African American Civil War Museum

The African American Civil War Museum will strengthen its educational programming for schools by engaging a greater number of teachers and designing new curriculum resources to support social studies curriculum standards. The Museum Passport to Freedom Program is designed to encourage museum visitation by students from low-income homes and provides transportation support to schools in the area. The museum's education staff will collaborate with DC Public and Charter School curriculum administrators to develop and implement continuing education workshops for teachers designed to expand their knowledge and understanding of the American Civil War, United States Colored Troops, and African American activities during the Civil War. The project will result in teacher training curricula, exhibition guides to support student learning inside and outside of the museum, and curricula resources that will be available for download on the museum's website.