The Minnesota Humanities Center is pleased to participate in Rain Taxi’s 26th annual Twin Cities Book Festival, a daylong celebration of books, writers, readers, and Minnesota’s vibrant literary community.
This 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.
K-12 Educators will receive 2.5 clock hours. Join Native Governance Center, a Native-led nonprofit, for a practical and interactive session on building authentic partnerships and taking actionable next steps. This session is designed to support Bdote trip participants as well as anyone seeking guidance in developing authentic, respectful relationships with Native Nations.
The Declaration of Independence and Liberty, Then and Now: A Community Conversation is an event in recognition of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a free, daylong professional learning workshop exploring We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, the Center for Civic Education’s nationally recognized civic education program.
Minnesota Writers Off the Page will host an evening with Minnesota Book Award winner Thomas Maltman and his novel Ashes to Ashes. He will be in conversation with fellow author Mubanga Kalimamukwento. Books will be available for purchase, and the evening will end with a book signing.
Building 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.
Hear from two members of Minnesota’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate cohort — Youth Poet Laureate Sienna Lee and Emerging Voice poet Isabel Baumgart — as they share their original work and talk about what inspires their writing.
Engage in structured problem-solving around challenges districts are facing with inquiry-based, disciplinary instruction. Participants will surface patterns of difficulty in task design, source identification and use, formative assessment, and classroom implementation, and collaborate on practical strategies to address them.
Investigate the trade routes and networks of cultural exchange that connected Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, shaping societies through the movement of people, goods, ideas, and technologies.
Building 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 […]
Develop tools and strategies for observing social studies instruction through a disciplinary lens. Participants will learn what to look for in classrooms, including evidence of student reasoning, effective use of sources, and alignment between tasks and the disciplinary thinking represented in the benchmarks.