Upcoming opportunities for educators
(POSTPONED) Teacher Workshop: Ending Conflict, Creating Peace
World War I Legacies: An Aftermath of Conflict
2025 Symposium: Beyond the Trenches
Teacher Fellowships
The National WWI Museum and Memorial partners with exceptional institutions to offer learning opportunities for teachers.
WWI and the Age of Innovation
Summer Institute for 4-12 Educators, July 2025
The National WWI Museum and Memorial is excited to offer a Summer 2025 professional learning opportunity to assist teachers in integrating stories of innovation and change spurred on by the Great War in their classrooms. Spend a week in Kansas City preparing to teach this pivotal historical period by receiving and developing engaging resources that explore innovation in a time of great upheaval.
Webinars
Online Professional Development
Looking for new ways to engage students in WWI and its enduring impact? The National WWI Museum and Memorial provides professional development opportunities to K-12+ teachers with free webinars and downloadable Professional Development certificates for event participation. Please email us at education@theworldwar.org. for more information on upcoming webinars.
Teacher Advisory Council
The Teacher Advisory Council (TAC) is a collective of educators who provide invaluable insight into K-12 classrooms across the United States. During their two-year term, members will:
- Maintain and advance the Museum and Memorial’s mission of helping generations of students to understand the Great War and its enduring impact.
- Evaluate and revise the Museum and Memorial’s educational content.
- Inform Museum staff on current K-12 teaching trends, technology, and curricula relating to World War I.
2023-24 Teacher Advisory Council
Christopher Bobal, Lee's Summit High School
10th grade | World History, International Baccalaureate History
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Merek Chang, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Science Teacher on a Special Assignment
Hacienda Heights, California
David Cordell, Kansas State Department of Education
Field Educator | Assists teachers with lesson planning and developing rubrics for state assessments
Overland Park, Kansas
Mark Gudgel, College of Saint Mary
Collegiate undergraduate | Ed.D. program
Omaha, Nebraska
John Heeg, Deer Park School District
8th grade | Social Studies
Mattituck, New York
Laura McAuliffe Huffman, Cannon School
Chair of the Upper School Social Studies Department
Charlotte, North Carolina
Carol Huneycutt, Fayetteville Public Schools
5th-6th grade | Gifted Students
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jane Keen, Fayetteville Public Schools
Gifted and Talented Facilitator
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mary Kate Lonergan, Fayetteville-Manlius Central Schools
8th grade | Social Studies
Cazenovia, New York
Brian Sheehy, North Andover High School
History Department Coordinator | AP World History, Sports in American Culture, Sports of the Past
North Andover, Massachusetts
Samantha Stearns, Roosevelt Middle School
8th grade | Social Studies
River Forest, Illinois
Ardyth Watson, Fayetteville-Manlius High School
10th-11th grade | AP U.S. history, AP World History
Camillus, New York
Please contact education@theworldwar.org with any questions regarding the Teacher Advisory Council.