Minnesota Humanities Center
  • Online – Teaching Bdote Educator Workshop

    Virtual Event

    K-12 Educators will receive 2 clock hours. The Teaching Bdote Educator Workshop is designed for educators who have attended Learning from Place: Bdote and are preparing to incorporate the experience into their classroom or lead their own classroom field trip.

    $20
  • Rochester – Headscarf Story Circle Series

    Rochester Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI) 221 1st Ave SW, Suite 600, Rochester, United States

    Headscarf Story Circle is a series of offerings that recognize the strength and resiliency of women. Join us for our first of three offerings in Rochester as we gather together through the shared connection of the headscarf and its complexity.

    Free
  • Staples – K-8 Social Studies Standards Workshop

    Sourcewell 202 12th Street NE, Staples, MN, United States

    We invite K-8 social studies educators to a workshop that will provide an overview of the new 2021 Minnesota social studies standards. This workshop includes time for teachers to work together to bundle benchmarks into cohesive, interdisciplinary instructional units. Participants will also have work time to start aligning these units with existing resources and primary sources.

    $60
  • Online – Digging Into Disciplinary Sources K-12

    Virtual Event

    K-12 educators will receive 1 clock hour. Learn how to identify, evaluate, and integrate disciplinary sources effectively. This session will provide strategies for engaging students with primary and secondary sources to develop their disciplinary literacy skills.

    Free
  • St. Paul – Celebrating Native Language and Culture Through the Joy of Games

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Put the cellphones away and join us for an evening of fun, food, and cultural connection. This National Native American Heritage Month, the Minnesota Humanities Center welcomes Tony Drews and Nashke Native Games for a lively, intergenerational game night.

    Free
  • Minneapolis – Digging Into Disciplinary Sources K-12

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

    K-12 educators will receive 2 clock hours. Learn how to identify, evaluate, and integrate disciplinary sources effectively. This session will provide strategies for engaging students with primary and secondary sources to develop their disciplinary literacy skills.

    Free
  • Bloomington – We Are Water MN

    Bloomington Education and Visitor Center 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN, United States

    The We Are Water MN traveling exhibit examines water issues statewide and in local communities through personal stories, histories, and scientific information. It strengthens Minnesotans’ relationships with water, exposes visitors to new perspectives, and increases participation in water stewardship activities.

    Free
  • St. Paul – From Mountains to Lakes: Celebrate HERstory

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Join the Minnesota Humanities Center and Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving Together (HWAT) as we celebrate with Kaohly Vang Her a defining moment in St. Paul and Hmong history, the election of Her as St. Paul’s first women and first Hmong mayor.

    Free
  • Online Content Session – Era Four: Imperial Expansion and Native Dispossession

    Online
    Virtual Event

    Trace the effects of U.S. expansion on Native nations and examine how policies of land seizure and sovereignty denial shaped the 19th century. Led by Dr. David Aiona Chang and moderated by Dr. Katharine Gerbner, this session will provide deep historical context, source analysis, and thematic framing.

    Free
  • St. Paul – From Mountains to Lakes: The Museums We Carry

    Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    From Mountains to Lakes: The Museums We Carry is a daylong retreat that brings together Hmong cultural bearers, educators, and community leaders to examine the dangers of cultural extinction and explore collective ways to preserve identity.

    Free
  • Online – From Page to Practice: The Native American Lives Series in the Classroom

    Virtual Event

    K-8 Educators will receive 1 clock hour. Join us for an introductory professional development session on the Native American Lives Series—a vibrant new collection of biographies designed to support grades 1–8 educators in bringing Indigenous voices, histories, and perspectives into the classroom.

    Free
  • Online – From Page to Practice: The Native American Lives Series in the Classroom

    Virtual Event

    K-8 Educators will receive 1 clock hour. Join us for an introductory professional development session on the Native American Lives Series—a vibrant new collection of biographies designed to support grades 1–8 educators in bringing Indigenous voices, histories, and perspectives into the classroom.

    Free