Friday was the final day of the Gilder-Lehrman Institute seminar for K-8 teachers on “The 13 Colonies.” We had a discussion of The Way of Improvement Leads Home followed by a lecture on the First Great Awakening and a lecture on the anglicization of colonial America. In the afternoon the teachers presented their lesson plans to Nate McAlister and each other.
I am always amazed at the way people respond to Philip Vickers Fithian’s story in The Way of Improvement Leads Home. One teacher from West Palm Beach, Florida said that she finished the book at Starbucks and was so moved by the ending that she started to cry. She told me that she immediately called her daughter to tell her about the book.
After dinner on Friday night I went out for a drink with Nate and we reflected on ways that we could improve on the seminar if Gilder-Lehrman asks me to do it again next summer.
It was a great week in Princeton and I am honored to have been able to work with such a gifted group of K-8 teachers.
If you want to know what happens at one of these seminars head over to our Twitter feed.
Here are a few of those tweets:
One last stroll through Princeton ending a great week of thoughtful historical discussions. @Gilder_Lehrman pic.twitter.com/8xNQCuvA6b
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) August 2, 2014
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Franklin’s ceramic bowl. No more cheap wooden stuff. He is a British consumer. @princetonsemnr @Gilder_Lehrman pic.twitter.com/C8NTxaZpXi
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) August 1, 2014
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Last day of a wonderful GLI Seminar. Thank you Dr. Fea, participants, and of course Gilder Lehrman. @Gilder_Lehrman pic.twitter.com/zJcsT8FNrg
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) August 1, 2014
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Rare books at Princeton Library @princetonsemnr pic.twitter.com/JnmAkIstIt
— Catherine Riley (@CRiley243) July 31, 2014
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BFM: Ben Franklin Museum. @Gilder_Lehrman pic.twitter.com/n8iD4WDqkb
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) July 30, 2014
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Group photo in front of Carpenter’s Hall. @Gilder_Lehrman pic.twitter.com/DXGdtwJWGm
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) July 30, 2014
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The founding of Philadelphia and William Penn. A planned city. @Gilder_Lehrman #GLIprinceton pic.twitter.com/ihlj12DJJm
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) July 30, 2014
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The Puritans and New England. @Gilder_Lehrman #gliprinceton pic.twitter.com/lgiaAIhA25
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) July 29, 2014
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What could be a better way to end the day than with a tour of the Princeton Cemetery. @Gilder_Lehrman #GLIprinceton pic.twitter.com/NroIFb6jtn
— Princeton Seminar (@princetonsemnr) July 30, 2014
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John Wtherspoon and Dr. Fea @princetonsemnr pic.twitter.com/VB0WREeWJ1
— Catherine Riley (@CRiley243) July 30, 2014
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Got to experience some rare books today at the Firestone Library @MKA_PD @princetonsemnr pic.twitter.com/3VE6TFqJ6A
— CherylAnne Amendola (@camka3) July 31, 2014
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