.5,
  • CE.5, CE.6.d,
  • VUS.16, VUS.17,
  • GOVT.10, GOVT.11, 11.C.4

Location

The Portlock at South Norfolk

Instructor

Staff ...Parks-Rec-Tourism

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Ages 18-255 · Co-Ed
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism1224 Progressive Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320View Map
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