Summer 2022 Gallery – Knowledge for Freedom seminar

We hosted our second Knowledge for Freedom seminar in July 2022, introducing rising high school seniors to some foundational texts in the history of American democracy while preparing them for college, citizenship, and beyond.

THE SUMMER 2022 TEAM

CLASSROOM STUDY

In the mornings, students attended seminar sessions in Denny Hall.

GETTING COLLEGE READY

Students attended various workshops with Dickinson admissions staff and others to help prepare them for the application process and researching topics in college.

Admissions visiting classroom — Students attended various workshops with Admissions staff who offered mentoring on the college application process.

Librarians meeting with students in classroom — Students met with librarians who provided instruction on historical research methods and archival research.

McGeehan talking to students in classroom — Students participating in a workshop run by Keely McGeehan, who teaches English at Carlisle High School.

workshop in classroom — Students in one of the TAs’ writing workshops

THE OTHER LINCOLN-DOUGLASS DEBATES

On our final day, two teams debated the relative merits of Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s antislavery strategies.

student debate — Team Douglass on left and Team Lincoln on right

Team Lincoln with TA Moyra Schauffler after the debate

students after debate — Team Douglass with TA Cooper Wingert after the debate

Students from the 2021 seminar returned as judges for the debate

EXPLORING CARLISLE

Students visited the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Lincoln Cemetery, the Old Cumberland County Courthouse, Hope Station and went on the Dickinson & Slavery Historic walking tour.

FIELD TRIPS

Students visited the Gettysburg National Military Park

students at Peace Light Monument — Visiting the Peace Light Monument at the Gettysburg battlefield

students at Little Round Top — Our group at Little Round Top

students at Gettysburg Cyclorama — Seminar participants viewing the cyclorama at the Gettysburg Visitor Center

Our final field trip was to Washington D.C. where students visited the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the National Archives, the Smithsonian’s National African American Museum, and the Emancipation Memorial.

MEET OUR SUMMER 2022 STAFF

TAs and RAs — Graduate TAs Cooper Wingert and Moyra Schauffler with undergraduate RAs Charlotte Goodman and Jordyn Ney

Undergraduate tutors Charlotte Goodman, Jordan Schucker, Gracie Perine, and Forbes