Yesterday I spent the day in Philadelphia with thirty-six history teachers from around the country. These teachers were chosen by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History to join me and Nate McAlister, the 2010 National History Teacher of the Year, to participate in a six day summer seminar at Princeton University. This is the third year we have conducted this seminar. We call it The Princeton Seminar. You can see what we are up to by following us @princetonsemnr
This year our day-trip to Philadelphia coincided with the Democratic National Convention. We took a lot of pictures. Here are some of them:
While waiting for our bus I read the teachers some interesting material on George Whitefield from an article by historian Jessica Parr
We sat in DNC-related traffic on Route 95 and got into the city late. As you can tell, I was not happy about it.
We made it to Philadelphia. Our tour guide John Ingram was ready to go!
This pic was taken about two minutes after I tried, unsuccessfully, to chase down former Vermont Governor Howard Dean to thank him for his very funny ending to his DNC speech on Tuesday night
I met a very enthusiastic DNC delegate from Texas Could not resist the pic
Our teachers loved touring Independence Hall
Not everyone was happy that the DNC was in Philadelphia. This flag flew in Elfreth’s Alley
Standing on Market Street. Notice what is behind me
Standing on Market Street. Independence Hall was behind me (see pic above). THIS is what was in front of me. (I will let you draw conclusions)
End of the day: Some very tired history teachers
Our fearless leader, Nate McAlister, makes sure all the teachers made it back to our rendezvous point
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