Professional Development

Looking for inspiration for lesson plans, projects, and further reading? 

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  • Explore our collection of past presentations developed by history scholars and professionals.  
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Past Presentations

Scavenger Hunt
Two Mississippi Museums, 2019
Human Rights and Civil Rights Curriculum
International Museum of Muslim Cultures, 2019
Teaching Jewish History
Institute of Southern Jewish Life, 2019
Teaching Jewish History Traveling Trunk Packet
Institute of Southern Jewish Life, 2019
Youth Activism, Then and Now
Daphne Chamberlain, 2018
“Not Even Past”: Exploring the Usable Past in the Classroom
Shennette Garrett-Scott, 2018
World War II Propaganda
Christopher Hamner, 2018
Discovering and Evaluating Web Sources
David Nolen, 2018
NHD Professional Development Opportunities
Lynne O’Hara, 2018
Voices from the Vietnam War
Andrew Wiest, 2018
Mississippi Economy in the Great Depression
Connie Lester, 2015
Mississippi Economy in the Great Depression Resource Materials
Connie Lester, 2015
The South in World War II
Chad Daniels, 2015
Shift of African American Roles in World War II and the Korean War
Charles Chamberlain, 2015
Shift of African American Roles in World War II and the Korean War Resource Materials
Charles Chamberlain, 2015
Rise of the Dixiecrats
Jason Morgan Ward, 2015
Documenting Separate but Equal
Jennifer Baughn, 2015
Diversification of Mississippi’s Economics
Connie Lester, 2015
Judith Sargent Murray and Woman Suffrage
Judy Wiggins, 2015

Blues in Mississippi Curriculum
(website), Charlotte Smelser, 2014

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