Pickup room key and complete workshop registration. Location TBD.
Shuttles depart for keynote session at Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center at 5:30p.
Participants will attend a session welcoming them to Gettysburg and orienting them to the week’s activities. Project Director Dr. Dave Powell and Dr. Carol Reardon, a member of the workshop faculty, will welcome participants to Gettysburg. Dr. Reardon will deliver a keynote address. Participants will have full access to the GMVC’s exhibits, and light refreshments will be served.
Facilitators: Dr. Dave Powell and Dr. Carol Reardon
This session will focus on the wars that came immediately before and after the Civil War and the changing character of war as it was fought over the course of the nineteenth century, placing a particular emphasis on the experience of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg and speaking to the way emerging technologies and evolving tactics affected the way the war was experienced on the ground and how the repercussions of the war affected the lives of survivors.
Facilitator: Dr. Ian Isherwood, Associate Professor of War & Memory Studies at Gettysburg College
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Tour of sites closely associated with the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Facilitator: Dr. Ian Isherwood
The Seminary Ridge Museum includes a tour of the cupola from which critical judgments were made about the engagement at Gettysburg in 1863 and a variety of additional exhibits that will stimulate participant thinking about the way the past is presented in museum contexts.
This session will focus on helping participants conceptualize the teaching project they are asked to produce as a result of participating in the Landmarks workshop and orienting them to the task of sharing their project results with the workshop team prior to departure or shortly after arriving at home.
Facilitator: Dr. Dave Powell
Participants will recap the events of the battle’s first day and then pursue an intensive exploration of the events of the next two days of battle with particular emphasis on Confederate General Richard Ewell’s choice not to pursue the scattered Union troops attempting to obtain high ground at Cemetery Hill, a decision that contributed to General Lee’s ordering of Pickett’s Charge.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr, Associate Professor of History at Old Dominion University
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. This visit involves significant walking uphill and bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Battlefield tour of Culp’s Hill and associated sites.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
This unique site visit, which promises to be a highlight of the workshop, will also focus on giving participants time to reflect on the human cost of the battle and the broader Civil War.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Because the site visit involves traversing an open field of grass long pants and sleeves are recommended. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Dr. Reardon will guide participants on a site visit that includes stops along SW Confederate Avenue at the North Carolina and Virginia monuments before traversing the field across Emmitsburg Road to the “High Water Mark,” the Angle, and other significant sites.
Facilitator: Dr. Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor of American History Emerita at Penn State University and Adjunct Professor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College
This seminar will focus on how Pickett’s Charge was shaped by the forces of history and memory during and after the war, and how its remembrance complicates our understanding of the war’s outcomes.
Facilitator: Dr. Carol Reardon
The Spangler farm served as a field hospital for five weeks after the battle with as many as 1,900 soldiers from both armies receiving medical treatment. The farm site, restored to its nineteenth-century appearance and operated by the Gettysburg Foundation, offers an outstanding opportunity to examine in detail the various medical, social, and military challenges of handling an unexpected mass casualty event. The experiences of George and Elizabeth Spangler and their four children, all of whom remained on the farm through the ordeal, offer a window into the civilian experience after the battle, while extant physicians’ case notes provide insight into the state of medical care available to patients suffering from traumatic injuries of all sorts. But it’s the stories of soldiers recovering from the trauma of the battle, and those of their families eagerly awaiting word on their condition, that bring special poignancy to this site visit. In short, the reality of the aftermath of battle comes together in exceptionally powerful ways on this seemingly peaceful property.
Facilitators: Dr. Carol Reardon and Dr. Tim Orr
The National Cemetery was dedicated after the battle with a few “appropriate remarks” delivered by President Lincoln. Since instruction is not permitted inside the cemetery, Dr. Reardon will convene the group in an appropriate area nearby and then encourage participants to walk the grounds themselves.
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Dr. Jill Ogline Titus, acting Director of the Civil War Institute and Instructor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College.
In this session Dr. Titus will use centennial events staged at Gettysburg to help participants explore the history of political, social, and community change in 1960s America and show how the era’s deep divisions thrust Gettysburg into the national spotlight as white and black Americans came to define the meaning of the battle of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, and the Civil War in dramatically different ways.
Dr. Hilary Green, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College.
African Americans have remembered the Gettysburg campaign in complex ways. In one south-central Pennsylvania county, African Americans remembered the effects of the Confederate invasion, occupation, and seizure of Black Pennsylvanians in addition to the military events on the battlefield over July 1-3, 1863. From USCT recruitment to presidential campaign songwriting, Dr. Green’s seminar will explore how the African American community of Franklin County used the memory of the Gettysburg campaign in a variety of ways over the nineteenth and twentieth century. It will showcase the specific experiences of Joseph R. Winters, Priscilla Marshall, Thomas L. White, and Edna Christian Knapper for understanding how Gettysburg’s Hallowed Grounds and its memory affected diverse communities at the Pennsylvania-Maryland border.
Dr. McKinley Melton, Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Rhodes College
This workshop will invite educators to examine ways that history, memory, and imagination serve as complement and complication in the work of Black writers. We will explore how prominent writers articulate the importance of memory in shaping their creative work, not only with respect to how they engage the past, but also its ongoing significance in the present. We will then consider illustrative works that draw parallels between key moments from the Civil War Era and the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th Century. Finally, bridging the day’s discussing with the lessons that they’ve learned during their week-long seminar educators will be invited to consider how they might develop lesson plans, classroom exercises, or assignments that enable students to consider the history, memory, and imagination in Black creative expression, with a focus on place broadly and Gettysburg specifically.
Dr. Dave Powell, Project Director and Professor of Public Policy at Gettysburg College
In this session Dr. Powell, a veteran teacher educator, will share strategies for connecting the content of the week’s sessions to goals associated with protecting and extending democracy.
In this final session participants will have an opportunity to share their progress on teaching projects and share insights and reflections on the week’s activities with one another before departing Gettysburg.
Facilitator: Dr. Dave Powell
Pickup room key and complete workshop registration. Location TBD.
Shuttles depart for keynote session at Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center at 5:30p.
This session will focus on the wars that came immediately before and after the Civil War and the changing character of war as it was fought over the course of the nineteenth century, placing a particular emphasis on the experience of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg and speaking to the way emerging technologies and evolving tactics affected the way the war was experienced on the ground and how the repercussions of the war affected the lives of survivors.
Facilitator: Dr. Ian Isherwood, Associate Professor of War & Memory Studies at Gettysburg College
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Tour of sites closely associated with the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
Facilitator: Dr. Ian Isherwood
The Seminary Ridge Museum includes a tour of the cupola from which critical judgments were made about the engagement at Gettysburg in 1863 and a variety of additional exhibits that will stimulate participant thinking about the way the past is presented in museum contexts.
Facilitator: Dr. Dave Powell
This session will focus on helping participants conceptualize the teaching project they are asked to produce as a result of participating in the Landmarks workshop and orienting them to the task of sharing their project results with the workshop team prior to departure or shortly after arriving at home.
Facilitator: Dr. Dave Powell
Participants will recap the events of the battle’s first day and then pursue an intensive exploration of the events of the next two days of battle with particular emphasis on Confederate General Richard Ewell’s choice not to pursue the scattered Union troops attempting to obtain high ground at Cemetery Hill, a decision that contributed to General Lee’s ordering of Pickett’s Charge.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr, Associate Professor of History at Old Dominion University
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. This visit involves significant walking uphill and bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Battlefield tour of Culp’s Hill and associated sites.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
This unique site visit, which promises to be a highlight of the workshop, will also focus on giving participants time to reflect on the human cost of the battle and the broader Civil War.
Facilitator: Dr. Tim Orr
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Because the site visit involves traversing an open field of grass long pants and sleeves are recommended. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
Dr. Reardon will guide participants on a site visit that includes stops along SW Confederate Avenue at the North Carolina and Virginia monuments before traversing the field across Emmitsburg Road to the “High Water Mark,” the Angle, and other significant sites.
Facilitator: Dr. Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor of American History Emerita at Penn State University and Adjunct Professor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College
Dr. Reardon will lead a seminar focused on how Pickett’s Charge was shaped by the forces of history and memory during and after the war, and how its remembrance complicates our understanding of the war’s outcomes.
Facilitator: Dr. Carol Reardon
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
The Spangler farm served as a field hospital for five weeks after the battle with as many as 1,900 soldiers from both armies receiving medical treatment. The farm site, restored to its nineteenth-century appearance and operated by the Gettysburg Foundation, offers an outstanding opportunity to examine in detail the various medical, social, and military challenges of handling an unexpected mass casualty event. The experiences of George and Elizabeth Spangler and their four children, all of whom remained on the farm through the ordeal, offer a window into the civilian experience after the battle, while extant physicians’ case notes provide insight into the state of medical care available to patients suffering from traumatic injuries of all sorts. But it’s the stories of soldiers recovering from the trauma of the battle, and those of their families eagerly awaiting word on their condition, that bring special poignancy to this site visit. In short, the reality of the aftermath of battle comes together in exceptionally powerful ways on this seemingly peaceful property.
Site visit facilitators: Dr. Carol Reardon and Dr. Tim Orr
Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes for this site visit. Bathroom facilities may not be readily available. A trailing bus or van will be made available for participants unable to walk the full distance.
The National Cemetery was dedicated after the battle with a few “appropriate remarks” delivered by President Lincoln. Since instruction is not permitted inside the cemetery, Dr. Reardon will convene the group in an appropriate area nearby and then encourage participants to walk the grounds themselves.
Site visit facilitators: Dr. Carol Reardon and Dr. Tim Orr
In this session Dr. Titus will use centennial events staged at Gettysburg to help participants explore the history of political, social, and community change in 1960s America and show how the era’s deep divisions thrust Gettysburg into the national spotlight as white and black Americans came to define the meaning of the battle of Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Address, and the Civil War in dramatically different ways.
Facilitator: Jill Ogline Titus, acting Director of the Civil War Institute and Instructor of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College
African Americans have remembered the Gettysburg campaign in complex ways. In one south-central Pennsylvania county, African Americans remembered the effects of the Confederate invasion, occupation, and seizure of Black Pennsylvanians in addition to the military events on the battlefield over July 1-3, 1863. From USCT recruitment to presidential campaign songwriting, Dr. Green’s seminar will explore how the African American community of Franklin County used the memory of the Gettysburg campaign in a variety of ways over the nineteenth and twentieth century. It will showcase the specific experiences of Joseph R. Winters, Priscilla Marshall, Thomas L. White, and Edna Christian Knapper for understanding how Gettysburg’s Hallowed Grounds and its memory affected diverse communities at the Pennsylvania-Maryland border.
Facilitator: Hilary Green, James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College
This workshop will invite educators to examine ways that history, memory, and imagination serve as complement and complication in the work of Black writers. We will explore how prominent writers articulate the importance of memory in shaping their creative work, not only with respect to how they engage the past, but also its ongoing significance in the present. We will then consider illustrative works that draw parallels between key moments from the Civil War Era and the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th Century. Finally, bridging the day’s discussing with the lessons that they’ve learned during their week-long seminar educators will be invited to consider how they might develop lesson plans, classroom exercises, or assignments that enable students to consider the history, memory, and imagination in Black creative expression, with a focus on place broadly and Gettysburg specifically.
Facilitator: McKinley Melton, Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Rhodes College
In this session Dr. Powell, a veteran teacher educator, will share strategies for connecting the content of the week’s sessions to goals associated with protecting and extending democracy.
Facilitator: Dave Powell, project director
In this final session participants will have an opportunity to share their progress on teaching projects and share insights and reflections on the week’s activities with one another before departing Gettysburg.
Facilitator: Dr. Dave Powell