Mississippi Educators Encouraged to Register for MDAH Fall Teacher Workshop
Mississippi educators are encouraged to register now for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s free Fall Teacher Workshop, set for Nov. 7, at the Two Mississippi Museums.
Registration is free for teachers, who will be able to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for participation. The workshop, funded by a Library of Congress grant, will provide cross-curricular instruction on a broad range of topics, including literature, Mississippi music, cold case journalism, and primary source education.
Speakers include University of Mississippi professor Beth Kruse; Andrew Wiest, co-director of the Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi; Emilye Crosby, professor of history at State University of New York at Geneseo, who works with the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) Legacy Project; award-winning journalist Jerry Mitchell; University of Mississippi instructor and author Scott Barretta; and Anna Traylor, education specialist at the Eudora Welty House and Garden, among others.
Representatives from Belhaven University, Mississippi College, Mississippi State University, and the University of Mississippi will share information about education master's programs.
Additionally, exhibitors on site will be the COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Emmett Till Interpretive Center, Eudora Welty House and Garden, Medgar Evers Home Museum, Grammy Museum Mississippi, Mississippi Historical Society, Mississippi History Day, The MAX Museum, and the Two Mississippi Museums. Teachers can register here.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects, preserves, and provides access to the archival resources of the state, administers various museums and historic sites, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation, state and local government records management, and publications. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.