CCTC teacher selected for Silent Heroes’s Weminar series – Ironon Tribune

Chesapeake – a Collins Technical Center Technical Center has been selected as part of the series of Ussiresing Hero Heroes seminars in coordination with the US Committee on Fight Monuments.

Darla Carpenter was selected for her research as a World War I soldier PVT. Curtis Crawford Bryant of the US Army. Bryant, Ohio, is buried in the American Cemetery Meuse Argonne in France.

Carpenter was one of the 55 teachers selected for the series, the opportunity for free training, where they receive practical training to research and create a profile for a silent hero, an individual who serves in the military in the United States. The men and women studied for this Webinar series died during World War I, World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War and were buried or remembered in an American military cemetery, cared for by ABMC.

From now on March, teachers meet on a monthly basis with both a historian and a research specialist to put their silent characters in a historical context and learn strategies to explore their lives. They discuss effective research strategies and discuss how to deal with obstacles that historical studies create, such as missing or incomplete records, alternative spellings or memories of historical recording. When teachers complete their research in April, they will write a profile for the NHD Silent Heroes website for publication in late spring/summer. This work will be shared with the US Commission for Fighting Monuments for Future Use in their educational materials.

“The Silent Heroes Research Program on the National History Day is essential for our work to improve the teaching and study of history,” said Katie Goren, Doctor of Sciences at National History Day. “Thanks to ABMC, teachers across the country and around the world are immersed in a primary source of research on the lives of members of the service of the twentieth century. I can’t wait to read the impactful profiles that teachers will write about the lives of these fallen staff. “

The 55 teachers selected for this program represent 32 states and two schools of the Ministry of Defense abroad. Their silent characters are buried or remembered at 17 ABMC cemeteries.