Schedule of Events-New Orleans

Teacher Institute: July 11-14, 2024

The schedule of events is tentative and subject to change.

American Battlefield Trust Event

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Breakfast on Your Own

8:15 AM: Registration Opens

9:00 AM: Welcome to New Orleans from the American Battlefield Trust

10:00 AM: Keynote Session I—Lesson From the Road: What I've Learned in my "Travels" with Darley Newman

11:15 AM: Lunch Served (Provided)

12:00 PM: General Session I—The End of Reconstruction with Dr. Brian K. Mitchell

1:00 PM: Break

1:30-2:30: Breakout Sessions I

Salon A—Boldness and Leadership in the American Revolution
Salon B—Frederick Douglass: Forming the Language of Freedom
Salon C—Steamboatin' on the Western Rivers

1:30-4:15: Add On Tours I

Behind the Scenes at Confederate Memorial Hall

2:45-3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions II

Salon A—Boldness and Leadership in the American Revolution
Salon B—"Let us go forward, O comrades!": Captain Andre Cailloux & The Struggle for Freedom
Salon C—Steamboatin' on the Western Rivers

3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)

4:15-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions III

Salon A—A Place for Liberty? James Longstreet, Insurrection, and New Orleans’s “Battle of Liberty Place”
Salon B—America's Greatest Maritime Disaster: The Sinking of the Sultana
Salon C—Taking the Lead: Using “The Arts” in your classroom

6:30-8:45 PM: Add On Tours II

Dinner and Cooking Demo at the New Orleans School of Cooking

Dinner on Your Own if Not Attending the Add on Tour

Friday, July 12, 2024

Breakfast on Your Own

8:45 AM: Registration Opens

9:00 AM: General Session II—Boy Leaders at the Battle of Gettysburg with Wayne Motts

10:05 AM: Break

10:20 AM: Keynote Session II—From Gettysburg to Normandy...And Beyond: The Next Generation of History on YouTube with J.D. Huitt, Chris Mowery, and Andrew Dalton

11:45 AM: Lunch

12:00 PM: Lunch Time General Session III—The Whole Revolutionary War in 44 minutes

1:00 PM: Break

1:30-2:30: Breakout Sessions IV

Salon A—A Regimental Deep-Dive ~ or ~ “How the Iron Brigade Saved the Universe”
Salon B—Lady Hellcats and the Dogs of War: How American Women in WWI Led the Women's Movement and Changed the World
Salon C—Lincoln’s Radical Foes: How Rivalries in the Republican Party Changed the Course of the Civil War

1:30-4:15: Add On Tours III

Behind the Scenes at Confederate Memorial Hall
The Greatest Real Estate Transaction in American History at the Cabildo

2:45-3:45 PM: Breakout Sessions V

Salon A—A Regimental Deep-Dive ~ or ~ “How the Iron Brigade Saved the Universe”
Salon B—“Life on the Front Lines”: Video Content on Historic Blakeley State Park’s Phone-Based Touring Platform
Salon C—Lincoln’s Radical Foes: How Rivalries in the Republican Party Changed the Course of the Civil War

3:45 PM: Snack Break (Provided)

4:15-5:15 PM: Breakout Sessions VI

Salon A—A Place for Liberty? James Longstreet, Insurrection, and New Orleans’s “Battle of Liberty Place”
Salon B—America's Greatest Maritime Disaster: The Sinking of the Sultana
Salon C—Hacking the History: Digital Sources for Studying the Revolution

5:30-7:30 PM: Add On Tours IV