Category Archives: K-12 education

Connecting Wyoming at 41th Annual Wyoming History Day

Posted on May 17, 2021 by ahcadmin

Thirty-seven students across Wyoming will represent the state at the National History Day Competition this June. The 41th Annual Wyoming History Day kicked off with its first ever fully virtual state competition on April 22. And on May 3, the … Continue reading →

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UW American Heritage Center Receives IMLS Grant to Digitize Primary Sources for Wyoming History Day Students

Posted on September 28, 2020 by ahcadmin

The AHC has received $180,000 from the IMLS CARES Act Grants for Museum and Libraries to be spent over two years. The funds will assist us in supplying primary sources to middle and high school students competing in Wyoming History … Continue reading →

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Elementary School Children Visit the American Heritage Center

Posted on April 11, 2014 by stowam

The AHC had a great time on March 7 hosting grades K-6 from Carbon County School District #2.  The Oregon Trail was the featured topic.  All of the students, teachers and parent chaperones were treated to a tour to begin … Continue reading →

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Wyoming Students Earned Honors at National History Day Contest

Posted on July 9, 2013 by ahcadmin

After months of intensive research and success at district- and state-level competitions here in Wyoming, sixty Wyoming students presented their projects at the annual National History Day Contest held at the University of Maryland Campus in College Park, Maryland June … Continue reading →

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From the Director*

Posted on August 3, 2011 by ahcadmin

There is a hoary business adage that customers are much more likely to complain when they are unhappy than they are to praise when they are happy.  Imagine my pleasure, then, in reporting that I have not received a single … Continue reading →

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AHC Hosts Teaching American History Grant Workshop

Posted on November 24, 2010 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center and the Cowboy Coalition from Natrona County School District recently collaborated on a three-day teacher workshop designed to demonstrate the use of primary documents in the teaching of American history and government in grades 4-12.  The … Continue reading →

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