The Buckeye Council for History Education invites you to attend our 2009 annual conference at the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio on July 23-24, 2009. Our conference theme is Programs, Progress, and People: Innovation in History. It reflects next year's National History Day theme and a timely interest in the WPA and the New Deal as innovative programs.
All educators and their families are welcome to attend the Teacher Open House on July 23, 2009 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Ohio Historical Center. Come learn about resources available to history educators in central Ohio. Admission is free.
The Ohio Humanities Council invites Ohio social studies, art, and language arts educators to a summer workshop, July 23, 2009, 9 AM to 3 PM at the Ohio Historical Center to learn more about the connection between art and history and explore ways to utilize Picturing America resources with students. You can review the resources at the Picturing America website. There is no charge for the workshop.
*Registration for the Picturing America Workshop is closed. We thank you for your interest in this workshop.*
Conference attendees are also invited to attend our opening reception and dinner, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Nick Taylor, author of American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA, will speak on "
The WPA and Ohio: Some High (And Not So High) Lights."
Please register by July 15th if you plan to attend.
The conference will be held at the Ohio Historical Center and will run from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on Friday, July 24, 2009. Sessions will be led by academic and public historians, top educators from the state of Ohio and professional archivists and curators. Lunch will be provided. See the detailed schedule at www.gatewaytohistory.org/bche
Our keynote speaker at this year's conference luncheon will be Timothy Messer-Kruse, Historian, Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University, and author of Banksters, Bosses, and Smart Money: A Social History of the Great Toledo Bank Crash of 1931.
Questions/Concerns? Contact us at bche@ohiohistory.org
Registration has Closed for the Friday conference. Please consider joining us for the Teacher Resource Fair!