2018-2019: Here We Come!

Welcome back! Or if you are new to Teaching Montana History, welcome. I hope everyone had a good summer. The first posts of the school year are always business, so let's get started.

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Montana History Conference Scholarships

Don’t forget: We have travel scholarships available to teachers wishing to attend the 45th Annual Montana History Conference (held this year in Billings) September 27-29. Scholarship applications are due by 11:59 p.m. September 9, 2017. Awards will be announced the following week.

You can find the conference program and the scholarship application information here. If you can't attend the entire conference, consider just joining us for the Thursday educator workshop ($25, lunch included, 6 OPI Renewal Units.)

For Students with Learning Disabilities

Did you know? Montana: Stories of the Land is available as an audiobook for students with learning disabilities through Learning Ally.

Montana: Stories of the Land Companion Website and the MHS Educator Resources Page  

I hope most of you are already using the Montana history and Indian Education for All resources posted on our sites. If so, would you help us out? Please email mkohl@mt.gov if you find any broken links or other problems in the PDFs or on the site. We can usually fix things quickly—but only if we know about them. We moved our the textbook companion website to a new address over the summer (http://mhs.mt.gov/education/StoriesOfTheLand), which will be better in the long run. BUT it may cause problems in the short run. We worked hard to make sure all the links still work, but I'm sure we missed some. So, I’m begging you. See something? Say something.

If you haven't checked out the lesson plans on these sites, I hope you will do that now. And don't forget about our online professional development opportunities--for which you can earn OPI Renewal units.

Two years ago we surveyed teachers using the book Montana: Stories of the Land. Here’s a post about what we found, including helpful hints for teachers using the resource for the first time. And stay tuned for upcoming posts, which will feature your colleagues' favorite lessons and resources for teaching Montana history or Indian Education for All.

Conference on Crow Treaties

If you can get to southeastern Montana on September 14 and/or September 15, the upcoming symposium "Treaties that Live: Sesquicentennial of Crow (Apsaalooke) Indian Treaties of 1868 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming and Fort Hawley, Montana" at Crow Agency looks fascinating. OPI Renewal units will be available. If you can't attend, check out the documents, photographs, and map the organizers have gathered for their website.