Beveridge Family Teaching Prize
Established in 1995, this prize honors the Beveridge family’s long-standing commitment to the AHA and K–12 teaching. Friends and family members endowed this award to recognize excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives.
The prize will be awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to a group; in odd-numbered years, to an individual. The current prize amount is $1,000. See the list of past recipients.
The 2023 prize will be awarded to an individual, who can be recognized either for excellence in teaching or for an innovative initiative applicable to the entire field.
Application Process
Log into your MY AHA account at historians.org/myaha and click “Available Application Forms” in the AHA Awards, Grants, and Jobs section. If you don't have an account, create one for free at historians.org/createaccount. If nominating someone else, select the Nominate button and search for the nominee’s existing record or create a new record. (For a group project, select one person to be the main nominee and include other names later.)
- Fill in the application form, which includes the nominee’s contact information and the names of additional nominees (if group nomination).
- Upload an Application Packet as a single PDF. Include the following documents:
- CV highlighting educational experience, teaching, and advocacy of the nominee(s)
- Nomination letter describing the individual’s or group’s contribution, discussing the achievement or innovation in approach and development, and summarizing the historical scholarship utilized
- Supporting materials (up to 10 pages), such as additional letters of support, course materials, excerpts from a textbook, or other evidence of contribution
Please Note: Entries must be received by May 15, 2023, to be eligible for the 2023 competition. Entries will not be returned. Recipients will be announced on the AHA website in October 2023 and recognized during a ceremony at the January 2024 AHA annual meeting in San Francisco.
For questions, please contact the Prize Administrator.
2022 Beveridge Family Teaching Prize
Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, History of St. Louis Teaching Team
The Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School’s packet on St. Louis demonstrates the usefulness of cross-curricular project-based learning. This innovative course, as well as the varied methodologies used, embraces innovations in secondary history teaching. Students are invited to engage in research and develop a product (a documentary or a grant proposal) through which they also learn and practice important real-world skills. The activities foster historical inquiry as a means to seek solutions to contemporary issues.