June Education Newsletter

In this newsletter you will find...

Summer Teacher Workshop
Juneteenth Annual Exhibition
NHD State Funding Update
NHD 2025 Merchandise

Summer Teacher Workshop

"Whose Revolution? Multiple Narratives of the American Revolution and Its Legacies in Massachusetts”

WHEN & WHERE:

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

9:00am–4:00pm at Massachusetts Historical Society

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

9:00am–4:00pm at Concord Museum

FEE/CREDIT:

Fee: $50

Teachers can earn either 45 PDPs or 2 graduate credits with Worcester State University

(for an additional fee of $250)

At the Massachusetts Historical Society, educators will tour the current MHS exhibition, “1775: Rebels, Rights & Revolution,” and interact directly with primary sources. Educators will leave the workshop with strategies for using primary sources to implement in their classrooms.

By prioritizing stories of historically underrepresented groups, this workshop offers an inclusive and nuanced to approach a familiar era.

For more information, questions, or accessibility requests, please contact us at education@masshist.org.

Open to all who work with K–12 students.

Juneteenth Annual Exhibition

Celebrating “Freedom Day” 2025: A Virtual Juneteenth Exhibition with NHD Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Historical Society began an annual NHD Massachusetts Juneteenth exhibition in 2020 with three goals: to promote an understanding of and engagement with the Juneteenth holiday; to highlight select NHD student projects whose work explores topics related to African American history, culture, achievement, and freedom; and to spread awareness of these often-marginalized historical narratives.

This year's NHD projects will approach history through the theme of "Rights and Responsibilities."

Stay tuned for the launch of this year's virtual display of original and extraordinary student work from the 2025 NHD Massachusetts competition season, which will be released in June.

To view last year's Juneteenth virtual exhibit for 2024 based on the theme "Turning Points in History," access the link below.

Celebrating Juneteenth 2024

NHD State Funding Update

Senator Paul Feeney, who has long championed NHD, has advocated for $100K funding for NHD in the Fair Share Supplemental Budget, which passed on Thursday, 5/8. The bill is now off to conference committee, and if included in the final conference report, it will be sent to the Governor’s desk for her signature.

As further developments are made in the status of funding for the Massachusetts NHD , we will provide updates.

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Senator Paul Feeney

Thank you to Senator Feeney and everyone who helped demonstrate to legislators that NHD is a vital program for Massachusetts.

Have questions about how to participate in NHD Massachusetts? Email your NHD Program Coordinator:

nhd@masshist.org

Check Out Our NHD 2025 Merch!

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