United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellowship

Applications are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Museum Teacher Fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from teachers in grades 7 through 12. Those chosen must show evidence of extensive knowledge of Holocaust history, successful teaching experience, and participation in community and professional organizations.

Teaching Fellows help promote the Museum’s efforts to ensure quality Holocaust education in secondary schools by participating in a variety of activities.

For more information and application material, visit
http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/prodev/teacherfellowship/. The application deadline is February 11, 2011.

Making Ohio Memory Better

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season and staying warm!

You may remember me mentioning that we are working on our Ohio Memory website. The Ohio Historical Society is looking for some feedback on the functionality of our Ohio Memory search engine. As the digital collection has grown we are trying to find ways to make it increasingly user friendly. We especially value the opinions of teachers as we want our resources to be accessible for the classroom.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at the link below. In order to answer the questions you will have to complete a search using a new test home page for Ohio Memory. You can only access this page using the link provided in the survey directions. The survey will be available until December 31^st, 2010. If you have any questions please contact me at muline-olmstead@ohiohistory.org.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QXMVLXW

Thank you so much and we look forward to your feedback.

Help make history come alive for Ohio's 4th-12th grade students

National History Day in Ohio is in the race to receive $50,000 from the Pepsi Refresh Project. Show your support for the program and Ohio students by voting everyday in December. Go here to vote.

Funding from the Pepsi Refresh Project will help to expand the program into more urban and rural schools. The grant will be used to provide financial assitance to low-income students; program materials & field trips to historic sites; teacher training & support materials.