Monumental Words and Deeds: Figures and Forces in American History
A Professional Learning Program for Teachers of Grades K - 8
“Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
This program will utilize Savannah’s historic landscape and resources to link events in local history with parallel events in American history.
Savannah, Georgia, founded in 1733, as the thirteenth and final British colony in North America, contains a 2.2-square-mile National Historic Landmark District, one of the largest in the nation. Amazingly well preserved and rich in history, the District serves as a “history laboratory” for a comprehensive study of American history. Savannah’s past is a microcosm of American history - a tangled web of discord and consensus among the various ethnic, racial, and religious groups, as well as competing political beliefs and economic ideologies. The combined interactions of these forces result in historical implications which far exceed the geographical confines of the city, state, or region, characteristic of national events. Relating local history to national events, Monumental Words and Deeds will engage teachers and provide tangible connections that strengthen a comprehensive study of American history.
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