Address: 

1210 River Rd
Washington Crossing, PA 18977 

To RSVP to attend this event, please email: spero@dlar.org.

This one-day workshop will improve teacher knowledge and pedagogy in the field of history by adopting six strategies for professional development that are uniquely suited to the David Library. The workshop will consist of a lecture in its conference hall, an immersion in rare manuscript primary sources written by George Washington and others about the Revolution in the Delaware Valley, a site visit to Washington Crossing State Park, and a group discussion on pedagogy facilitated by a historian. 

To receive full credit for attendance at the workshop, teachers will have to subsequently submit a lesson plan based off of what they learned and take part in an online discussion about the use of the lesson plans in the classroom. The best lesson plans will be hosted on the David Library website and accessible to teachers from across the nation to use in their classrooms.

The content of the workshop will revolve around the centrality of Washington’s stay in the Delaware Valley to the American Revolution. Using George Washington as lens into the Revolution, the workshop will focus on Washington’s leadership traits that helped win American Independence. The workshop will focus on Washington’s momentous decision to cross the Delaware on Christmas Eve, 1776, and attack British troops stationed in New Jersey. The battle helped turn the tide of the American Revolution.   The workshop will also include sections on the experience of soldiers from all ranks of society and the support network these soldiers found in the Delaware Valley community.  

Full completion will result in 12 ACT 48 Credit hours.