MFPE in Missoula (and a Training in Sidney)

 MFPE in Missoula is going to be SO FUN, y'all! Especially the Montana Council for Social Studies kick-off event: Unseen Tours in the Heart of Missoula. On Wednesday, October 15, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. MCSS is sponsoring 3 tours: 

• Basements & Back Alleys, a tour exploring, what Missoula downtown life looked like back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, meets in Caras Park near the Carousel. This tour calls for a range of mobility that requires climbing more than 5 flights of stairs; for this reason, it is not ADA accessible. 
• Carnal Enterprises, a tour of Missoula's red-light district--and home to many Missoulians who were pushed to the margins--meets in front of The Wilma. This tour covers about five city blocks and is ADA accessible.
• Hotels & Hooligans, a tour focused on how folks lived and recreated during the city's railroad boom, meets at Burlington Northern Plaza, at the statue of Captain John Mullan by the XXXs on North Higgins. This tour will cover about 10 city blocks. 

If you are attending MFPE, you do NOT need to check in ahead of this event. You will sign in upon arrival at the tour and earn 2 CEUs.

There's going to be great sessions on Thursday and Friday, too, including: 

• Centering Indigenous Voices
• Montana in Literature and History--Part One and Part Two
• Engaging Students through Storytelling
• Power up IEFA with PBS!
• Social Studies For All-Inclusion in Politically Heated Times
• Using Inquiry to Teach (and Unteach) History
• From Oh! Susannah to This Land is Your Land: Teaching US History Through Music
• The Women of the Montana Constitutional Convention of 1972
• EconoQuest: Exploring Montana's Industries and Opportunities on the Global Stage
• Teaching Humanities in Polarized Times
• Student-Driven Research in the Social Studies Classroom
• Wonder, Inquiry, Discovery: Unleashing the Power of Primary Sources in the Social Studies Classroom
• NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S HISTORY: Exploring a More Balanced Version of American History in Montana
• MT League of Women Voters Civics Education Courses
• WWII Alien Detention Center Tour at Fort Missoula

Plus, I'll be there staffing the MTHS table. 

Register today.

P.S. If you live in the eastern part of the state, teach grades 6-12, and don't want to drive all the way to Missoula, consider attending consider attending Teaching Historical Thinking through Indigenous Histories on Thursday, October 16, in Sidney. Learn more.