
Schedule of Events
Teacher Institute: July 21-24, 2022
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Breakfast on Your Own
8:30 AM: Registration Opens
9:30 AM: Welcome to Mobile from the American Battlefield Trust
10:00 AM: General Session I—Fort Taylor, Fort Jefferson, and the Civil War’s International Implications
11:00 AM: Break
11:15 AM: Thursday Keynote Speaker: General Session II—Why the War of 1812 Matters!
12:15 PM: Lunch (Provided)
1:00 PM: Break
1:25-2:25: Breakout Sessions I
- Salon A—Monumental Memories: How Shall We Remember?
- Salon B—Teaching American History with 100 Milestone American Documents
- Salon C—Project Archaeology: Native American Rock Art
- Salon D—Colonial Mobile, A Unique Journey Through American History
2:40-3:40 PM: Breakout Sessions II
- Salon A—Monumental Memories: How Shall We Remember?
- Salon B—Teaching American History with 100 Milestone American Documents
- Salon C—An Educational Adventure! Personalizing History for our Students
- Salon D—Researching The People Who Fought American Wars Ancestry & Fold3
3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)
4:10-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions III
- Salon A—Remembering "Over There.": Using Monuments and Memorials to Teach Hard History at Home and Abroad
- Salon B—What Are the Words?
- Salon C—An Educational Adventure! Personalizing History for our Students
- Salon D—Clara Barton– The Life and Legacy of an American Icon
Dinner on Your Own
Friday, July 22, 2022
Breakfast on Your Own
8:00 AM: Registration Opens
8:30-9:10 AM: Breakout Sessions IV (Power Sessions)
- Salon A—Augmenting Your Reality: Using Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Field and in the Classroom
- Salon B—Textbook to Book Club!
- Salon C—Mapping the Past: The Stories that Maps Tell
- Salon D—To be announced
9:30-10:40 AM: Breakout Sessions V
- Salon A—Season of Independence: Digital Classroom Resources Orientation
- Salon B—Go South to Freedom: The Underground Railroad at Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Salon C—Primary Documents in the K-12 Classroom - The MoreStory Model
- Salon D—Clothes That Make History
11:00 AM: Friday Keynote Speaker: General Session III—Revisiting Service, Valor, and Recognition: Medal of Honor Recipient Melvin Morris
12:00 PM: Lunch (Provided)
12:20 PM: Lunch Time General Session IV—Civil War in the West Photo Extravaganza
1:15 PM: Break
1:25-2:25: Breakout Sessions VI
- Salon A—Valley Forge: It’s More than You Might Think
- Salon B—Abraham Lincoln as a Writer
- Salon C—Connections: Teaching the Civil War from a Distance
- Salon D—Medal of Honor Character Development Program
2:40-3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions VII
- Salon A—“Burning with an Impulse to do Honor to Their Race” The USCT Heritage Trail Project at Historic Blakeley State Park
- Salon B—Abraham Lincoln as a Writer
- Salon C—Dilemma Discussions at Gettysburg’s Seminary Ridge
- Salon D—Using Battlefield Trust Resources in the Online Classroom and Curriculum
3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)
4:10-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions VIII
- Salon A—Remembering "Over There.": Using Monuments and Memorials to Teach Hard History at Home and Abroad
- Salon B—From Cape Cod to Pensacola: “The Man with the Branded Hand”
- Salon C—Clothes That Make History
- Salon D—Clara Barton– The Life and Legacy of an American Icon
Dinner on Your Own
Saturday, July 23, 2022
7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Breakfast (Provided)
7:45 AM-5:00 PM: Offsite Touring
6:15 PM: Reception w/cash bar
6:45 PM: Dinner (Provided) w/cash bar
7:15 PM: Event Keynote Address: Finding Clotilda - the origin story of the African diaspora
Sunday, July 24, 2022
7:30-8:30 AM: Breakfast (Provided)
8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Offsite Touring
12:30 PM: Event Concludes