Educator Workshop: Breaking Uncommon Ground – Black History along the Delaware

Educator Workshop: Breaking Uncommon Ground – Black History along the Delaware

Date: Wednesday, January 29

Time: 9 AM to 12 PM

Location: Virtual - This workshop will take place via Zoom.

Cost: $8, free for ISM members.

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In this workshop, educators will focus on our oral history project, Breaking Uncommon Ground. The project aims to expand our current exhibit, Tides of Freedom, by focusing on Black History along the Delaware River between 1950 and 2015 through the collection of oral histories.

Workshop will rely on the following format:

• Introductions and Overview
• Objectives, Evaluation, and Admin
• Context for Black History along the Delaware River
• Skills and Framework: keepers of history, oral histories, and the history of the everyday
• Tour of exhibit and sampling oral histories
• Classroom Application Workshop
• Review
• Wrap-up and Evaluation

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Registration for this workshop includes access to the materials, Act 48 credit for PA teachers.

This program is free for educators who are Members – please email Membership@phillyseaport.org if you have any questions.

Major funding for Breaking Uncommon Ground on the Delaware River has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage with additional support from the William Penn Foundation.