This free workshop is intended for grades 6-12 social studies educators in North Dakota and Montana. Educators will learn about strategies for primary source analysis and historical interpretation in student-led research and how to evaluate these works. Travel stipend, lunches, and 16 OPI renewal units provided.

Objectives
-Learn how to locate and integrate diverse primary sources from digital archives, local collections, and community resources.
-Evaluate student work using the official NHD evaluation criteria, including historical argumentation, use of evidence, and clarity of presentation.
-Design classroom activities and scaffolds that build research, writing, and presentation skills over time.

These workshops are a collaboration between Montana Historical Society and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. These workshops are sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Great Plains Region, coordinated by the National Council for History Education.