Drawing from the ideas set forth in our film, “Civil War & Emancipation,” teachers will explore the factors, actions and motivations that drove the people of the United States to go to war against each other. 25 educators will come together at the museum’s Historic Tredegar campus in Richmond, Virginia, for a week of scholar lecture/discussion sessions, museum exploration and artifact examination through which to gain a deeper understanding of what led to the American Civil War. Site visits include walking tours of local historic sites related to the key economic, political and social motivations including the Confederate President’s House, Virginia State Capitol, Shockoe Bottom / Devil’s Half Acre, and a day trip to Goochland County’s historic Jackson Blacksmith Shop and James Madison’s Montpelier to see “The Mere Distinction of Colour,” a civil war battlefield encampment and a post-war freedman’s family farm site.