The Minnesota Historical Society offers workshops throughout the state for teachers of all grade levels that focus on creative and effective ways to teach social studies with an emphasis on Minnesota history. Monday, June 25 through Wednesday, June 27, 2001.
Lodging is extra.
Site visits and speakers will focus on the history and culture of the region's ancient people, the Dakota, European American settlers, the 1862 U.S.-Dakota Conflict, as well as contemporary Dakota. Appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, the workshop will emphasize best-practice teaching strategies, including how to use primary sources in the classroom. Click here for more information on this seminar, financial aid and the special registration form for the Upper Minnesota River Valley Seminar for Teachers. The Upper Minnesota River Valley Seminar for Teachers requires a separate application form printable as a pdf file using Acrobat reader available free from Adobe. Examine exhibits at the Society's Lower Sioux Agency and find out about the function of the Agency during the mid-1800s.