Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Grades 4-12: From Days of Slavery To Days of Freedom


Vanderbilt Virtual School – Black History Month

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 From Days of Slavery To Days of Freedom: Stories of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver” in the Black History Month series

Presenter: Dr. Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University Black Cultural Center

Grades 4 - 12

Vanderbilt Virtual School welcomes Dr. Frank Dobson from the Vanderbilt University Black Cultural Center as he discusses the lives of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver in our first videoconference for Black History Month.

See www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool to read more about the lives of this famous men and to share with your students.

TIME: Two sessions: one session at 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME and one session at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

COST:

The cost for a videoconference session is $75. This charge covers some of our expenses in preparing your videoconference and testing and delivering your videoconference.

FORMAT:

All videoconferences are approximately 45 minutes in length. The format is about 25-30 minutes for the presentation and 15-20 minutes for an interactive question and answer session with the students and presenter.

Hope to see you on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 for our first videoconference for Black History Month.

Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool