Schedule at a Glance

Schedule and speaker lineup are subject to change.

Check out a quick "schedule at a glance" for the sessions offered at the 2025 Virtual Teacher Institute. Please note that all times are in Eastern Time.

To learn more about each session, visit the Keynote, Breakout & Power Sessions Page.

To learn more about the speakers, visit the Hosts, Presenters & Historians Biographies Page.
 

Monday, July 21, 2025:

10:30am

• "Fix Bayonets!": Charging into Digital History
• A Women's War: Stories to Share and People to Know From the Revolutionary War 

12noon

• (Keynote) The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby’s Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations 

1:45pm

• The Shot Heard ‘Round the World: The Battles of Lexington and Concord 
• Gettysburg: Before & Beyond the Battle 

3:15pm

• Power Session! 1775 Lesson Plans 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

10:30am

• Andersonville & Prisoners of War during the American Civil War
• Religion in the Ranks
• Reconstructing Democracy: Civic Challenges After War

12noon

• (Keynote) TBA

1:45pm

• Paul Revere: At Home
• Clara Barton & The Missing Soldiers Office 

3:15pm

• Power Session! Near or Far: History Travels

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

10:30am

• The Battle of Alamance: Wait, Where Did It Happen?
• Founding Friends, Founding Foes: Civil Discourse in the Classroom with Monticello 
• How the 33rd U.S.C.T. Changed My Understanding of the Civil War

12noon

• (Keynote) The Stories We Tell

1:45pm

• Fighting for Independence: The Continental Army, 1775 vs. 1777 
• The Ships Named Missouri and their Legacies

3:15pm

• Power Session! AR/VR: A Close-Up of History