Diplomacy Classroom

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    Diplomacy Classroom: How to Teach History through Diplomacy Simulations

    August 17, 2021

    Online

    Hear NMAD's Education Team introduce new Historical Diplomacy Simulations and ideas on how to implement them into the classroom. Our discussion includes how to facilitate the program with simulation participants and a tour of diplomacy education resources found on the museum's website. 

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    Diplomacy Classroom: Sharing Cultural Heritage

    April 13, 2021

    Online

    Join us in celebrating World Heritage Day with the Cultural Heritage Center at the U.S. Department of State. Martin Perschler and Erin Leckey of the Cultural Heritage Center discuss the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and how it shares American values with the world through heritage preservation.

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    Diplomacy Classroom: World Refugee Day

    June 8, 2021

    Online

    This World Refugee Day, Diplomacy Classroom was joined by U.S. diplomats Anjalina Sen and Stacy Gilbert from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Together, they told us about U.S. humanitarian leadership in efforts to resolve the plight of persecuted and forcibly displaced people around the world.

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    Diplomacy Classroom: Camp David Accords

    July 13, 2021

    Online

    How did President Jimmy Carter use Camp David to broker peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978? Learn from our public historian Alison Mann about why U.S. presidents may want to conduct business away from the White House and how this led to the creation of Camp David.

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    Diplomacy Classroom: The Great Seal

    October 20, 2020

    Online

    NMAD Public Historian Dr. Alison Mann and Education Director Lauren Fischer discuss the importance of the great seal and how it evolved to be the image now recognized around the world as a symbol of the United States.

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    Diplomacy Classroom: The Iran Hostages' Homecoming

    January 12, 2021

    Online

    The Iran Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979, when 52 Americans were forcibly detained by Iranian militants until their release on January 20, 1981, for a total of 444 days in captivity. In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of their release, Diplomacy Classroom welcomes NMAD Collections Manager, Eric Duyck, shared the…

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    Diplomacy Classroom: La Amistad and Upholding Democracy

    February 9, 2021

    Online

    In 1839, the U.S. navy confiscated a Spanish ship, La Amistad, off the coast of Long Island, NY.  Aboard were Africans and two Spaniards, who insisted the Africans were their slaves who had taken over the ship, and a treaty between the United States and Spain stated that all “property” be restored. American…

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    Diplomacy Classroom: 60 Years of Service with The Peace Corps

    March 9, 2021

    Online

    The Peace Corps is celebrating its 60th anniversary! Listen to our conversation with recruiter Rachel Hatch, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Mongolia. Learn about what the Peace Corps does abroad, the lives of Volunteers around the world, and how many go on to careers in diplomacy. Through an immersive…