On Friday, March 27, 2026, Scott Abbott, assistant director of UD’s Delaware Center for Civics Education (DCCE), presented at the National Council for History Education annual conference hosted in Montgomery, Alabama. Abbott presented a breakout session titled “U.S. Declaration of Independence Lessons and Teaching Historical Thinking for Civic Literacy” and a poster session titled “U.S. Declaration of Independence Lessons — 250 Years of Movement Across Space, Time and People.” Both sessions shared essential lessons with educators developed to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This curriculum project is part of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant administered by the American History Association, with lessons written by Scott Abbott and Fran O’Malley, director of DCCE, along with three former state and national history teacher of the year awardees. DCCE is part of the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration.

Originally published in UDaily's For the Record.