Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Huzzah!  In July of 2021,
I was notified that I was named Missouri History Teacher of the Year through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Read all about this in the column on the right.
​Then, below, track through all of my involvements with GLI since that time.

From Notification to Award

The road to Missouri History Teacher of the Year in 2021 is documented here.  If you are considering nominating someone, or if you have been nominated, ​perhaps seeing this here can help you understand the process better.
National History T.O.Y.:  Notification
​National History T.O.Y.:  Initial Responses
2021 Missouri History Teacher of the Year
History T.O.Y.:  Recommendation Question
History T.O.Y.:  Recommendation Question II
​History T.O.Y.:  Recommendation Question III
History Teacher of the Year:  15-Page Plan
History T.O.Y.:  Responses and Appreciation
School Board Recognizes History T.O.Y.
​​History Teacher of the Year:  More Information
​Missouri HTOY:  Messages from the University
​Missouri History TOY:  Gilder Lehrman
​History Teachers of the Year
Missouri History Teacher of the Year:  Question
​Missouri History Teacher of the Year:  Luncheon
History Teacher of the Year:  Local Recognition
MO History Teacher of the Year:  Certificate
The full, 15-page "unit" plan I submitted as a major part ​of the application for HTOY ​is linked here (right).
HTOY Unit Plan
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Continuing Relationship with Gilder Lehrman Institute (GLI)

2021 Master Teacher
​​New Relationship with Gilder Lehrman
​     Institute
​History Teacher of the Year:  Marginalization
2022 History Camp
Gilder Lehrman Summer History Camp
​GLI History Camp:  National Parks on Board
​Gilder Lehrman History Camp:  Two More Parks
​Gilder Lehrman History Camp:  Enroll Now
​History Camp:  Syllabus Complete
​Broadcasting Live Nationwide from Oklahoma
History Camp Session One:  Recording Posted
​History Camp:  Broadcasting Sea to Shining Sea
​History Camp:  Broadcasting Live from St. Louis
​Broadcasting Live from MT, KY, and MO
2023 Colonial North America Seminar
Recruited for Summer Seminar
​Alan Taylor and the War of the 18-Teens
​Gilder Lehrman Seminar Presentation in the
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​​GLI Teacher Seminar:  Scholar Session 1
​GLI Teacher Seminar:  Scholar Session 2
​GLI Teacher Seminar:  Scholar Session 3
2024-9 Project TRAILS
Another GLI Commitment on the Horizon
Project Trails
​Counting Ports, Trips, and Planes
Counting States
Taking the Road to Achievement...
The To-Do List Just Got To-Done
Morristown, New Jersey, December 2024
Stay in Morristown, They Said
Morristown:  Where America Survived
Envisioning the Moon Landing
Morristown:  More History
New Jersey Experience as a List
New Jersey Experience:  People Skills
New Jersey Experience:  Air Travel
​New Jersey Experience:  Food & Lodging
New Jersey Experience:  City Skylines
New Jersey Experience:  Morristown PD
Pilot's Glory
Lessons that might relate to this location:
​Delaware Crossing
Liberty Enlightening the World
​Oh, What a Tangled Web...
Midway, Kentucky, January-May 2025
Teacher Teaches Teachers in Kentucky
Lexington:  Planned Pedagogy Lessons
Lexington, Kentucky
First Lexington Flights
First Time in Lexington, Kentucky
​Midway University in the Snow
The Melodeon at Midway University
Midway University's Starks Center
​Return from Midway University
Lexington as a List
​Is the Sky Falling?
​"The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports"
Back to KY
Daniel Boone's Grave
Kentucky State Mound
More from the Hill
​Silas Noel and Emily Tubman
​John Gano and George Washington
Kentucky Memorial for the Unborn
​Transportation and Habitation
​Back to Midway
Home from Kentucky in March
​Frankfort as a List
If Central Kentucky was a List
Kentucky To and Fro
Old Cane Ridge Meeting House
Cane Ridge Meeting House:  Stained Glass
The Largest One-Room Log Building in the USA
​Cane Ridge Pew
Cane Ridge Museum
​Cane Ridge Graveyard
Nathaniel Rogers Served with Francis Marion
Lessons that might relate to this location:
Daniel Boone was a Man
​A Trail of Tears - Loaded Language
​First2000 (resources only)
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Boston, Massachusetts, June 2025
There is so much to share about the 2025 WEP/GLI Summer Expedition to Boston, Massachusetts:  see my entire dedicated page of the GLI/WEP Summer Expedition to Boston.