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July 18, 2010
2010 registration form
the registration form for the 2010 conference is now available. you may view or print the registration form by clicking here. |
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January 29, 2010
2010 Conference Announced & Call for Proposals
Borderlands: Regional Encounters and Forgotten HistoriesSeptember 24-25, 2010 Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield, MO Juliana Barr, Professor of History, University of Florida Bob Bain, Professor of History, University of Michigan Borderlands history investigates the history of those regions in the world where competing empires, colonial enterprises, or nations met one another. As a result, scholars often look to the borderlands to find unusual individuals and multicultural communities who are otherwise invisible to researchers. In recent years, historians of Native America have turned to the borderlands to showcase Native Americans as central, rather than peripheral, actors in the history of the Americas. The Missouri Council for History Education invites conference attendees to redraw maps, reconsider traditional narratives, and recoup forgotten histories of the Americas and elsewhere in the world as we visit the borderlands in history. Please mark your calendar to save this date! Joint Conference of The Missouri and Oklahoma Councils for History Education For information contact jmusbach@swbell.net, www.missouriche.net or www.okche.org Call for Proposals Those who wish to present sessions at the conference should follow the guidelines below. Sessions may feature aspects of the theme: Native American history, histories of Spanish and French North America, exploration, mapping, history of natural history, and making diplomatic and imperial history accessible and exciting to K-12 students. Also sessions on technology use in the classroom, getting started with History Day, curriculum issues facing social studies teachers, and other interesting topics in world and American history are solicited. Proposals may include panels, roundtables, and/or workshops sixty minutes in length. All proposals will be judged on the likelihood of improving history instruction in our schools. Proposal Guidelines Proposals must include: • Name and contact information for each presenter – ground and email address and phone number • Information regarding presenter’s experience presenting to a K-12 educators’ audience • 50 – 100 word abstract indicating information and instructional methodology to be shared • Intended audience • Presenters intending to promote a particular set of commercial materials, including textbooks and/or supplemental materials, must indicate this in their proposal. • All presenters must pre-register for the conference. • Panels and collaborative teams of teachers, historians and social science professionals are encouraged. Proposals that deal with history in the elementary schools, historical content related to the conference theme from Teaching American History grant projects, and sessions that aid in teaching to district, state, or national history/social science standards are encouraged. Mail proposals to: MOCHE, c/o Joan W. Musbach, 415 Westrick Place, Kirkwood, MO 63122. Email proposals as Microsoft Word .doc or RTF to: jmusbach@swbell.net Proposals must be received by March 15, 2010. Emailed proposals will be acknowledged. Notification of status will be sent on or before May 1, 2010. For more information contact Joan Musbach, jmusbach@swbell.net, (314) 821-0678. |
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August 31, 2009
Deadline for submitting Registration Scholarship Applications has been extended to September 15.
Deadline for submitting Registration Scholarship Applications has been extended to September 15. |
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August 26, 2009
Deadline for submitting Lodging Scholarship Applications has been extended to August 31.
Deadline for submitting Lodging Scholarship Applications has been extended to August 31.
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April 20, 2009
Scholarships for Lodging or Registration - DEADLINE EXTENDED
The Missouri Council for History Education Board of Directors, with matching funds from the Missouri Humanities Council, is providing a limited number of lodging scholarships for teachers outside the St. Louis Metropolitan area who wish to attend our conference, but whose employer or grant program will not cover the lodging expense. There will also be a limited number of registration scholarships for teachers from the St. Louis Metropolitan area whose employer or grant program will not cover their registration expense. Download the Scholarship Application from the Conference page and submit to jmusbach@swbell.net. Lodging Scholarship Deadline - September 8th; Registration Deadline - September 18th. |
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January 5, 2009
ANNOUNCING Missouri & Illinois Joint State Conference
September 24 & 25, 2009Gateway Conference Center, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank St. Louis, Missouri Birthdays, Bicentennials & Civil Wars The joint conference of the Missouri and Illinois Councils for History Education will feature theme related post-conference tours of historic sites in Illinois and the St. Louis area, breakout sessions, featured speakers and a special reception and tour at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. Watch for more details in your mail, your email and on the web site for the Missouri Council: www.missouriche.org. The featured speakers will be Harold Holzer, Cochairman of the U. S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and winner of the Lincoln Prize for his book, Lincoln at Cooper Union, and Jonathan Zimmerman, Director of the History of Education Program at New York University and author of Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools. Proposals must be received by March 15, 2009. Emailed proposals will be acknowledged. Notification of status will be sent on or before May 1, 2009. For more information contact Joan Musbach, jmusbach@swbell.net, (314) 821-0678. |
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November 16, 2008
"Exceptionally first-rate!"ť "First of Its Kind" Joint Conference - Exceeds Expectations
"Nearly two hundred history educators gathered in Blue Springs, Missouri, September 25-26 for the Joint Conference of the Missouri and Kansas Councils for History Education--the first time ever that two state councils joined forces to hold a conference, according to Cindy Stout, Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, who came from the new NCHE headquarters in College Park, Maryland to participate in this precedent-setting event. In addition to Missouri and Kansas history educators, participants came from several other states as well. Elise Fillpot came from the University of Iowa to share an exciting new program of history instruction for elementary students. Pam Mickle came from New Mexico to present a session on the Bill of Rights and to exhibit for the Bill Of Rights Institute. A Teaching American History grant director came from Arizona to join midwestern history friends. A representative of the Gilder Lehrman Institute in New York came to honor the Kansas and Missouri History Teachers of the Year. Featured speakers, H. W. Brands and Sam Wineburg, were highlights of the conference for many participants. “The speakers were outstanding” and “Dr. Wineburg and Dr. Brands were very impressive” were typical comments. The variety and quality of breakout sessions was also applauded. As one participant wrote, “very beneficial conference with hands on practical resources I can take directly back to my classroom, AWESOME!” The evening reception at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum was a very popular conference event. Adjectives like “phenomenal” and “awesome” summed up the experience for many. Building on the success of the conference, the Board of Directors of the Missouri Council for History Education is planning the 2009 conference. As the details emerge, watch for information at this site. Why not make it easy, and add this website to your Favorites? |