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George Washington's World

Spring 2015
Some of the topics we will cover:
  • Customs and culture during the 18th century
  • Richmond in 1796
  • Slavery and the development of the slave trade
Against its historical backdrop, we'll look at the lifestyles of the times.

The class will have a relaxed conversational approach with lots of discussion and question/answer time.

Our Instructor:
Cliff Dickinson, Middle School History teacher, came to STC in 1984. A graduate of Edinboro University in Pennsylvania where he also received his M.A. in History, he received a B.A. in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. His graduate work was in Civil War history and as part of his summer coursework, he traveled to every major battlefield in the country with a select group of graduate students.

Mr. Dickinson spent fifteen summers as an interpreter and ranger with the National Park Service and completed three historical landscape studies of Richmond area battlefields for NPS. For nine summers, Mr. Dickinson was employed by the Museum of the Confederacy, cataloging its extensive map collection and numerous manuscript collections. He has also served as a consultant for preservation organizations and environmental engineering firms on Civil War engineering and fortifications.

The life and times of George Washingotn has always been an area of personal interest to Mr. Dickinson, and he has invested a lot of time over the years studying and researching this historic period.

In 2002, Mr. Dickinson received the Carl J. Koenig Award for Faculty Excellence and currently holds the Thomas R. Towers History Chair.
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