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>>FEMALE ANCHOR: Well, teachers are used to teaching their students, but they're actually
the ones learning here in Rochester. They are learning what makes our city a very historical
landmark.
>>MALE ANCHOR: And this summer while their students are on summer break, teachers are
taking a field trip to Rochester. New at 5:30, Christine Vantimmeren has more on this program,
teaching teachers the history of our city. Christine
>>REPORTER: That's right. You know it's easy for us to forget living here in Rochester
that our city had a big role in the formation of this country and its culture, but for others
across the country and the world, it's something they treasure and hold dear.
>>SHAILA AHMED: I think that even as an English teacher, I have a lot to learn from history.
>>REPORTER: Shaila Ahmed is a teacher from Bangladesh. She's here in Rochester with other
teachers from around the world learning about how Rochester impacted history and reform.
Ahmed teaches at an all-girls school and she thinks learning about women's rights spearheaded
by Susan B. Anthony, from right here in Rochester, will inspire her students.
>>AHMED: I think she had a tough time and I really admire her courage. And we have a
lot to take back to the women we are teaching.
>>REPORTER: In fact, all the teachers here are curious about Rochester. That's why they're
here on a week trip, coordinated by the National Endowment for the Humanities. They bring teachers
to cities all over the U.S. to learn about their history, but this is the first year
Rochester has been on the list of places to go.
>>JOE TORRE: We've been really blown away by the response. People are very, very happy
to be here and they're very intellectually stimulated by the region.
>>REPORTER: About 170 teachers applied to come to Rochester-only 80 made it.
>>RICH NEWMAN: And the teachers that we have from around the country study these things
year after year and wanted to come and have a better appreciation of the way they work
for their students.
>>REPORTER: Rich Newman is the co-director of the program here in Rochester. He's also
a history professor at RIT. He says he's very excited about what this will do for our city.
>>NEWMAN: Already what they're telling us is they got to change the way they teach to
show that it's not just New York, Philadelphia, Boston, but Rochester and places like it that
are really important in early American history.
>> REPORTER: While here, the group will tour Susan B. Anthony House, Frederick Douglass
sites, the Erie Canal and other historical places. Newman says he hopes that if students
around the country learn to appreciate what happened in Rochester, they'll want to come
visit.
>>NEWMAN: We think that we can get a lot of people from around the country to come here
as tourists and connect all of that history.
>>REPORTER: The group will be here until this Friday and their last stop on their tour will
be at the George Eastman House.