In June of 2025, I will travel to Wichita, Kansas, to co-present in professional development for elementary teachers in the school district there. The topic at hand is the American Revolution. A scholar will be brought in to present the historical side, and then I will follow up presenting how to teach the topic.
I'm so happy to have the opportunity to finally do an in-person presentation for Gilder Lehrman. I have been responsible for some of their online content in the past, just wrapping up the same type of presentation this summer under the title of American Environmental History. Last year, by title was Colonial America. The year before that, I did a six week course in conjunction with the National Park System, with an audience of elementary children across the country. All of these have been virtual presentations, of which I've never considered myself to be an expert. I don't like talking to flat screens over microphones and speakers: in fact, I avoid drive throughs like the plague, and I really do not like talking into a phone (never have).
This time, it's up close and personal, in a large school district, and I'm anxious to get started prepping for the event. Even if Wichita is not a long-distance jaunt, it's going to be a nice change from sitting in a room by myself talking to 50-100 people around the nation.
This time, it's up close and personal, in a large school district, and I'm anxious to get started prepping for the event. Even if Wichita is not a long-distance jaunt, it's going to be a nice change from sitting in a room by myself talking to 50-100 people around the nation.
