Have you ever ordered on of our hands-on history footlockers? If you have, you know that there's nothing like material culture (objects) to make history come alive.
We started our traveling footlocker program over twenty-five years ago, and now have twenty titles, each focused on a different topic or time period, and each filled with reproductions of clothing, tools, and everyday objects and maps, photographs, and documents. Every footlocker also includes a User Guide with historical narratives for educators and students, lesson plans (many of which do not require material from the footlockers), Amazing Montanan biographies, and information on standards alignment.
The footlocker program is a great way to enrich your classroom, but it's gotten very expensive for schools. We have historically provided the footlockers free of charge, while requiring the school to pay for shipping on to the next venue. Shipping fees used to average $30-$50 dollars. These days, teachers are telling us it can cost up to $70 to ship a trunk!
We don't want the program to become cost prohibitive, so we're changing our system. Instead of making the school responsible for shipping costs, schools will simply pay MTHS a flat $25 fee and MTHS will cover shipping.
We hope this provides some predictability and restores affordability to the program.
Learn how to order a footlocker.
Explore the list of titles and their User Guides.
Questions? Contact Katie White at kwhite@mt.gov or 406-444-9553.
P.S. Having a hard time choosing which footlocker to bring into your classroom? I'm quite partial to Through a Child's Eyes: The Stewart Family in Turbulent Times, 1913-1921, which investigates life and politics, 1913-1921, through the lives of Montana Governor Samuel Stewart's three daughters.
P.P.S. The Montana Jewish Project is giving away book kits, just in time for the holidays. And unlike our footlockers, the Montana Jewish Project book kits are yours to keep. Here's more information on what's in it and how to order.
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