diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SamplesController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SamplesController.java
index 2e60dfaf5..973457ee8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SamplesController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SamplesController.java
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Portal;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet.ResponseValues;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet.TemplateResponseValues;
-import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.EditConfiguration;
 
 /**
  * Freemarker controller and template samples.
@@ -82,6 +80,8 @@ public class SamplesController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         body.put("trueStatement", true);
         body.put("falseStatement", false);
         
+        body.put("pojo", new EditConfiguration());
+        
         getBerries(body);
         
         body.put("bookTitle", "Pride and Prejudice");
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/dump/DumpHelper.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/dump/DumpHelper.java
index 0cc856092..24525f83c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/dump/DumpHelper.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/directives/dump/DumpHelper.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateHashModel;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateModel;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateModelException;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateNumberModel;
-import freemarker.template.TemplateScalarModel;
 import freemarker.template.TemplateSequenceModel;
 import freemarker.template.utility.DeepUnwrap;
 
@@ -54,9 +53,7 @@ public class DumpHelper {
         map.put("var", varName);
         
         if (tm != null) {            
-            String type = null;
             Object unwrappedModel = null;
-
             try {
                 unwrappedModel = DeepUnwrap.permissiveUnwrap(tm);
             } catch (TemplateModelException e) {
@@ -66,39 +63,52 @@ public class DumpHelper {
             // Just use toString() method for now. Handles nested collections. Could make more sophisticated later.
             // tm.toString() gives wrong results in the case of, e.g., a boolean value in a hash. tm.toString() may
             // return a TemplateBooleanModel object, while unwrappedModel.toString() returns "true" or "false."
-            String value = unwrappedModel.toString(); // tm.toString();  
+            String value = unwrappedModel.toString(); // tm.toString();
+            String className = unwrappedModel.getClass().getName();
+            String type = null;
             
-            // This case must precede the TemplateScalarModel case, because
-            // tm is an instance of StringModel and thus a TemplateScalarModel.
+            // For basic Java types such as string, date, boolean, it's most helpful for the dump to
+            // show the shorthand type assigned below, rather than the Java class name. But for our
+            // BaseTemplateModel objects, show the actual class, since that provides additional
+            // information about the object (available methods, for example) that it is helpful to
+            // view in the dump. Not sure if we should handle our application-specific, non-template
+            // model objects in the same way. For now, these get assigned a shorthand type below.
             if (unwrappedModel instanceof BaseTemplateModel) {
-                type = unwrappedModel.getClass().getName(); 
-                value = ((BaseTemplateModel)unwrappedModel).dump();
-            } else if (tm instanceof TemplateScalarModel) {
-                type = "string";
+                value = ((BaseTemplateModel)unwrappedModel).dump();   
+                type = className;
+            }            
+            // Can't use this, because tm of (at least some) POJOs are
+            // StringModels, which are both TemplateScalarModels and TemplateHashModels
+            // if (tm instanceof TemplateScalarModel)
+            else if (unwrappedModel instanceof String) {
+                type = "String";
             } else if (tm instanceof TemplateDateModel) { 
-                type = "date";
+                type = "Date";
             } else if (tm instanceof TemplateNumberModel) {
-                type = "number";
+                type = "Number";
             } else if (tm instanceof TemplateBooleanModel) {
-                type = "boolean";
+                type = "Boolean";
                 try {
-                    value =  ((TemplateBooleanModel) tm).getAsBoolean() ? "true" : "false";
+                    value = ((TemplateBooleanModel) tm).getAsBoolean() ? "true" : "false";
                 } catch (TemplateModelException e) {
                     log.error("Error getting boolean value for " + varName + ".");
                 }
             } else if (tm instanceof TemplateSequenceModel){
-                type = "sequence";
+                type = "Sequence";
             } else if (tm instanceof TemplateHashModel) {
-                type = "hash";
+                type = "Hash";
             // In recursive dump, we've gotten down to a raw string. Just output it.    
             //  } else if (val == null) {
             //    out.write(var);
             //    return;
             } else {
-                type = "object";
+                // One of the above cases should have applied. Just in case not, show the Java class name.
+                type = className;
             }
+            
             map.put("value", value);
             map.put("type", type);
+
         }
 
         return map;
diff --git a/webapp/web/css/dump.css b/webapp/web/css/dump.css
index 8e3308e25..fa1b5ba5d 100644
--- a/webapp/web/css/dump.css
+++ b/webapp/web/css/dump.css
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
     padding: 1em 0;
     margin: 1em 0;   
 }
+
+.dump .var p {
+    margin-bottom: .3em;
+}
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/dump/dump-var.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/dump/dump-var.ftl
index 2306fbd0f..33c74add4 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/dump/dump-var.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/dump/dump-var.ftl
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 <#-- Template for dumping a template variable -->
  
 <div class="var"> 
-
-    <h6>Variable name: <em>${var}</em></h6>
+    <p><strong>Variable name: <em>${var}</em></strong></p>
     <#if value??>
-        <strong>Type:</strong> ${type}<br />
-        <strong>Value:</strong> ${value}<br />
+        <p><strong>Value:</strong> ${value}</p>
+        <p><strong>Type:</strong> ${type}</p>
     <#else>
-        Variable is undefined in the data model
-    </#if>
-    
+        <p>Variable is undefined in the data model</p>
+    </#if>   
 </div>
 
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/samples.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/samples.ftl
index f44dfddc5..9049d2ad9 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/samples.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/samples.ftl
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 <@dump var="fruit" />
 <@dump var="trueStatement" />
 <@dump var="zoo1" />
+<@dump var="pojo" />
 
 ${stylesheets.addFromTheme("/css/sstest.css", "/css/sstest2.css")}
 ${scripts.addFromTheme("/js/jstest.js")}