About David McCullough - George Washington Presentation:
The Constitutional Sources Project, the only free, fully-indexed online library of Constitutional sources, will partner with the History Channel, the New York Historical Society, Ustream and Verizon Thinkfinity in hosting an online President’s Day event with David McCullough February 13, 2008 webcast at www.ConSource.org from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT. This event will mark the addition of approximately 20,000 letters, speeches, and other documents written to and from George Washington in raw format to ConSource and the launch of a new public proofreading tool.
During the webcast, David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will teach a nationwide audience of students about George Washington using documents newly accessible on ConSource.org. Any student who participates in the live webcast will be able to ask questions of Mr. McCullough. The webcast will be permanently available at www.ConSource.org, and will also be available on Verizon’s Thinkfinity website.
The New York Historical Society will play physical host for the event, to which high school students from the Academy of American Studies and the High School of American Studies in the New York area will attend. Ustream.tv will provide streaming technology for the webcast, while the History Channel will video and sponsor the event and provide free George Washington footage for participating teachers. Verizon’s Thinkfinity will sponsor the event and provide teachers lesson plan materials through its partners.
“We are pleased to partner with these organizations and to host David McCullough in creating another opportunity for students to interact with the Constitution,” said Lorianne Updike, President and Executive Director of ConSource.org. “This event represents a significant step in providing the public free access to all of our Founders’ documents which created the Constitution.”
To watch the webcast with David McCullough on February 13, or to review the documents that David McCullough will teach with, the lesson plan materials provided by Verizon and its partners, or the George Washington video clips provided by the History Channel, go to www.ConSource.org.
About The Constitutional Sources Project
Founded in May of 2005, The Constitutional Sources Project launched the only free fully-indexed online library of Constitution sources for “We the People” at www.ConSource.org on September 17, 2007. This new medium will give the Founders, Reconstructionists, and original Feminists voices in the classroom and courtroom, providing everyone from the sixth grader to the Supreme Court justice with the best history of the Constitution. Current collections include James Madison’s handwritten notes of the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers, the Anti and Pro-Federalist Papers, state ratification debates for seven states, and the Bill of Rights’ legislative history.
