Canceled St. Paul – Leading Elementary Social Studies Inquiry (LESSI) Institute
Learn how to do more with less. The Minnesota Humanities Center, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, presents the LESSI Institute.
$150
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K-12 Education
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Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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Canceled North Mankato – Social Studies Standards Workshop Series
South Central Services Cooperative 2075 Lookout Drive, North Mankato, United StatesThis two-day workshop series (July 29 and August 17, 2026) is designed to equip K–12 teachers and school leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to successfully implement the new social studies standards for the 2026–27 school year.
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Online – Content Session – World History Eras: Framing the Big Questions
Virtual EventThis introductory session explores approaches to teaching world history that center inquiry, historical thinking, and multiple perspectives across time and place.
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St. Paul – MHC at the Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair 1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, United StatesJoin the Minnesota Humanities Center at the State Fair for Cultural Destinations Day.
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Online – What Counts as High-Quality Social Studies Instruction?
Virtual EventBuild a shared understanding of what high-quality social studies instruction looks like in practice. Participants will build a baseline understanding of what to look for in terms of high-quality implementation of the 2021 K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies.
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St. Paul – Learning Through Play: An Ojibwe Games Workshop for Educators
Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesJoin the Minnesota Humanities Center and Tony Drews of Nashke Native Games for an interactive professional development experience exploring how Ojibwe games can be used in K–12 classrooms.
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Online – Pedagogy Session – World History Eras: Teaching Through Inquiry
Virtual EventBuilding on the big questions, historical thinking, and resources introduced in the Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop focused on applying the inquiry-based instructional framework that will guide the World History Eras series.
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Online – Content Session – World History Era One: Early Human History (250,000 BCE-2,000 BCE)
Virtual EventInvestigate the origins of humanity through the evidence early people left behind, exploring how historians, archaeologists, and scientists reconstruct the earliest chapters of human history.
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Online – Disciplinary Literacy as the Goal
Virtual EventExplore disciplinary literacy as the core goal of social studies instruction. Participants will deepen their understanding of what it means for students to think, read, write, and reason like historians, geographers, economists, and political scientists.
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Online – Pedagogy Session – World History Era One: Early Human History (250,000 BCE-2,000 BCE)
Virtual EventBuilding on the content and sources from this era’s Content Session, experienced classroom educators will lead a hands-on workshop exploring inquiry-based, standards-aligned instructional approaches and classroom applications for teaching this era.
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St. Paul – Metro Indian Education Fall Gathering
Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for the Fall Metro Indian Education Gathering at the Minnesota Humanities Center. Anyone connected to American Indian Education and/or American Indian students is welcome to attend.
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Online – Evaluating Summative Tasks for Rigor and Authenticity
Virtual EventLearn how to evaluate summative tasks for true rigor and disciplinary alignment. Participants will analyze whether tasks genuinely require students to engage in disciplinary reasoning, use evidence from sources, and demonstrate authentic understanding.
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