{"id":3485,"date":"2011-01-05T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T20:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2011-01-06T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:01:49","slug":"house-divided-launch-april-15-16-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/2011\/01\/05\/house-divided-launch-april-15-16-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"House Divided Launch &#038; Civil War 150th, April 15-16, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3488\" title=\"Project Index\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/project_index-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/project_index-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/project_index.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To help honor the start of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and to publicize the launch of a wide-ranging effort to help America&#8217;s classrooms learn more about this pivotal conflict, the House Divided Project at Dickinson College will host a weekend of entertaining and educational events, free of charge to participants: <\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2011\/01\/05\/film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Documentary Film Festival<\/a> &#8211; Friday April 15, 2011, 7pm to 9pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch a fascinating collection of short documentary films about the Civil War and its impact on ordinary Americans and small communities such as Carlisle, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 <strong>Open to the public.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2011\/01\/04\/teacher-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teacher Workshop<\/a> &#8211; Saturday April 16, 2011, 9am to noon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about the extraordinary range of free resources available online through the House Divided Project and other leading digital content providers.\u00a0 <strong>Advance registration required &#8211;open to K-12 educators and home-schooling parents<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2011\/01\/03\/civil-war-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\">Civil War Tours<\/a> &#8211; Saturday April 16, 2011, 1pm to 3pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience Civil War walking tours as never before. Students and staff from House Divided will lead visitors around Carlisle using the latest digital tools to help create a truly unique glimpse into the past.\u00a0 <strong>Reservations encouraged<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2011\/01\/02\/david-blight-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Blight Lecture<\/a> &#8211; Saturday April 16, 2011, 7pm to 8:30pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yale historian and author of <em>Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory<\/em> (2001), David Blight will explore the meaning of the conflict at the beginning of its 150th anniversary.\u00a0 Book signing to follow.\u00a0 <strong>Open to the public.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>All events are free<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong> Contact Don Sailer at hdivided@dickinson.edu or 717-245-1525<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help honor the start of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and to publicize the launch of a wide-ranging effort to help America&#8217;s classrooms learn more about this pivotal conflict, the House Divided Project at Dickinson College will host a weekend of entertaining and educational events, free of charge to participants: 1. 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