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Evaluating Argumentation in Historical Research Educators Workshop, State Historical Society of North Dakota (Spring 2026)

INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD: Madison Milbrath, Education Outreach Supervisor, State Historical Society of North Dakota (Tel. 701-328-2794)

PRESENTERS: Madison Milbrath, Education Outreach Supervisor, State Historical Society of North Dakota; Melissa Hibbard, Interpretive Historian, Montana Historical Society

DATES: March 16-17, 2026 (8 a.m.-4 p.m. Each Day)

LOCATION: Dickinson State University, Student Center Ballroom

COST: $50.00

CREDIT: One (1) Professional Development Graduate Credit. NOTE: North Dakota participants will be graded as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory (S/U) upon completion of the course for one professional development graduate credit through Dickinson State University. Credit registration information will be provided through Instructor of Record. For Montana educators: Montana educators will receive 16 Office of Public Instruction renewal units issued by the Montana Historical Society.

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$50.00

This free workshop is intended for grades 6-12 social studies educators in North Dakota and Montana. Educators will learn about strategies for primary source analysis and historical interpretation in student-led research and how to evaluate these works.

These workshops are a collaboration between Montana Historical Society and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. These workshops are sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Great Plains Region, coordinated by the National Council for History Education.