Using Library of Congress Resources to Build a Historical Argument

Dates: May 19 - August 8, 2025
 Location: Online Asynchronous Canvas
Cost:  $0.00
Date Day Time
05/19/2025Monday12M to 12M
08/08/2025Friday12M to 12M
OR

Join Montana Historical Society interpretive historian and National History Day in Montana co-coordinator, Dr. Melissa Hibbard, for a 3 credit, 12-week summer course on historical argumentation. Learn strategies to help your students think like historians, develop solid historical arguments, and utilize Library of Congress resources.
This course includes four live webinars and other online asynchronous work. This course is designed for teachers grades 4-12 who want to engage their students in historical research & historical thinking. This course is FREE for eligible Montana teachers thanks to a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.

Summer 2025 – Montana State University, Bozeman
Online, Asynchronous other than 4 Webinars, Dates TBD
12 weeks, May 19 – August 8, 2025
3 credits - limited to 20 people.

Instructor: Dr. Melissa Hibbard, Montana Historical Society Interpretive Historian and National History Day in Montana Co-Coordinator

Cost: Free to 4-12th grade teachers (preferably those that teach social studies, English-language arts, or related courses)

Questions? Contact nationalhistorydaymt@gmail.com
Fee:  $0.00

Online Asynchronous Canvas

This online class is asynchronous and can be taken according to the student's schedule. Participants engage with course materials without a specific meeting time. Regular assignments may be required, see the course description for details. You will receive an automated e-mail from MSU Outreach with login instructions for the Canvas learning management system prior to the start of the course. If you do not receive your login information, please email outreachadmin@montana.edu

Melissa Hibbard

Date Day Time Location
05/19/2025Monday12M to 12M Online Asynchronous Canvas
08/08/2025Friday12M to 12M Online Asynchronous Canvas