Thank you for your service: Historical Memory of us conflict educator summer institute

Name: Thank you for your service: Historical Memory of us conflict educator summer institute
Start: 2025-06-23T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-27T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum

Schedule

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025 at 08:30 am to Fri, 27 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum | Austin, TX

Rosie the Riveter, Uncle Sam, The U.S. soldier, Appomattox, D-Day, Evacuation of Saigon
These monumental moments and figures have come to represent iconic flashpoints in the history of the United States. However, conflict is more complex, messy, nuanced, and multifaceted than a singular image or moment. Memory is more complex and messy than any one moment.
In this summer institute, participants will explore how we create a national narrative and historical memory of war and conflict– and how that informs our curriculum and instruction. What are we teaching? What is being left out? Who is being left out? Is the legacy we teach of these conflicts accurate? How can we help students learn from the past to navigate our current world? What are we really saying when we say “Thank You For Your Service?”
Explore the history of the United States from 1860 to the present through the lens of conflict, memory, and how instruction contributes to an understanding and creation of national identity. We’ll analyze the meaning behind the sites of memory, examine how tools of memory shape our understanding of conflict throughout U.S. history, and examine the modern tools of how students interact with conflict outside of the classroom space. From military ceremony to battles to ‘winners’ to video games, we’ve created a national narrative that permeates the study of history.
This program is open to all educators (PreK-16, pre-service educators, and informal educators) and all subject areas. The five-day workshop will be hosted at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, June 23-27, 2024.
Application Information
To participate in this institute, educators must be selected through an application review process.
The application for “Thank You For Your Service” opens January 18, 2025 and closes April 11, 2025 at 11:00pm CST.
Participants will be notified of their selection status by May 1, 2025.
Waitlist participants will be notified of eligibility by May 16, 2025.
Applicants will be evaluated for their anticipated application of the content of ‘Thank You For Your Service’ into their classroom instruction and supervisor support. Strong consideration will be given to educators who are 1) new to the teaching field, 2) who come from disenfranchised communities, and 3) rural areas. However, the goal is to have a participant group that is diverse, drawing from throughout the nation, subject areas, grade levels, and can support one another with curriculum connections.

Brought to you by the LBJ Foundation and its generous supporters, we are excited to provide the following for all accepted participants:
4-nights hotel accommodation
Daily transportation to and from the hotel and LBJ Library each day of the workshop
Breakfast and lunch each day of the workshop
Resources relevant to workshop content and discussion
$250 stipend
Flight provided by Southwest Airlines
Continuing education hours certificate for 36 CPE hours upon completion of the workshop

Participants will be responsible for:
Travel to & from their home to Austin, Texas if not using Southwest Airlines
Travel to & from Austin Bergstrom Airport to the hotel
Dinner each day
Local non-workshop based travel costs
Any extra hotel nights and/or incurred fees
A $50 non-refundable deposit to hold their place in the summer institute