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Teachers work with historicpolitical cartoon images.EDUCATIONT H E L I B R A R Y O F V I R G I N I A F O U N D A T I O NLIBRARY HOSTS TEACHERSAnne & Ryland Brown Teacher Enrichment Fundsupports professional developmentEndowed in 2009 by Ellen and Orran Brown in honor of his parents, Anne and Ryland Brown,of Forest, Virginia, the Brown Teacher Enrichment Fund is a legacy to their lifelong beliefin the power of education to improve an individual’s well-being and that of his or her family. Thefund supports two important programs at the Library of Virginia that enhance knowledge andtraining in history and social science instruction in Virginia.2014 Brown Teacher Institute focused on “Teaching Tough Topics”This year’s Brown Teacher institute—held June 27 at the Library of Virginia and July 7 at theSouthwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon—explored methods for addressingcontroversial issues in the classroom. Participants learned how original documents can be usedto show multiple sides of controversial issues, and how to facilitate thoughtful and productiveclassroom discussions. The Library’s Mark Howell and Adrienne Robertson offered sessions onusing political cartoons as primary sources and accessing educational resources on the Library’swebsite. Guest presenters were Dr. Karenne Wood, director of the Virginia Foundation for theHumanities’ Indian Program; Rose McAphee, an interpretive training specialist from the ColonialWilliamsburg Foundation; and Cricket White and Sylvester “Tee” Turner of Initiatives of Change.2014 Brown Research Fellows developed resources for Virginia classroomsBrown Teacher Research Fellowships provide educators with an opportunity to study a topicrelated to Virginia’s history and culture and to develop teaching materials in collaboration with theLibrary’s professional staff. This year’s Fellows were Cathy Nichols-Cocke, who teaches 11th-gradeVirginia and U.S. history in Campbell County, and Dan Tulli, a teacher at L. C. Bird High School inChesterfield County, who was recently named a C-SPAN Senior Fellow. Nichols-Cocke developedteacher resources on forced migration and the experiences of enslaved Virginians during the 19thcentury to support the Library’s current exhibition To Be Sold: Virginia and the American SlaveTrade. Tulli developed teacher resources on Virginia’s Reconstruction Era to support the Library’supcoming exhibition Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, which willexamine the transformation of Virginia society in the years following the Civil War.TACKLING TOUGH TOPICSParticipants watch a presentation at the BrownTeacher Institute’s Richmond session, held June 27.TALENTED TEACHERSCathy Nichols-Cocke and Dan Tulli, this summer’sBrown Teacher Research Fellows, focused on enslavedVirginians and the Reconstruction Era, respectively.12 broadSIDE WWW.LVA.VIRGINIA.GOV 2014 | ISSUE NO. 4
LITERARY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTBarbara KingsolverPOETRY AWARDMargaret MackinnonKudos!Winners and finalists honored at 17th Annual Literary AwardsEach year, the Library of Virginia Literary Awards recognize outstanding Virginia authorsin the areas of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including nonfiction by any author on aVirginia subject). A panel of judges selected the finalists and winners, who received theirawards at a gala celebration at the Library of Virginia on Saturday, October 18. The Librarywas delighted to welcome back best-selling author Adriana Trigiani as host. Other awardspresented that evening include: the People’s Choice Awards, which honor works of fictionand nonfiction as selected by voters online and at public libraries throughout the state;the Literary Lifetime Achievement Award, which celebrates outstanding and long-lastingcontributions to literature by a Virginian; the Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry, which honorsa poet with strong connections to central Virginia and recognizes significant contributionsto the art of poetry; and Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award, created by theLibrary of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which honors an outstandingbook in fiction or nonfiction that demonstrates the highest literary merit as a creative orscholarly work on the theme of visual artists or art.For more information, please visit www.lva.virginia.gov/litawards. Mark your calendarsnow for the 18th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration on Saturday,October 17, 2015.LITERARY AWARDS FINALISTSPOETRYBob Hicok | Elegy OwedMargaret Mackinnon | The Invented Child WINNERR. T. Smith | The Red Wolf: A Dream of Flannery O’ConnorNONFICTIONBarbara PerryRose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political MatriarchAlan TaylorThe Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia,1772–1832Elizabeth VaronAppomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the Endof the Civil War WINNEREMYL JENKINS SEXTON LITERARY AWARDFOR FICTIONCarrie Brown | The Last First DayVirginia Pye | River of DustLee Smith | Guests on Earth WINNERLITERARY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDBarbara KingsolverNONFICTION AWARDElizabeth VaronFICTION AWARDLee SmithPEOPLE’S CHOICE FICTION AWARDDavid BaldacciPEOPLE’S CHOICE FICTION FINALISTSDavid Baldacci | King and Maxwell WINNERLauren Graham | Someday, Someday, MaybeMeg Medina | Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your AssLee Smith | Guests on EarthMary Miley | The ImpersonatorPEOPLE’S CHOICE NONFICTION FINALISTSA. Scott Berg | WilsonRex Bowman & Carlos Santos | Rot, Riot, and RebellionSlash Coleman | The Bohemian Love DiariesDean King | The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys,The True Story WINNERElizabeth Varon | Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, andFreedom at the End of the Civil WarART IN LITERATURE:THE MARY LYNN KOTZ AWARDCarolyn Kreiter-ForondaThe Embrace: Diego Rivera and Frida KahloTHE CAROLE WEINSTEIN PRIZE IN POETRYRita DovePEOPLE’S CHOICE NONFICTION AWARDDean KingMARY LYNN KOTZ AWARDCarolyn Kreiter-ForondaTHE CAROLE WEINSTEIN POETRY PRIZERita Dove17th ANNUALLibrary of VirginiaLiteraryAwardsCelebrationVIRGINIA LITERARY FESTIVAL SPONSORSDominionLibrary of Virginia FoundationRichmond Times-DispatchWeinstein PropertiesVirginia Commission for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsVCU College of Humanities & SciencesWythken PrintingChristian & Barton, LLPMercer TrigianiBlue Ridge A/V and LightingChristopher MarstonKatherine Neville & Karl PribramKathy & Steve RogersThe Honorable & Mrs. John C. WatkinsT H E L I B R A R Y O F V I R G I N I A F O U N D A T I O N2014 | ISSUE NO. 4 broadSIDE 13
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