Bringing Women’s History into the Classroom: The 2016 George Washington Teacher Institute
Since 1999, the George Washington Teacher Institute at Mount Vernon provides teachers across the country with historical thinking skills and in-depth content [...]
War and Peace: Following the Footsteps of the Huron-Wyandot
On Wednesday, September 14 from 8:30am-5 pm, attendees of the AASLH/MMA 2016 Annual Meeting in Detroit will have the chance to attend a [...]
100 Cities/100 Memorials Will Help Restore & Preserve Local WWI Memorials Across US
The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library have announced a new program to help people [...]
Granite Falls Historical Society’s City Hall
2015 marks AASLH's 75th Anniversary Year. For the occasion, AASLH has created a blog series for members to share their [...]
Pop-Up Sessions: Here to Serve Your Pressing Needs
It happens every year. Urgent issues—or burgeoning topics—surface at our annual meeting or during the lag time after proposals are [...]
Message from the Council Chair: On AASLH 2015
The 2015 annual meeting theme, “The Power of Possibility,” was crafted by program chair Kyle McKoy of the Indiana Historical [...]
The Pleasant Hill Shakers and the Power of Possibility
The legacy of the Pleasant Hill Shaker community has often been assessed exclusively through their material culture. However, each physical [...]
Upcoming Workshops for Managers of Front-line Staff
More often than not, while in conversations with fellow managers of front-line staff, I have found the conversations include moments of venting about staff. Ultimately [...]
More Bang for Your Buck with Pre-Conference Workshops
Have you considered attending a pre-conference workshop at AASLH? Pre-conference workshops are a great way for small museums to make the most of their travel and [...]
Tour Scheduling – Help is on the Way!
Scheduling tours can be a time consuming endeavor that many of us with small museum education staff have little time to dedicate. So when this [...]
Task Saturation in Museum Workers
Paul Thistle is a provocateur. That was his given label as he led an Idea Lounge last spring at the American Association of Museum’s Annual [...]
Education Standards: Complex Physics Algorithm or High School Student Research Skill Blueprints?
You probably recognize the state mandated standard curriculum format: 1SSC1PO1. This algorithm provides directives for research skill development at the high school level in social [...]
Approaching Evaluation
My go-to book on evaluation By Tobi Voigt, Detroit Historical Society If I have learned anything as a museum educator, it’s that those [...]