Photograph of a World War II African American soldier, 1941 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC09570)
Veterans Legacy Program Seminar: The Global Legacies of World War II is a weeklong PD event for up to 40 K–12 teachers at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA. This seminar will examine the Second World War in a global context, but with an emphasis on the American experience. As fewer and fewer of our students know someone who served in the war, rethinking ways to teach it has become ever more important. This seminar will conclude with an examination of how the war created our world today, with a special focus on its impacts on Russia, China, Europe, and the United States. We are still living with the world the war created and its legacy in many of the world’s conflicts, including Korea, Ukraine, the Middle East, and Taiwan. This seminar can, therefore, help place today’s wars in historical context.
In partnership with the National Cemetery Administration (NCA), a division of the US Department of Veterans Affairs
Application Information
Interested K–12 teachers should complete an application to be considered. Applications will be reviewed by Gilder Lehrman Institute and National Cemetery Administration staff. The deadline to submit an application was March 5, 2024. Selected teachers will be notified by April 5, 2024.