The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to invite teachers to participate in a free professional development workshop at the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago/Tinley Park and Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. The workshop will be held from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm CT and will feature a 3-hour lecture and Q&A with an eminent scholar, a 1-hour pedagogy session, and a 75-minute visit to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. A chartered bus will bring participants from Tinley Park to the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery at no cost. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Topic: Latina/o Soldiers in American Military History

• Scholar Lectures: "Fighting the Peace at Home: Mexican American Veterans and the 1944 GI Bill of Rights" and "Macho Nation? Chicano Soldiering, Sexuality, and Manhood during the Vietnam War Era"
• Pedagogy Workshop: Latina/o Soldiers In World Wars I and II.

Date and time: April 23, 2022, 8:00 am-3:30 pm CT.

Scholar: Professor Steven Rosales (University of Arkansas)

Master Teacher: Maria Miraballes

COVID-19 Health and Safety Requirements: GLI requires all participants to be fully vaccinated and to have received a booster shot, as recommended by the CDC Guidelines. The CDC Guidelines define "fully vaccinated" as 2 weeks after the final dose in the primary series (or 2 weeks after one dose of the J&J /Janssen vaccine). Should the CDC guidelines recommend a second booster at any time prior to the event, GLI will require each participant to receive the second booster, as recommended, and participants will be notified. In order to attend the workshop, proof of vaccination must be submitted by April 21, 2022. Submission instructions will be provided in your registration confirmation email.

Registration closes on April 21, 2022.