It’s FREE! The George Washington Oklahoma Teaching Ambassador is Available
Thanks to a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, and Mount Vernon’s Oklahoma Partners-The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, A+ Schools, the Oklahoma History Center, the Kirkpatrick Foundation, and the Oklahoma Department of Education, FREE workshops for teachers and FREE classroom experiences about George Washington are available across the state. As Oklahoma’s George Washington Teaching Ambassador, Jan McClaren is the state’s resource for educators. She will gladly come to your classroom to do a lesson about George Washington, tailoring it to your needs. Teachers and classes may choose from such lessons/workshops as: Washington, Leadership, and Elections, Washington and the Revolutionary War, Washington-Art and Architecture of his Period, Farmer Washington, and many more. Jan will be happy to create workshop themes as requested. She can also come to your school for your staff’s professional development, demonstrating how to use Washington across the curriculum. Please email her at jmcclaren@mountvernon.org . Jan is looking forward to visiting with students and teachers. For further information and to set dates for the experiences. Jan is looking forward to visiting with students and teachers.
Cokie Roberts, contributing senior news analyst to National Public Radio, and I converse on Washington’s piazza with the Potomac River in the background.curriculum.
