A collage representing some topics to be discussed at the National Teacher Institute 2023

Schedule of Events-Baltimore

Teacher Institute: July 13-16, 2023

The schedule of events is tentative and subject to change.
American Battlefield Trust Event

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Breakfast on Your Own

8:45 AM: Registration Opens 

9:45 AM: Welcome to Baltimore from the American Battlefield Trust 

10:20 AM: Keynote Session I—How History Can Help Us Make Sense of The Contemporary Moment

11:30 AM: Lunch Served (Provided)

12:05 PM: Lunch Time General Session I—Making History Relatable (and Cool!)

1:10 PM: Break

1:30-2:30: Breakout Sessions I

  • Salon A—The Unfinished Revolution
  • Salon B—Teaching Civil War Medicine at Gettysburg's Seminary Ridge
  • Salon C—Command Decisions That Affected the War of 1812
  • Salon D—The Power of Place

2:45-3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions II

  • Salon A—An Intro to the O.R.s: The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
  • Salon B—An Educational Adventure! Personalizing History for Our Students
  • Salon C—Boston, Baltimore, and Historical Memory of 1861
  • Salon D—From Boots to Bonnets-the Civil War Lady’s Guide to getting dressed in the 1860s

3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)

4:15-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions III

  • Salon A—Lessons from the “American Bastille”: Fort McHenry During the Civil War
  • Salon B—Using History as a Catalyst to Develop the Leadership Roles of Our Students
  • Salon C—The Court in the Civil War Era, 1840-1880 (part of this session will take place off-site)
  • Salon D—From Boots to Bonnets-the Civil War Lady’s Guide to getting dressed in the 1860s

Dinner on Your Own
 

Friday, July 14, 2023

Breakfast on Your Own

8:45 AM: Registration Opens 

9:15 AM: General Session II—It's Not What or How Much We Teach but How We Teach it that Matters 

10:15 AM: Break

10:35 AM: General Session III—The Drummer Boy of Fort McHenry

11:45 AM: Lunch

12:00 PM: Lunch Time Tour Announcements 

1:05 PM: Break

1:30-2:30: Breakout Sessions IV

  • Salon A—Penmanship and Prose: Analyzing Civil War Correspondence from Multiple Perspectives
  • Salon B—Caught in the Crossfire: The Adams County Historical Society
  • Salon C—Three Brothers: A Case Study of Privilege in Plantation Society
  • Salon D—"Opened but not yet dedicated": The 1922 Lincoln Memorial Dedication

2:45-3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions V

  • Salon A—Penmanship and Prose: Analyzing Civil War Correspondence from Multiple Perspectives
  • Salon B—Telling a Battlefield Story with Storymaps
  • Salon C—Arlington National Cemetery: When the End is the Beginning of Memory
  • Salon D—The War of 1812 Comes to the White House

3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)

4:15-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions VI

  • Salon A—No Session in this Salon
  • Salon B—Telling a Battlefield Story with Storymaps
  • Salon C—Jamestown Rediscovery!
  • Salon D—For the Enjoyment, Education, and Inspiration of This and Future Generations: Engaging Students on the Civil War and Relevancy at National Parks

6:00 PM: Reception w/cash bar

6:45 PM: Dinner (Provided) w/cash bar

7:25 PM: Keynote Session II—An Evening with Rick Atkinson

 

Saturday, July 15, 2023

6:45 AM-8:00 AM: Breakfast (Provided)

7:45 AM-5:45 PM: Offsite Touring 

 

Sunday, July 16, 2023

7:30-8:30 AM: Breakfast (Provided)

8:30 AM-12:45 PM: Offsite Touring

12:45 PM: Event Concludes