Grades 1-3

Through the Visiting Scholars Program, scholars, university professors and experts in their fields make a wide assortment of special presentations in Delaware classrooms. They collaborate with schoolteachers to shape innovative custom programs.

Review the following presentations to find a presentation to schedule for your class. Scheduling and presentation arrangements must be made directly with the relevant scholar. Simply click on the presenter's name to access his/her contact information. You can also review our entire index of Visiting Scholars.

Refer to the Planning a Visiting Scholar's Presentation page for important requirements and deadlines you must observe when scheduling a scholars visit. Use the Visiting Scholars Request Form to formally schedule a classroom visit.

Presenting Scholar: D. Heyward Brock

• Quill, Pen, Typewriter and Beyond: Stories of How Authors Wrote in Times Gone By

Authors may be selected by teacher in agreement with Dr. Brock.

Presenting Scholar: Joan DelFattore

• Fantasy, Holiday Stories and More: Storytelling to Encourage Reading for Pleasure

Presenting Scholar: Ursula Erhardt

• Art Appreciation: Ways of Looking at and Thinking about Art

The specific content of the presentation will be determined in collaboration with the classroom teacher. Presentations include slides, using one or two carousel projectors.

Presenting Scholar: William Flayhart

• The Great Ship Titanic
• Medieval History: Castle and Knights
• King Tut
• The St. Nicholas Legend
• Programs are accompanied by slides

Presenting Scholar: Thomas E.Gallagher

• Multiculturalism: Children Around the World
• Native Americans at the Times of Columbus
• The Amish
• We are not "Red Men": Americans Indians

Presenting Scholar: John Gardner

• From Here and Everywhere: Diversity in Early America
• Meet a Revolutionary Soldier and his Equipment
• Delaware History
• Creating Historical Scenarios and Characters
• Have a Ball! : 18th Century American Dancing
• Getting There: Maps and Finding Your Way
• Our Next Bicentennial: The War of 1812
  

Presenting Scholar: James E. Newton

• ABC's of Black History
• Martin Luther King
• Underground Railroad
• African-American Art

Presenting Scholar: Thomas Rocek

• Archaeology
• Native Americans

Presenting Speaker: Clara L. Small

• Slavery and the Civil War
• The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
• The Life and Times of Fredrick Douglass
• The Life and Times of Malcolm X
• The Struggle for Equality

Programs are often accompanied by slides.