What’s Going On Repeat visitors and members of the site may notice that there have been a number of changes made to the Hub over the last month. While the aesthetics of the website have largely remained the same, I have scaled back some less essentially features, while building upon others. Below you’ll find a [...]

The past few months, we’ve worked with AETN and ArkansasIDEAS to develop an online course for teachers to learn more about the Hub from the comfort of their own home or classroom.  As of November 9th, this course went live on the ArkansasIDEAS website.  Below is an except from the posting on the IDEAS website.  [...]

While the Hub has previously hosted an “Outreach” database, we have found that this term isn’t particularly clear, nor is it one that teachers use very often. In museums and libraries, we often call educational services performed outside the walls of our own institution “outreach”. Not a teacher myself, I now realize that guest speakers [...]

So the conference season is upon us and with all the various offerings, great sessions can sometimes get lost in the shuffle.  I’ve compiled all the history related sessions from AEA and ACC in one pdf, which you may download here.  Below you’ll find the contents of this document.   The Arkansas History Hub will [...]

There’s still time. Sign up today! The Fall Elementary School Fair at Historic Arkansas Museum grew from requests from teachers. They knew it’d be an incredible field trip into early 19th century Arkansas, with lots of hands-on learning — and covering dozens of frameworks. And it is! Music and storytelling begin and end your visit. [...]

[gview file="http://www.arhistoryhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Panel-Discussion-brochure.pdf"] Over the next few weeks, Arkansas will host two history symposiums featuring guest lecturers from across the nation. The first, organized by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, will be Friday September 30, 2011, at the Darragh Center of the Main Library in downtown Little Rock.  Entitled “Historic Preservation Past, Present, and Future: Where Do [...]