Mantua – Crestwood Middle School Teacher Kimberly Marfy has been selected to participate in a week-long workshop in Washington D.C. to learn about the history of The White House.
The White House History Teacher Institute is a program that is open to educators K-12 across the United States with only 30 available spots. The teachers that apply are evaluated using four criteria: Content Relation, Teaching Style, Collaboration, and Reach Potential.
The institute consists of a variety of activities like lectures, classroom applications, and site visits. Some of the topics explore the structure of The White House, its function, the people who work in The White House, different eras of remodeling or rebuilding, and how the White House has impacted history. “The purpose of the opportunity is to strengthen the teacher’s passion and enthusiasm for history, give us a different perspective and allow us to be more creative in our lessons,” said Marfy.
This isn’t the first time Marfy has participated in workshops across the country. Through the National Endowment for the Humanities, she has visited several other U.S. cities to explore history firsthand. In 2018, she visited Lowell, Massachusetts to learn about the Industrial Revolution. Then, in 2019 Marfy attended “The Most Southern Place on Earth” workshop in the Mississippi Delta where she learned about the Civil Rights Movement and sharecropping.
Marfy will travel to D.C. in July with 29 other teachers from across the country to get an immersive look at a major symbol in American history.
