Applications are now being accepted for the Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Award for Civics and History Teachers, which recognizes promising and innovative Kentucky high school history or civics teachers. Three teachers will be chosen by an independent review panel for the awards, which are presented by the National Archives and the University of Kentucky Wendell H. Ford Public [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky History Education Conference, which will be held July 9 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference is “Exploration, Encounter and Exchange in History,” which is based around the 2015-16 National History Day theme. The keynote presentation will be from recognized Native American scholar John Bowes [...]
The application deadline for the Kentucky Historical Society’s (KHS) 2015 Summer Teacher Workshop, “Torn Within, Threatened Without: Kentucky and the Border States in the Civil War,” has been extended. The workshop, which will be offered June 21-27 in Frankfort, is being held in cooperation with historic sites and museums in Kentucky that will be visited during the week. Sessions on and [...]
A call for proposals has been issued for educator presentations at the Kentucky History Education Conference, which will be held July 9 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference is “Exploration, Encounter and Exchange in History,” which is based around the 2015-16 National History Day theme. Teachers who may have innovative [...]
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is offering workshops on Washington’s influence in what later became Kentucky on March 28 in Frankfort and March 30 in Bowling Green. These professional development opportunities can enable educators in grades K-12 to teach about Washington by applying 21st-century academic standards. Interactive sessions will explore Washington’s influence in the settlement of Kentucky and teaching U.S. history using [...]
The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is accepting applications for the 2015 Paul Gagnon Prize, which will be presented to either a K-12 history teacher who exhibits exceptional historical scholarship or an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to the promotion of history education. The prize, named for the NCHE’s first executive director, seeks to encourage [...]
Sharon Graves, Kentucky’s History Teacher of Year 2014, engages all her students’ senses to make 8th-grade social studies fun.
Six teachers developed 12 lessons using the Kentucky Military History Museum this summer. The lessons, which strive to get students thinking about the military’s role in the state’s history, will be available statewide this fall.
The Stoneware Art Factory in Louisville offers an opportunity for children grades 3-12 to experience a direct connection to history through a short tour of one of the oldest stoneware manufacturers in the United States. The complimentary teacher packet includes “From Mud to Mug” fact sheet, vocabulary and 200 years of company history in context to Kentucky/U.S history. The educational [...]
The 2013 Kentucky History Education Conference, “Rights and Responsibilities in History,” will be July 11 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. Presenters include: Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville Edward Smith from Georgetown College as “The Great Dissenter,” Justice John Marshall Harlan Carol Crowe-Carraco, Western Kentucky University Gerald Smith, associate professor of African American and civil rights history at the [...]