Minnesota Humanities Center
  • St. Paul – Learning from Place: Bdote

    Fort Snelling State Park 101 Snelling Lake Road, St. Paul, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 5 clock hours. Learning from Place: Bdote is an immersive experience that brings participants to sites of great significance to Dakota people in the Twin Cities. Participants will learn from Dakota community members through stories and histories that have often been left out of our state’s history.

    $75
  • Fort Snelling – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

    Fort Snelling State Park 101 Snelling Lake Road, St. Paul, MN, United States

    To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

    Free
  • Online Pedagogy Session – Foundations and Framework

    Online
    Virtual Event

    This opening pedagogy session will provide a brief overview of the new Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in Social Studies, followed by an introduction to the structure and goals of the Navigating U.S. History Eras pedagogy sessions. Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Social Studies Specialist Brittany Rawson-Haeg will guide participants in understanding how the series is designed to support inquiry-based, standards-aligned approaches to teaching U.S. History.

    Free
  • Fergus Falls – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

    Westridge Theater 2001 West Lincoln Ave, Fergus Falls, United States

    To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

    Free
  • Online Content Session – Era Two: Settler Colonialism and Atlantic Slavery

    Online
    Virtual Event

    Dive into the development of the institution of slavery and multiple perspectives on European colonization and early American society. Led by Dr. David Aiona Chang and Dr. Katharine Gerbner, this session will provide deep historical context, source analysis, and thematic framing.

  • Duluth – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

    Zeitgeist Center for Arts 222 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN, United States

    To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

    Free
  • Edina – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

    Edina Mann Theatre 3911 W. 5th St., Edina, MN, United States

    To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

    $15
  • Online – Building Questioning Across the Social Studies Disciplines

    Virtual Event

    K-12 educators will receive 1 clock hour. Develop strategies for fostering strong questioning skills across the five strands of social studies. Examine a discipline-specific question and how it supports deeper inquiry and critical thinking.

    Free
  • Minneapolis – Building Questioning Across the Social Studies Disciplines

    Minnesota Department of Education 400 NE Stinson Blvd, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours. Develop strategies for fostering strong questioning skills across the five strands of social studies. Examine a discipline-specific question and how it supports deeper inquiry and critical thinking.

    Free
  • Pedagogy Session – Eras 1 & 2: Indigenous Histories, Settler Colonialism, and Atlantic Slavery

    Online
    Virtual Event

    This pedagogy session will draw on content and sources from both Era 1 and Era 2 of the Navigating U.S. History Eras series. Participants will explore the histories of America’s first peoples before European contact, as well as the development of the institution of slavery and multiple perspectives on European colonization and early American society.

    Free
  • Rochester – Reconstruction Destructed Film & Community Conversation

    Historic Chateau Theater 15 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN, United States

    To understand the challenges African Americans still face in being seen as full citizens in America today, it is important for us to understand the origin story of the path of formerly enslaved people becoming citizens. The past is not dead; it is not even really the past.

    Free
  • Online Content Session – Era Three: Freedom, Unfreedom, and Revolution

    Online
    Virtual Event

    Analyze revolutionary movements and founding documents to understand how ideas of freedom and justice evolved in the United States. Led by Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and moderated by Dr. Katharine Gerbner, this session will provide deep historical context, source analysis, and thematic framing.

    Free