missouri humanities council

National History Day Competition

Four Missouri students were recognized as National History Day finalists for their research and projects revolving around the 2010 theme: “Innovation in History:  Impact and Change,” on Oct. 13 at the Missouri Humanities Council’s Governor’s Humanities Awards ceremony at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo.

National History Day is a nationwide program that encourages young people to explore history and teaches them to understand historical issues, ideas, people and events. Participants conduct in-depth research and analysis on individual topics related to an annual theme and present their findings through an exhibit, performance, documentary, website or research paper. National History Day in Missouri is sponsored by the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia at the University of Missouri and The State Historical Society of Missouri. For more information on the 2011 National History Day competition, visit http://whmc.umsystem.edu/nhd/nhdmain.html.

Workshop on Teaching Mark Twain

MHC is a key partner supporting The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum’s efforts to continue its broadly-based strategy of assuring that teachers across the country have effective ways of using Twain’s stories in the classroom. This summer, the museum will offer its workshop on teaching Mark Twain for upwards of 75 teachers. For more information, visit the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum website.