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College of William and Mary Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History
Location: Virginia
A Colonial Dancer
Program Description:
The College of William and Mary’s Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History announces its 2009 summer sessions for rising high school juniors, seniors, and spring 2009 high school graduates. Students will earn four hours of college credit at The College of William and Mary for a three-week college-level course that will teach early American history through the use of historic places.
This immersive program will offer a variety of approaches to studying the past, but the chief feature will be classes conducted "on site" at the abundant historic places in the Chesapeake region. Readings and classroom work at the College will set the stage for the site visits. Instructors will use archaeology sites, surviving period structures, historic landscapes, battlefields, and a series of museums to guide students in a search for the American past. "From the Founding of Jamestown through the American Revolution" begins where the old world societies of Europe and Africa collided with the new world society of Native Americans on the banks of the nearby James River early in the seventeenth century and follows the American saga for nearly two hundred years through the American Revolution. "From the American Revolution through the American Civil War" picks up with the American victory at nearby Yorktown during the struggle for independence and continues the story through the fall of the Confederate capital at Richmond to Union forces in 1865.
Application deadline:
04/23/2009Overall rating:
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Host: College of William and Mary
Qualifications: rising high school juniors and high school seniors and spring high school graduates
Program Dates / Length: 1st Session: June 21- July 11, 2009; 2nd Session: July 12--August 1, 2009
Housing: air conditioned dorm at the College of William and Mary
Cost / Availability of Financial Aid: Virginia Residents: $3,450 Non-Virginia Residents: $3,990 Financial Aid is limited and is available on the basis of demonstrated need
Credit Awarded: 4 hours of college credit
A discussion seminar at a 17th century building
Mailing Address:
Pre-Collegiate Program in Early American History
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: 757-221-7652
E-mail: precol@wm.edu
Website: www.wm.edu/niahd
Reviews:
"Seeing as American history is my favorite subject there was nothing better than being at the college attended by Thomas Jefferson. I was surrounded by beautiful colonial Williamsburg and traveled to many historic sites around Virginia, including the residence of Thomas Jefferson himself. The professors themselves were some of the best I have ever been around and truly shared my passion for history. Each night we had to write a journal about what we had learned from that day and include the sources we were required to read. This made the experience a little more educational but allowed me to learn far more than I would by just visiting these historic sites. Seeing as I am a California girl it was truly interesting to see a new, southern perspective on the Civil War. This opened my eyes to a new perspective on history and is an experience I will never forget."
Participant, 2009