Age Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on August 22, 2025 @ 9:00pm.
Program Description
Event Details
Conflict and Contradiction: Teaching the American Revolution:
The Poughkeepsie Big Read 2025's Professional Development Day presented by PPLD and The Art Effect.
Independence. Freedom. Liberty. The rallying cries of the American Revolution are no less prevalent today, no less powerful, yet these words mean vastly different things to different people in 2025. Our students inhabit increasingly polarized worlds where shared understanding can’t always be relied upon. How can historical narratives with conflicting perspectives help students practice sitting with tension and making sense of contradictions? How can teachers use the power of historical narratives to deepen students’ empathy and foster understanding across differences—and teach valuable lessons about what it means to be an America today?
- More about topics, presenters and The Big Read 2025 at https://poklib.org/big-read/
- For qualifying teachers. Documentation verifying teacher attendance will be provided to registrants who have prior in-service approval from their home districts.