Join us in Butte next fall for the 48th Annual Montana History Conference.

Save the Date! The Montana Historical Society is planning an in-person conference (wahoo) and we're putting together an amazing program. Plan on joining us for the 48th Annual Montana History Conference, "A Blast from the Past! Mining Montana History." The conference will be held at the Copper King Convention Center in Butte, September 23-25, 2021. Renewal units will be available for both the Thursday educator workshop and all conference sessions. (Check here beginning July 1 for more details.) We hope you’ll consider attending!

As in past years, we will be offering travel scholarships for both teachers and college students. 

About the scholarships: Funded by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, the scholarships will consist of full conference registration plus a $275 travel/expense reimbursement. All teachers and students in Montana’s colleges and universities are eligible to apply (residents of Butte and vicinity are eligible for the conference registration scholarship but not the travel reimbursement). 

Teacher recipients must attend the entire conference, including Thursday’s Educators Workshop and the Saturday sessions. Student recipients must commit to attending all day Friday and Saturday, including a Saturday tour. 

Preference will be given to

• Teachers and students from Montana’s tribal colleges;
• Teachers from Montana’s on-reservation schools;
• Teachers and students from Montana’s community colleges and four-year universities;
• Teachers from Montana’s small, rural, under-served communities.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. September 8, 2021. Awards will be announced on Friday, September 10, 2021. Applying for a scholarship is quick and easy. Apply online. 

P.S. What resources do you use that you think other teachers might benefit from? What's your go-to, no-fail, Montana history or IEFA lesson? Let me know by completing our annual, end-of-the-year survey, and I'll share it with your fellow teachers next fall. Bonus: We're offering prizes to the eighteenth, twenty-eighth, thirty-eighth, and forty-eighth person to complete the survey.