Teachers will learn how to integrate both active research strategies and local history resources across the K-12 social studies and language arts curriculum. The Nearby History Institute brings public historians from area archives and museums together with Wright State University faculty to strengthen American history teaching in the Miami Valley.

The Nearby History Institute brings public historians from area museums together with Wright State University and local educators to strengthen American history education in the Miami Valley. The Department of History at Wright State University will offer a summer institute for teachers, "Nearby History: Living and Working in Ohio/s Miami Valley, 1890-1945".

Participants have the option of registering for 2 or 4 graduate credit hours in either History or Education. The Workshop participants will have the option of registering for 2 or 4 graduate credit hours in either History or Education. Participant must apply for non-degree graduate status through the Graduate School. For Ohio classroom teachers, the cost of tuition is subsidized by support from the Ohio Humanities Council and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Teachers from Ohio may enroll for the first 2 credit hours (ED 770 or HST 689.01) for free or $406 (half price) for 4 credit hours (ED 770 or HST 689.02). Participants must apply for non-degree graduate status through the Graduate School. Half of the cost of tuition is subsidized by support from the Ohio Humanities Council and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Please contact Marjorie McLellan in order to arrange the OHC tuition subsidy.