Programs

"A Guide to Primary Resources for U.S. History" by the Virginia Center for Digital History and the Miller Center of Public Affairs is a Web site dedicated to helping secondary school teachers, particularly 11th grade history teachers in Virginia, find primary resources on the Web.

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) has developed the African American Heritage Program as an educational and economic resource for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The initiative is designed to encourage tourism to African American heritage sites and organizations in Virginia, while increasing knowledge of the African-American experience.

Directed by ethnomusicologist & Africanist Michelle Kisliuk This ensemble focuses on traditional music and dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka pygmies). The group develops tight ensemble dynamics, aural musicianship, and a polymetric sensibility, and performs several times per year.

"Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts" is an electronic, searchable archive of primary source materials at Virginia repositories that relate to the Afro- American experience.

All America Reads (AAR) is an ongoing nationwide project designed to encourage reading and discussion. The project selects a novel and provides numerous lesson plans and resources for educators and students.

A series of graduate-level professional development courses in education is offered to assist individuals in meeting the Professional Studies Requirement for the alternative route to teacher licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"America in the 1930s" offers a substantial collection of film, print, audio media from the Depression-era U.S., as well as an archive of art objects, achitecture, and design from this historical period.

The American Studies Program at UVa maintains an online collection of more than 70 classic texts, maps, and other media important to the study of American society and culture. Resources on the Web site have been amplified, extended, or enriched through links to other materials.

The Capitol Project is an exploration of the National Capitol as an American icon, the cathedral of our national faith, the map of our public memory, and the monument to our official culture. The Web site offers a virtual tour of the Capitol and provides access to a variety of related Web- based resources.

Held each Columbus Day Weekend, ArborFest is the Arboretum’s fall festival and plant sale. Hours are 9 to 4:30 both Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.