Twain for Teachers Archives - Center for Mark Twain Studies

Twain for Teachers: Why not Mark Twain’s “A Medieval Romance”? (from KeepingClassics.com)

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by Deborah Eades McNemee

A Kansas teacher explains how this early Mark Twain story appeals to the interests of contemporary students.

Welcome to the 2020 CMTS Summer Teachers Institute!

Posted on July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

Meet the coordinators of our entirely virtual 2020 Summer Teachers Institute.

CMTS Announces the 3rd Annual Quarry Farm Fireplace Creative Writing Contest

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by Joe Lemak

Contest is open to 2nd-6th graders. Deadline is April 24, 2020.

Upcoming Staged Reading Will Celebrate Sam and Livy's 150th Wedding Anniversary

Posted on January 24, 2020March 13, 2020 by Joe Lemak

Event takes place on Wednesday, February 5 at 7pm on the Elmira College Campus

An Interview With Virgie Hoban About Six Degrees of Mark Twain

Posted on January 9, 2020January 15, 2020 by Matt Seybold

Check out this unique multimedia resource focused on Mark Twain’s social network, created by Virgie Hoban and the Mark Twain Project.

Take A Virtual Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery, Resting Place of Mark Twain & Many Other Notable Figures of Nineteenth-Century America

Posted on January 6, 2020February 13, 2020 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

In our episode of the C19: America In The 19th-Century podcast, Matt Seybold took listeners on an audio-tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, the resting place of not only Mark Twain, but conductors and stationmasters on the Underground Railroad and many unsung activists and philanthropists. The podcast was one of our major projects of 2019, alongside the launch of several notable resources for scholars and teachers. We are proud to […]

Members of the Elmira College Community Perform A Revised Version of “A True Story”

Posted on November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 by Jan Kather

In September 2019, the Elmira College community performed a revised version of “A True Story”

Teachers Convene At Quarry Farm and Elmira College to Discuss Mark Twain and Generation Z

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by Matt Seybold

A group of forty-six K-12 teachers, librarians, and other educators gathered in Elmira this week for the 2019 Summer Teachers Institute to discuss the challenges and opportunities created by using Mark Twain’s life and work with students from “Generation Z.” The Institute was led by Dr. Jocelyn Chadwick, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, recent President of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and author […]