Dr. Tom & Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award
Purpose:
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, whose mission and objectives are patriotic, historical, and educational, wish to identify, recognize, and commend Outstanding Social Studies Teachers. These extraordinary educators at private, public, and parochial institutions, who teach our children in a middle or high school setting, will be recognized for actively addressing the history of the American Revolutionary era. The Dr. Tom & Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award winner will represent a teacher whose instruction on the Revolutionary War era from 1750 – 1800 demonstrates educational efforts in the classroom that exceed and excel above current, accepted, curriculum requirements.
Award Description:
The Dr. Tom & Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award winner will be able to choose a trip to one of the following seminars;
1) Freedoms Foundation Summer Teacher Graduate Workshop at Valley Forge, Pa.,
2) Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Workshop in Williamsburg, Va.,
3) Jefferson Symposium at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., or
4) SAR Annual Conference on the American Revolution.
This first place award, valued at $5,000.00, will reimburse the winner for expenses including tuition, room and board, and transportation. The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will provide this professional educational opportunity to an educator who will bring back to the classroom a heightened level of creativity and enthusiasm to their students of the American Revolutionary era.
For more information of this award, please follow this link: American History Teacher Award
