Gilder Lehrman Institute Announces 2009 Summer Seminars for Teachers

The Gilder Lehrman Institute has announced it is accepting applications for its 2009 Summer Seminars for Teachers. The seminars are designed to strengthen participants’ commitment to high quality history teaching. Public, parochial, independent schoolteachers, and National Park Service rangers are eligible. Forty seminars will be offered in the 2009 program. The application deadline is February 15, 2009.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute provides books, room and board for the week, and a $400 stipend. The stipend is provided at the completion of the seminar to help offset the costs of travel and incidentals.

Details about the program, including an application, are available at https://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars1.html

Questions may be directed to seminars@gilderlehrman.org or by calling 646-366-9666.