The Trail of Tears: Context and Perspectives
Format
Residential
Location
Waleska, GA
Dates
July 10-15, 2022; July 17-22, 2022
Length
1 week
Type
Professional Development Program
Professional Development Program Type
Professional Development Program Audience
Contact
404-594-6278
"The Trail of Tears: Context and Perspectives" will invite participants to critically examine the process of the Cherokee Removal and to explore the multiple impacts it had on the people and the lands they inhabited. The workshop will focus on the experience of place and will encourage the use of tools like inquiry-based learning, using the unique resources of the Funk Heritage Center other certified sites on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Project Director(s)
W. Jeff Bishop
Lecturers and Visiting Faculty
Benjamin Steere; Brett Riggs; Bruce Lesh; W. Jeff Bishop; Kenneth Wheeler; Donna Coffey Little; Georgina DeWeese; Mark Robert; Tony Harris
Grantee Institution
The Funk Heritage Center at Reinhardt University
Funded through the Division of Education Programs