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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

For more information, contact Great Plains TPS Project Director Kathleen Barker at kathleen@ncheteach.org. Since 1990, NCHE has supported K-12 teachers in the development and implementation of history education, with support from scholars, museums, historic sites, and other history educators.

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Prepare for Fall Multi Day seminars!

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. See a sample itinerary here. Have more questions? Click here.

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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. Have more questions?

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Simulation Games for Your Ancient Civilizations Class

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods. Ancient India Simulation Mohenjo-Daro became a famous historical site as it was the largest city built by the Indus Valley Civilization, and it featured impressive urban planning and design elements.

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TEACHER VOICE: Educators need more resources, skills and partnerships to bring the world into their classrooms

The Hechinger Report

We can do this by taking field trips to local museums and historical sites, inviting experts into our classrooms, participating in programs like Empatico that connect students worldwide, creating robust class libraries and using content-rich curriculums across subject areas to build student knowledge.

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Applications Open Soon for Spring Multi Day Seminars

Teaching American History

The seminar also includes a visit to a local historical site. Meals, materials, double-occupancy rooms, and historical site visits are covered 100%. For more information about our Multi-Day seminars and to see the schedule of events please click here. See a sample itinerary here. Have more questions? Click here.

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Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home

ACRE

Videos & informational panels guide students through 1920s-30s Arkansas and how natural events like floods & droughts impacted the state during a time of financial turmoil for the country. Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites?

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