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The Tenth Annual Marshall Immersion Workshop

A Visionary Adventure across Continents: George C. Marshall and the European Recovery Program

July 23- July 27, 2012

Open to High School Level American and World History Teachers and Supervisors

2012 Workshop Application

WORKSHOP DETAILS

The George C. Marshall International Center at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Virginia is pleased to announce the tenth annual Marshall Immersion Workshop, open to a limited number of high school level American and world history teachers and school system social studies supervisors.

Participants will experience the rare and special privilege of meeting at Marshall’s museum home, Dodona Manor, in Leesburg, Virginia to learn more about Marshall's contributions to twentieth century history. Using video materials and a series of primary documents from the Truman Presidential Library and the Marshall Library, participants will gain a better understanding of the life and remarkable legacy of Secretary of State Marshall, specifically his significant role in securing the passage of the European Recovery Program (ERP). Participants will view engaging archival films originally created to promote the ERP in Europe (1947-1951), as well as the comprehensive PBS documentary “The Marshall Plan: Against the Odds.” The film’s researcher and co-producer, Linda Christianson, will be there to provide analysis and commentary.

A significant aspect of the workshop emphasizes Marshall’s use of diplomacy as a tool for rebuilding Europe after the war. Through a partnership developed with the United States Department of State, participants will have the unique opportunity to experience an afternoon of learning on-site at the department’s United States Diplomacy Center at the State Department in Washington, D.C. During the latter part of the workshop week, participants will spend two days at the George C. Marshall Museum and Library in Lexington, Virginia. This will be a rich experience, since participants will have the opportunity to delve into the comprehensive Marshall archive, studying original documents relating to some of his most important work. One such historic treasure is Marshall's personal copy of the June 5, 1947, Harvard speech outlining the key concepts of the ERP. Attendees will receive copies of primary documents and other materials that will be helpful in covering this important topic in the classroom. After reviewing select materials, attendees will be expected to offer ideas for further areas of study related to Marshall’s integral roles in twentieth century history.

Chief among the many outstanding components of the Marshall-immersion learning experience is the opportunity for interaction between American and European colleagues. The 2012 summer workshop will include participants from Germany, Austria, and Norway. Participants will exchange ideas and perspectives on how the workshop content and materials might benefit their respective classroom instruction. All who have had this opportunity unanimously cited the experience of working with colleagues from across the Atlantic as milestones in their professional and personal lives.

The workshop convenes at 1:00 p.m. Monday, July 23 at Dodona Manor, Marshall’s museum home in Leesburg, Virginia, and concludes on Friday, July 27 at 3:30 p.m. at the Marshall Museum and Library in Lexington, VA.

Benefits and Requirements

Participants will receive:

A stipend of $200.00; transportation, meals, and private room lodging (4 nights) while attending the workshop (July 23-27); teaching materials connecting Marshall’s leadership roles to select units of study, and recertification points.

The applicant must:

1. Be a full-time teacher who anticipates teaching two units of either US* or
world history* classes in 2012-13, or who holds a position as a social studies supervisor within the school district represented, and in all cases will continue in the school system through the 2017-18 school year.

2. Attend the entire workshop, (1:00 p.m. Monday, July 23 through 3:30 p.m. on
Friday, July 27);

3. Before the workshop convenes, read a short biography of Marshall written for a secondary-level audience (to be provided in advance), and on the first day of the workshop be prepared to discuss its usefulness in his/her particular school setting;

4. Following the workshop, write one well-developed lesson using the materials gathered during the workshop experience, or submit a follow up paper describing the usefulness of the workshop experience to his/her respective teaching situation.

Note: Participants coming from out of town must provide their own transportation to and from Leesburg, Virginia. Bus transportation will be available for all travel during the workshop, including the return trip from Lexington.

While the workshop ends at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 27 in Lexington, Virginia, participants will not arrive back in Leesburg until approximately 7:30 p.m.

*You may teach other subjects besides “straight” US or European history that would make you eligible for participation, such as American History Since 1900; Modern European History, Diplomatic History of the US, and other courses that are appropriate to the workshop’s theme. If so, please note that and explain.

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2012 APPLICATION DOCUMENT.

Please return your application (see below) by Monday, May 14. All applicants will be notified regarding placements in the workshop by e-mail on Friday, May 18.

To learn more about the sites where the workshop will take place, visit:

The George C. Marshall International Center website at www.georgecmarshall.org

The George C. Marshall Foundation website at http://www.marshallfoundation.org

The US Diplomacy Center at US Department of State website at http://diplomacy.state.gov.

Teachers from the 2011 Marshall Immersion Workshop standing on the steps of Dodona Manor, the home of General George C. Marshall in Leesburg, Virginia.

"Please make sure other teachers find out about it so they don't miss the opportunity."
- Prince Georges County participant, Tenika Holden

"This workshop was uplifting. At a time when news reports focus almost obsessively on celebrities of minimal consequence, it was very bracing to spend five days assessing the life and work of a man of such towering character and integrity as George Marshall."
- Fairfax County public school teacher, David Green

Corresponding Standards of Learning

The Marshall Immersion Workshop was developed to help teachers satisfy Virginia's Standards of Learning (SOLs), which are constructed around national standards.

Using materials developed especially for Marshall Immersion Workshop, students will:

1) Demonstrate skills for historical analysis, including the ability to analyze and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in the U.S. from 1877 to the present; and

2) Learn to interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives.

SOLs that are satisfied through the Marshall Immersion Workshop address the period in American history dealing with "Turmoil and Change: 1890s to 1945, and the United States since World War II," and are outlined below.

SOLs: WHII.9a, WHII.b, VUS.9b, VUS.9b Students explain the reason for the United States' involvement in World War I and its leadership role at the conclusion of the war.

SOLs: VUS.10a, WHII.11a, USII.6a
Students demonstrate knowledge of the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II by describing the major events and turning points of the war in Europe and the Pacific.

SOLs: WHII.11c, USII.6b, USII.6c, VUS.12a
Students demonstrate knowledge of the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War Two and the present day by describing the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War Two; the emergence of the United States as a superpower; and the establishment of the United Nations.

SOLs: USII.7a
Students describe the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy.

SOLs: WHII.12a, VUS.12b, USII.7a, USII.b
Students identify the role of America's military in defending freedom during the Cold War, including the war in Korea.

"They found in Marshall one of those rare teachers who made a difference, who opened minds in such a way that they never afterwards quite closed again or forgot the excitement of a new idea."

- Forrest Pogue
Marshall's official biographer


	Current Exhibit: "With Admiration and Affection" Saturdays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sundays 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Letters of George C. Marshall and Winston S. Churchill examines the remarkable correspondence of these two great twentieth- century leaders, whose relationship was forged in the crucible of world war.