Graduate Courses for Teachers

For nearly fifty years, the Freedoms Foundation has presented critically-acclaimed, accredited graduate courses for teachers. Our summer programs feature visits to historical sites, led by noted historians who provide vivid insight, interpretation, and perspective on the events and people that shaped American history.

As part of Freedoms Foundation's commemoration of the Civil War's Sesquicentennial, we will offer two graduate courses on the Civil War--Civil War East with Paul Sanborn and Civil War South with Dr. Jennifer Trevino. We will offer a third course on Presidential History and Heritage. We have redeveloped this course from the past, focusing solely on the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Next year we will offer a second Presidential History and Heritage in New England.) For more information on the 2012 summer graduate courses, click on the links below. You can apply online by following the same links.

Bethlehem Colonial Industrial Quarter

Civil War East
Richmond, VA to Gettysburg, PA
June 23 - 29, 2012
Academic Director: Mr. Paul Sanborn

Presidential History & Heritage

Mt. Vernon to Fredericksburg, Virginia
July 7 - 13, 2012
Academic Director: Mr. Paul Sanborn

Civil War South

Atlanta, GA to Charleston, SC
July 14 - 20, 2012
Academic Director: Dr. Jennifer Treviño, Ph.D.

For more information, contact our Education Department
(610) 933-8825 ext. 292 or education@ffvf.org

Graduate Credit Granted By	"We, as teachers, have the opportunity and mandate to teach our children about our amazing history through knowledge and example... thank you for the incredible experience to increase my knowledge of our nation's history to share with my colleagues and students."
	Laurel Leidner Lake Arrowhead, CA

Program Information:

Tuition is $1,400 per person, per program. $700 is due upon acceptance, with balance at beginning of the program.

Tuition covers accommodations, admissions, tour transportation, instruction, and one graduate credit hour. Meals are not included. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the program as well as the transfer from the airport to the hotel.

Scholarships:

Through the generosity of the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust, scholarships are available for qualified teachers from the following states: ALASKA, IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON and WASHINGTON.

Financial assistance and scholarships are available for teachers from other states, also on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact the Freedoms Foundation's Education Office at (610) 933-8825 ext. 292 for more information.

Accreditation:

Each tour program includes one graduate credit hour, which is granted by Immaculata University (www.imaculata.edu) in Pennsylvania. Enrolled students who wish to earn either two or three credits must pay $100 for each additional credit at the beginning of the program.