Nomination Deadline: February 1

Do you know an outstanding K-6 teacher who inspires students to learn about our nation’s history?  Nominate them today for the National History Teacher of the Year award.  Elementary (K-6) teachers must be nominated by February 1 to be eligible for the 2013 award.  Any full-time educator who teaches American history (including state and local history) is eligible. American history may be taught as an individual subject or through social studies, reading, language arts, and other subjects.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is seeking nominations  for the annual $10,000 National History Teacher of the Year Award, given to the best American history teacher in the United States. The National History Teacher of the Year is chosen from outstanding history teachers in each state, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Department of Defense Schools. The award is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, HISTORY® (the History Channel), and Preserve America.

Nominations for the National History Teacher of the Year can be made by a student, parent, colleague, principal or school administrator familiar with the teacher’s work. State winners are awarded $1,000 and each winning school receives an archive of books and other resources. Each winner is honored in a ceremony in his or her home state.

Elementary school teachers (K-6) and middle and high school teachers (7-12) will be considered in separate categories, in alternate years. In 2012, middle and high school teachers (7-12) will be honored. To be considered for the 2012 award, nominations must be made by February 1, 2012.

To nominate a teacher and learn more about the award, visit www.gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy or contact the National History Teacher of the Year coordinator at nhtoy@gilderlehrman.org or 646-366-9666, x28. You may also contact your state coordinator: name, title, at phone or email.

About the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization supporting the study and love of American history through a wide range of programs and resources for students, teachers, scholars, and history enthusiasts throughout the nation. Gilder Lehrman creates and works closely with history-focused schools through its Affiliate School Program; organizes teacher seminars and development programs; produces print and digital publications and traveling exhibitions; hosts lectures by eminent historians; administers a History Teacher of the Year Award in every state and US territory; and offers national book prizes. The Gilder Lehrman website, www.gilderlehrman.org, serves as a gateway to American history online with rich resources for educators designed specifically for K–12 teachers and students.

About HISTORY®
HISTORY® and HISTORY HD® are the leading destinations for revealing, award-winning original non-fiction series and event specials that connect history with viewers in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. Programming covers a diverse variety of historical genres ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archaeology and pop culture. Among the network’s program offerings are hit series such as American Pickers, Ax Men, Brad Meltzer’s Decoded, Ice Road Truckers, Top Gear, Pawn Stars and Top Shot, as well as acclaimed specials including America the Story of Us, WWII in HD, 102 Minutes That Changed America, The President’s Book of Secrets and Life After People. HISTORY has earned four Peabody Awards, seven Primetime Emmy® Awards, 12 News & Documentary Emmy® Awards and received the prestigious Governor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network’s Save Our History® campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. Take a Veteran to School Day is the network’s signature initiative connecting America’s schools and communities with veterans from all wars. The HISTORY website, located at www.history.com, is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20,000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into a broad range of thousands of historical topics.

About Preserve America
Preserve America is a federal partnership program begun in 2003 that encourages and highlights community efforts to preserve and enhance the priceless cultural heritage of the United States as well as associated natural resources. The program’s goals include fostering greater public knowledge of, and appreciation for, the nation’s past and its cultural traditions; encouraging broader support for saving the special places that help document and tell the story of America; strengthening civic pride and participation in ways that help build and sustain communities by preserving, enhancing, and using cultural heritage; and improving local economic vitality and livability through heritage development and heritage tourism. The Preserve America program is administered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation in cooperation with the White House, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
19 West 44^th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10036
www.gilderlehrman.org

Humanities Texas is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted through MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 for our 2011–2012 Outstanding Teaching Awards! These annual awards recognize teaching excellence across the state in the various humanities subjects.

This year, Humanities Texas will present a total of thirteen awards. Twelve teachers across the state will be selected to receive the Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award. This award includes a $5,000 prize and an additional $500 for each winner’s school to purchase humanities-based instructional materials. One Texas history teacher will be selected to receive the Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award, an award established in memory of Ms. Howell, former chair of the Humanities Texas Board of Directors, as a lasting tribute to her service to the organization and her commitment to the study of Texas history. The teacher recognized for this distinguished award will receive $5,000, with an additional $500 for his or her school to purchase instructional materials.

ELIGIBILITY
Nominees for the Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award must be full-time Texas teachers of such humanities subjects as history and social studies, literature and language arts, government, world cultures, or any foreign language. Teachers of art, drama, and music are also eligible if they emphasize the history, criticism, and theory of the arts in their instruction.

Only teachers of courses in Texas history are eligible for the Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award.

Nominees should be skillful and dedicated teachers who possess an expansive and profound knowledge of the humanities subject(s) they teach. Nominees should also have a record of active involvement in community activities and professional organizations, particularly those that promote the humanities. Previous award recipients are ineligible to apply.

HOW TO NOMINATE A TEACHER
Please complete a nomination form and return it to Humanities Texas by Monday, December 12, 2011. The nomination form and instructions can be found online at http://www.humanitiestexas.org/education/awards/.

Mail, email, or fax completed nomination forms to:

OTA Nominations
Humanities Texas
1410 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701
FAX: (512) 440-0115
ota@humanitiestexas.org

NOMINATE A TEACHER TO WIN THE $10,000 NATIONAL HISTORY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

National winner receives: $10,000
State winners each receive: $1,000

All winners receive an archive of materials for their school library, donated in their honor.

Do you know an outstanding teacher passionate about American history? All full-time educators who teach American history are eligible.

To Nominate:
• Submit the name and email of an outstanding teacher atwww.gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
• Nominations of K–12 teachers accepted throughout the year
• Nominations can be made by a student, parent, colleague, principal or school administrator familiar with the teacher’s work

The Nomination Deadline for the 2012 award, honoring middle and high school teachers, is February 1, 2012.

To nominate a teacher and learn more about the award, visit:
National History Teacher of the Year Award

The award is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Preserve America, and HISTORY®.

One winner will be chosen from each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, US Territories, and Department of Defense schools. These winners will be considered for the national award. Contact the National History Teacher of the Year coordinator at nhtoy@gilderlehrman.org or via phone at646-366-9666 x28.

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