The Kentucky Historical Society is accepting proposals for its Kentucky History Education Conference (KHEC) June 23 in Frankfort. Educators who have a lesson or activity – especially involving primary sources – that would benefit other social studies teachers are invited to submit proposals, which should be loosely tied to the conference theme, “Taking a Stand in History.” The deadline for [...]
Eleven educators have been named to the 2016 Kentucky Historical Society Teacher Advisory Committee, which advises the historical society on all its educational programming to help make it relevant for Kentucky students and teachers. Committee members do this by drawing on their classroom experiences and their knowledge of Kentucky’s standards. The educators represent multiple grade levels and regions. They are: Pam [...]
Ron Spriggs, a speaker and oral historian of the Tuskegee Airmen, offers year-round speaking engagements for school assemblies of up to 500 students per session. Spriggs focuses on two main areas that parallel the national Tuskegee Airmen organization: sustaining the legacy and history of the airmen through student lectures, speaking engagements and exhibitions; and creating programs and experiences for students [...]
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is offering the George Washington Institute Summer Residential Programs - a four-day immersive professional development experiences - this summer. The program is designed to support K-12 educators who teach about the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington and the 18th-century world in which he lived. There will be six different sessions that allows teachers to [...]
A fellowship at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello inspired Lincoln County Middle School teacher Rachael Yaden to create an inquiry lesson based on the plantation.
National History Day in Kentucky (NHDKy), the state affiliate of National History Day, gives students the opportunity to explore the past in a creative, hands-on way. NHDKy challenges students in grades 4-12 to think like historians. Students choose their own topics and conduct their own research to produce a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance or website, becoming experts on a topic [...]
Two Madison County teachers are finding success with a program that uses real-life lessons and public speaking to teach students about the U.S. government.
Old Fort Harrod State Park invites teachers to schedule educational field trips for their students to the park in Harrodsburg, the site of Kentucky’s first permanent settlement. The park gives students the opportunity to learn by experiencing the frontier with living history interpreters, who engage them with hands-on conversations. The park also includes Kentucky’s first schoolhouse, the oldest cemetery in [...]
Taylor County teacher Tim Peterson has long been using innovative ways to introduce his students to the world.
Geco Ross, who is in his 7th year of teaching at Paducah Independent Schools, was recently named 2015 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year.