
Schedule of Events-Baltimore
Teacher Institute: July 13-16, 2023
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