Workshop Contents

• Workshop Introduction
• Bulletin Board
• Participant Background
• Evaluating and Using Online Resources in the Classroom
• Evaluating Web Sites
• Integrating the Internet into Your Curriculum 
• Workshop Handouts
• Session 1: Legends Defined
• What Is a Legend? 
• Perpetuating Legends 
• Urban Legends 
• Legendary Artifacts 
• General Links 
• Assignment 1 
• Session 2: Creating Community
• Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend 
• Daniel Boone, Trailblazer 
• Assignment 2 
• Session 3: Defending Community
• Flora MacDonald: “The Bright and Particular Star” 
• Henry Berry Lowry Lives Forever 
• Supplementary Readings: Mary Slocumb and Tsali 
• Assignment 3 
• Session 4: Uplifting Community
• The Death of Dr. Charles Drew 
• The Greensboro Four 
• Supplementary Readings: Charlotte Hawkins Brown and Henry Frye 
• Assignment 4 
• Session 5: Inspiring Community
• Dolley Madison, National Heroine 
• Jim Thorpe and Babe Ruth: Sports Legends 
• Assignment 5 
• Session 6: Defying Community
• Blackbeard (no assignment)

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