A Little of This, A Little of That

 Present

There's still time to submit a proposal to present at MFPE's October 20-21, 2022, Educator Conference--either in Helena or online. Applications are due April 30. 

Explore

After 72 years of confidentiality, the 1950 Census is here! The 1950 census is now available for everyone to view on a free, dedicated website from the National Archives. If you use the census with your students, tell us how! Check out the lesson we created using the census for Unit 3 of Montana: A History of Our Home (Part 5: Logging, p. 145.)  Learn more about the Montana: A History of Our Home curriculum here.   

Check out Museums for Digital Learning, "a unique learning platform that provides K-12 educators with authentic, curated museum collection resources to help inspire their students. MDL content and interactive features are developed by museum education and curatorial professionals in consultation with classroom educators and technology consultants. MDL Resource kits have multiple activities to engage learners and support national standards in different subjects. All content is free to use and can be shared to a learning management system or on social media." (I learned about MDL from a post made by Michelle Pearson in the Teaching Montana History Facebook group. If you are a Facebook person, join us!  

Learn

The lineup for the Fifteenth Annual IEFA Best Practices conference has been finalized and it looks fabulous. Check out and then register for this virtual event, to be held May 14-15. 

Help

Whitehall high school teacher Merrick Parnell is working on his master's degree and is hoping that 9-12 social studies teachers will email him with the answer to this question: "What aspects of social studies content do your students struggle with?" His email is merrickparnell5@gmail.com.