Conference Description
The Missouri Council for History Education, in cooperation with the Illinois Council, will offer an extraordinary opportunity for history educators in both states. Featured speakers, breakout sessions and interaction with colleagues will all be designed to improve history instruction. The conference theme capitalizes on the 2009 interest in Abraham Lincoln, generated by the bicentennial of his birth.

The breakout sessions will feature sessions on

• Lincoln,
• civil wars in America and around the world
• technology use in the classroom,
• getting started with History Day,
• curriculum issues facing social studies teachers
• other interesting topics in world and American history.

Both historical content and instructional methodology will be stressed.

Proposals for breakout sessions are now being accepted. See the Call for Proposals pdf for details.

Conference Sponsored By
Missouri Humanities Council
The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank - Economic Education Department
The St. Clair Count, Ill. Teaching American History Grant
The History Channel
The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
The National Council for History Education
Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis



Major Speakers

Harold Holzer, Co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and winner of the Lincoln Prize for his book, Lincoln at Cooper Union.

Jonathan Zimmerman, Director of the History of Education Program at New York University and author of Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools.

Full Program
In addition to the feature speakers noted above, the conference offers a number of breakout sessions and additional speakers. Please review the conference program for a comprehensive outline of the conference events.



Program Registration
To register please print and deliver the below registration form.



Hotel Information
Crowne Plaza: St. Louis Downtown
200 N. 4th St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
www.crowneplaza.com/stlouisdt
Rooms: $111 per night; free parking
Reserve by 9-1-09
Call: 1-800-925-1395; ask for Missouri Council for History Education Block

Drury Inn & Suites - Convention Center
711 N. Boradway
St. Louis, MO 63102
www.druryhotels.com
Rooms: $99 per night; free parking, free hot breakfast; free evening beverages.
Reserve by 9-9-09
Call: 1-800-325-0720; ask for Missouri Council for History Education Block


Lodging/Registration Scholarship





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