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Public History Project Bootcamp
RevEd Public History Project Bootcamp
Dates: April 16-18, 2026 (Thursday evening – Saturday noon)
Location: William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Cost: FREE with STIPEND – all lodging, meals, and experience fees are fully covered; $500 stipend for full participation (bootcamp + writing up projects)
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Generously sponsored by the Jesse Ball duPont Fund.
Registration Information
Priority registration is now open for participants in the Stratford Hall Summit until February 21.
General registration opens to all February 22.
Space is limited.
Purpose & Outcomes
The RevEd Student History Project Bootcamp will bring together a cohort of up to ten classroom teachers in Williamsburg to develop a community of practice and build the skills to engage their students in public history projects. By the end of the bootcamp, participants will have refined a focus for their unique project, begun to develop the necessary skills, set clear incremental deadlines for project completion, and connected with mentors to support them online throughout the process. Following the bootcamp, participants will finalize and share their project plans.
Eligibility
Participants must be a current classroom teacher or museum educator. Prior to the bootcamp, participants will be encouraged to complete an online, asynchronous 5-hour Historical Inquiry in the Classroom course. Additionally, participants are strongly encouraged to explore and read about different types of student-created public history projects (e.g., podcast creation, exhibit creation, civic engagement, etc.) that they want to focus on for the bootcamp. A list of resources to explore will be provided.
Bootcamp Overview
The bootcamp will be structured to support participants in planning student public history projects that they can take back to the classroom or site. The bootcamp will open with a welcome dinner and evening event at Colonial Williamsburg. Over the following day and a half, participants will work alone or in small groups to explore a particular form of public history and work with both education specialists and practicing public historians to build skills they can take back to the classroom. Participants will also engage in a planning process that will empower them to create a project blueprint for further refinement afterwards.
Outcomes
Participants will leave with a project blueprint and free access to lilyPD online microcourses that will help them continue to develop their skills and inform their project plans. Additionally, participants will have access to a virtual learning community and mentoring as they refine and implement their projects. Upon successful completion and sharing of their project plans, they will receive a $500 stipend.
Schedule (subject to change)
Thursday evening (April 16): Meet at Barrett House at 5:00 PM, then head to the Sir Christopher Wren Building for "The Power of Public History" with Charles Fulcher. Cap it off with dinner at Shields Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg.
Friday (April 17): Tour the Williamsburg Bray School. Work alongside museum professionals and W&M faculty on real classroom applications. Then get hands-on: podcasting, oral history, exhibit design, civic writing workshops. Lunch in historic CW. Dinner at Mellow Mushroom.
Saturday morning (April 18): Build your project blueprint. Get practical about implementation. Share ideas over lunch. Leave with a plan you can actually use. Done by 1:00 PM