See you in Great Falls!

I just finished looking over the line-up for both the Montana Council on Social Studies and the Montana Council for History and Civics Education and am more excited than ever for the MFPE Educators Conference in Great Falls, October 21-22, 2021.

For me the highlights are Little Shell Chairman Gerald Gray's talk "Little Shell and Our Fight for Federal Recognition" at 10:00 AM on Friday, the roundtable on Social Studies Issues on Thursday at noon, and all the sessions on implementing the new social studies standards. I'm also looking forward to presenting on our new fourth-grade curriculum (1:00 PM on Thursday) and having one-on-one conversations in the exhibit hall.   

Although I didn't include them in the list below, Lewis and Clark enthusiasts will be pleased that there are a number of Lewis and Clark-related sessions (to find them type Lewis and Clark into a key word search).  

Read on to whet your appetite, and if you will be in Great Falls, I hope you'll come see us at our booth in the exhibit hall.  

Thursday, October 21, 2021

8:00 - 8:50 AM

• C3 Framework and integrating the new MT SS Standards, Janna Lind and Cheyenne Aldrich, CMR 217
• Heart Mountain Japanese Relocation Center, Armand Lohof, CMR 215

9:00 - 10:50 AM

• New and Improved Montana Memory Project, Jennifer Birnel, CMR 102

10:00 - 11:50 AM

• Responsible teaching of the Holocaust, Carol Shipley, CMR 217

11:00 - 11:50 AM

• (Virtual) Social Studies Update! Overview of 5 New Montana Content Standards, Stephanie Swigart, Michelle McCarthy, and Colet Bartow
• Where I AM: Reading and Writing About Place, Noel Osterman, CMR 221
• MCHCE Business Meeting, CMR 212

12:00 - 12:50 PM

• Social Studies Issues, Bruce Wendt and Janna Lind, CMR 215

1:00 - 1:50 PM  

• (Virtual) Continuity and Change in the History of Yellowstone National Park, Michael Breis, MFPE EDCON 7
• Does "We the People" Include Me?, Sandra Oldendorf, CMR 216
• New Standards, No Problem: Resources for 4th Grade Social Studies, Martha Kohl, CMR 217

2:00 - 2:50 PM

• How the IEFA Essential Understandings fit in an AP curriculum, Cheyenne Aldrich and Janna Lind, CMR 215
• Teaching Social Studies in the Remote Classroom, Alex Rosenleaf, CMR 213

3:00 - 3:50 PM

• Connections of history/literature: Take One, Ken Egan, Jr. and Bruce Wendt, CMR 216
• Bringing History Alive for Children!, Jodi Delaney, CMR 212

4:00 - 4:50 PM

• Connections of history/literature: Take Two, Ken Egan, Jr. and Bruce Wendt, CMR 216
• Russell for Learning: Educational Resources from the C.M. Russell Museum, Melissa Werber, C.M. Russell Museum
• Infusing Indigenous/Young Adult Literature into our Classrooms, Rebecca Chatham, CMR 207

Friday, October 22, 2021

8:00 - 8:50 AM  

• (Virtual) Applying MT Social Studies to the Inquiry Design Model, Hailey Hancock, MFPE EDCON 1

9:00 - 9:50 AM  

• Parks and Trees in Great Falls, Montana’s Early Development, 1883-1916, Troy Hallsell, CMR 216

10:00 - 10:50 AM

• Little Shell and Our Fight for Federal Recognition, Gerald Gray, AUDITORIUM
• (Virtual) Forward Montana presents: The Montana State Budget System Template, McKeely Shannon, MFPE EDCON 7

11:00 - 11:50 AM

• IEFA Resources to Support the New Social Studies Standards, Mike Jetty, CMR 216

12:00 - 12:50 PM

• MCSS Business Meeting, CMR 217

1:00 - 1:50 PM  

• (Virtual) Brave Conversations in the Social Studies Classroom: Strategies and Standards, Hailey Hancock, MFPE EDCON 1

2:00 - 2:50 PM  

• Mesh C3 with New Social Studies Curriculum, Bruce Wendt, CMR 217