Teaching about Montana’s Chinese Communities: A Workshop for Educators

 Learn the history of Chinese Montanans, their struggles and contributions to the region’s development, and how they kept their culture alive on the Montana frontier. 

Saturday, May 13, Butte, MT

12:30 – 2:30: Butte Public Library: Learn about new research and approaches for teaching about the history of Chinese communities in Montana

3:00 – 4:00: Tomb Sweeping Festival: Chinese section of Mount Moriah Cemetery

4:00 – 5:00: Tour of the Mai Wah Museum & Wah Chong Tai Mercantile

5:00: Dinner at the Pekin Noodle Parlor (the longest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in the U.S.)

Open to twenty teachers. Each participant receives:

• The Middle Kingdom under the Big Sky, new book on the region’s Chinese history
• $50 to help with travel expenses
• Entry to the Mai Wah Museum
• Dinner at the Pekin Noodle Parlor
• Five Professional Development Units toward certification renewal (provided through the Montana Historical Society)

Contact: Mark.Johnson@nd.edu to register.