The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College
A one-week daytime seminar for 7th – 12th grade students who enjoy history
Dates: July 18 - July 22, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Bowdoin College, Brunswick
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Bowdoin College, Brunswick
This camp is now full, a waiting-list has been created
Joshua Chamberlain, a decorated Civil War officer, president of Bowdoin College, and Governor of Maine had become a footnote to history until the book Killer Angels by Michael Shaara captured the popular imagination. A fictional account of the battle of Gettysburg, Killer Angels focuses on Chamberlain as one of the day’s heroes—but was this account a true representation of what really happened at Little Round Top on that July day in 1863?
Want to know more about this Civil War hero from Maine? Come to History Camp 2011!
- Learn about Joshua Chamberlain’s life and career, with a focus on his role in the Civil War.
- Study the impact of the Civil War on U.S. history.
- Consider the role of political agendas, memory, evidence, and storytelling in shaping and sharing history.
- Work with primary sources—letters, speeches, posters, cartoons, objects—the actual “stuff” of history.
- Get a behind-the-scenes look at how a library and museum work.
- Understand the career options open to history majors. They are not all teachers and professors!
History Camp Staff
- Dennis Edmondson, History Teacher, Mt. Ararat High School
- Jeremy Skelton, Social Studies Teacher, Vineyard Christian School
- Tom Desjardin, Historian, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
