Fifth grade teacher Annalisa Roggow, Alva, returned to her classroom this fall at Lincoln Elementary School with a renewed passion for early American history and a variety of new interactive lessons plans after attending the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in the restored capital city of 18th-century Virginia.

While in Colonial Williamsburg – the world’s largest living history museum – Roggow met character interpreters portraying 18th-century people and was immersed in early American history through hands-on activities and reenactments of historical events. This marks the 31st year tha...