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Winning Essay |
Washington
Workshops Congressional Seminar Essay Contest
This is a
major project of The Society held under the auspices of the Washington Workshops
Foundation, a private nonprofit educational program in American government for
high school students. Winners of an annual national essay contest
sponsored by The NSCDA are sent to Washington, D.C. for a week of
citizenship education about the national government.
In 2009, 67 students were sponsored by the Dames.
Read about their experiences in their own words. A letter from one
student and
comments from a number of students. |
2009 Washington Workshops Congressional Seminar
Students at Dumbarton House, Headquarters of
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America |
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The topic for 2009 was "Over the course of
history which American leader has provided the greatest visionary
leadership?" Read two winning essays on:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President James Madison.
The topic for 2010 is "Discuss a major Supreme Court decision you believe
to be pivotal in our nation's history.
Information sheet for 2010 and application for 2010.
For more information on the Washington Workshops, go to
http://www.workshops.org.
For more information from The NSCDA National Consultant for
this project, contact
rayoung@windstream.net, please
reference Essay Contest as the subject. |
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