Teacher Seminars Now Feature Plenary Sessions with Distinguished Historians

Posted by Gilder Lehrman Staff on Tuesday, 04/20/2021

Since 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has offered premier professional development for K–12 history teachers through Teacher Seminars. Our seminars have consistently received praise from participating teachers, who value learning from leading scholars to improve their own classroom teaching.

Now in its 27th year, our Teacher Seminars for the first time feature plenary sessions with leading historians.

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Watch Luis Miranda Interviewed by Gilder Lehrman Student Advisory Council Members

Friday, 10/16/2020
On Wednesday, October 14, members of the Gilder Lehrman Student Advisory Council interviewed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s father, Luis Miranda, about his life as depicted in the HBO film Siempre, Luis. See below for the meaningful, personal, and entertaining exchange of stories and ideas.
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Gilder Lehrman Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

Tuesday, 10/06/2020
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Get to Know Sergio de Alba, 2020 National History Teacher of the Year

Wednesday, 09/30/2020
Sergio de Alba, a teacher at R. M. Miano Elementary School in Los Baños, California, was named the 2020 National History Teacher of the Year and will be honored in a recorded ceremony on October 7, 2020.
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Nine Ways to Assign Extra Credit with the Gilder Lehrman Institute

Friday, 09/25/2020
We know that teachers are facing extraordinary challenges this school year and the Gilder Lehrman Institute would like to help carry the load by being an aid to teachers who are trying to keep their most committed students engaged. Our Teacher Advisory Group and staff present a list of nine ways that you can use GLI resources with students for extra credit or independent study assignments that are easy to incorporate into instruction and require NO extra work by the teacher.
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Register for the Fall Online History School for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students

Monday, 09/21/2020
The Gilder Lehrman Online History School provides engaging live interactive lessons by Master Teachers.
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Free Subscription to History Now: The Journal for Teachers

Wednesday, 09/16/2020
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Recent Press Mentions

The Gilder Lehrman Institute, St. John Fisher College, Rochester Historical Society Partnership Funds Scholarship

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A new partnership between St. John Fisher College, the Rochester Historical Society, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History will create a scholarship for students interested in pursuing studies in history.

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Uproxx Story on EduHam Before and During the Time of COVID

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Associate Director of Education and Director, Hamilton Education Program Sasha Rolón PereiraAssociate Director of Education and Director, Hamilton Education Program Sasha Rolón Pereira is featured prominently in this story from Uproxx by Allison Sanchez on December 18, 2020.

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Daina Ramey Berry's "Lives of the Enslaved" Pace–Gilder Lehrman Online MA Course Featured in NBC News Article

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Daina Ramey Berry at the 2019 Frederick Douglass Book Prize AwardsIn a Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate article exploring “How to Transform Black History Education in Schools,” Daina Ramey Berry’s “Lives of the Enslaved,” a Pace–Gilder Lehrman Online MA in American History course, was featured prominently.

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