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

 Everyone I talked to who went to Mark Johnson's workshop on the Chinese experience last spring raved about it. So I was delighted to learn that Mark was offering it a second time. Do yourself a favor and attend if you are interested in learning 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. 

Note: To register, you need to contact Mark directly (not me!)

Saturday, Sept. 16, Butte, MT

12:30 – 3:45: Butte Public Library: New research and teaching approaches on history of Chinese communities in Montana

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