Summer 2019 Teacher Seminars, Weeks and 4 and 5

Held at colleges and historic sites across the US and abroad, Gilder Lehrman Teacher Seminars offer teachers daily programs with leading historians, visits to local historic sites, and hands-on work with primary sources. Teachers participated in the following seminars July 7–20.

July 7–13

33 K–12 teachers participated in 9/11 and American Memory led by Edward T. Linenthal, a history professor at Indiana University and consultant to the National Park Service, with Master Teacher Toby Smith at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and New York University. In addition to participating in lectures and idscussions with Professor Linenthal and Cliff Chanin of the 9/11 Museum, the group heard from a survivor of 9/11 and Special Agent John Venturelli.

34 K–12 teachers participated in The Civil Rights Movement led by Charles McKinney, Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of History, Rhodes College, with Master Teacher Keisha Rembert. This seminar is held in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. In addition to participating in Professor McKinney’s classroom lectures and discussions, the group visited the National Civil Rights Museum and other important local landmarks. A highlight of the week was a panel discussion with sanitation workers who took part in the 1968 strike.

34 K–12 teachers participated in Gettysburg: History and Memory led by Allen Guelzo, Henry R. Luce III Professor of the Civil War Era, Gettysburg College. Master Teacher Nathan McAlister served as seminar coordinator. In addition to participating in Dr. Guelzo’s lecture sessions, the group toured Gettysburg battlefields. The group also participated in an artillery drill and visited Gettysburg College’s special collections.

34 K–12 teachers participated in Immigrants in American History led by Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University, with Master Teacher Kory Loyola at Pace University. In addition to participating in Professor Ngai’s lectures, the group toured Ellis Island, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, El Museo del Barrio,  the Museum of Chinese in America, and the National Archives of New York City.

35 K–12 teachers participated in The American Revolution led by Andrew Robertson, a history professor at The Graduate Center/Lehman College, with Master Teacher Lavinia Draper at Boston University. In addition to participating in Professor Robertson’s lectures, the group took walking tours of Cambridge, the Paul Revere House, and Revolutionary War sites (Lexington Green, Battle Road, and Old North Bridge).

34 K–12 teachers participated in World War I and Its Aftermath led by Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History, Yale University, with Master Teacher Ron Adkisson, in partnership with the National World War I Museum. In additon to participating in Professor Winter’s lectures and discussions, teachers worked with closely with museum staff and archivists. 

July 14–20

34 K–12 teachers participated in The Vietnam War seminar led by Robert Brigham, the Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College, with Senior Education Fellow John McNamara in partnership with the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL. In addition to participating in lectures and discussions, the group spoke over dinner with Vietnam veterans and made a trip to the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago.

33 K–12 teachers participated in the American Capitalism led by David Sicilia, Henry Kaufman Chair of Financial History and Associate Professor, University of Maryland, with Master Teacher Anthony diBattista, at Pace University. Along with participating in Professor Sicilia’s lectures, the group visited the Gilder Lehrman Collection to view finance-related archival materials and toured of the Museum of the City of New York to learn about the founding of our financial institutions.

34 K–12 teachers participated in The Franklin Roosevelt Era seminar led by Eric Rauchway, professor at the University of California, Davis, with Master Teacher David Mitchell, in partnership with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. In addition to participating in lectures and discussions, the group toured the FDR Museum and visited Val-Kill Cottage and Springwood.

30 K–12 teachers participated in The California Gold Rush led by Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas, with Master Teacher Lindsey Charron at the University of California, Davis. In addition to participating in Professor West’s lecture sessions, the group visited the State Indian Museum, Sutter’s Fort, and the Marshall Gold Discovery Site.