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Putting history in classrooms & getting students out of classrooms into history. Sponsor: NC Museum We DO history. Join us!

The Tar Heel Junior Historian Association is made up of history clubs across the state of North Carolina for young people in grades 4-12. The purpose of THJHA is to encourage the study of local and state history and to help young people better understand and appreciate their place in history through study and action. Junior historians save forgotten cemeteries and buildings, bring local heroes ove

rdue recognition, preserve veterans’ memories, visit artisans, and trace their family trees. Chapters are based in public, private, and home schools, as well as in other settings like museums and historic sites. Membership in the program is FREE, and clubs shape their own activities. Member benefits include:
• copies of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine for all student members and
advisers;
• membership cards and stickers;
• a club charter;
• a variety of annual project contests, with winning entries exhibited at the
museum;
• the THJHA Annual Convention, which features exciting and informative
workshops;
• and resource materials for educators.

05/21/2024

Make your mark on our It's Revolutionary! project by working with the BEYOND The Exhibits team to contribute to resources for educators across the state!

The North Carolina Museum of History is looking for a team of educators to work with us on a project for the upcoming 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. As part of the It’s Revolutionary! endeavor, we are producing an Educators’ Notebook with background information, primary and secondary sources, and lesson plans. We will contract with teachers to create original lesson plans targeted towards fourth, eighth, and high school audiences.

Details:
-BEYOND The Exhibits will provide background information and other resources for teachers to use and reference when creating lesson plans.
-BTE will provide a lesson plan template.
-Educators will create 20-25 original lesson plans for their assigned grade level based on the notebook outline.
-Contracted teachers will be paid $8,500.00 in four installments in conjunction with Notebook work schedule.
-Work will begin in the summer of 2024 and conclude in March of 2025.

We appreciate you considering sharing your expertise and experience with educators across the state and beyond by working with the Beyond The Exhibits team on It’s Revolutionary! Apply at: https://bit.ly/3QLTNb3 by Friday, May 31.

04/26/2024

We're ready for our junior historian clubs to arrive at the North Carolina Museum of History for the THJHA Annual Convention!

03/21/2024

Join us for the THJHA Annual Convention on Friday, April 26 at the North Carolina Museum of History! Register by Friday, April 12.

11/09/2023

Free program! Register your class to join us virtually next Friday as we celebrate and learn about our state's American Indian communities, past and present.

09/21/2023

Don't forget that tomorrow is the deadline to apply for a travel grant to help bring your students to the North Carolina Museum of History! If you are awarded funds from this grant you can use them to travel to the THJHA Annual Convention on Friday, April 26.

Thanks to the North Carolina Museum of History Associates, we are very excited to announce that funds are once again available to provide transportation assistance to schools for the 2023-2024 school year. This grant program allows children from qualifying schools across the state to visit the museu...

06/23/2023

Weekend plans? Come see this year's winning contest entries now on display at the North Carolina Museum of History.

From the state’s Museum of History to Bennett Place to the spot that housed the original Krispy Kreme, the Tar Heel State offers a lot to uncover.

04/28/2023

Join us online at 2:15 for a live stream of the THJHA Annual Contest Awards Ceremony

Awards ceremony for the 2023 Tar Heel Junior Historian Association's Annual Convention at the North Carolina Museum of History.

04/27/2023

We're ready for the THJHA Annual Convention! Are you?

03/27/2023

Join us at the North Carolina Museum of History for the THJHA Annual Convention on Friday, April 28.
We're looking forward to a presentation by the Durham based band The Beast for the first workshop session of the day, SANKOFA: African American Music from Spirituals to Hip Hop.

03/21/2023

The THJHA Annual Convention is less than a month away! Register now to bring your students to this free event. This year's hands-on and interactive workshops for junior historians will cover NC's musical traditions and the Reconstruction era. https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/tar-heel-junior-historian-association-annual-convention-and-contests

03/20/2023

We love to be out and about, talking to educators and potential new club leaders. Welcome to all of the new friends we made at the NCCSS Voice and North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented Conferences this month!

03/02/2023

We want to see your club at the in-person THJHA Annual Convention on Friday, April 28! Register online now.

8:30–9:50 a.m. Club Check-in 8:30–9:50 a.m. Exhibit/Art Contest Drop-off, pick-up 2022 entries 10:00–10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks, State Song, and Roll Call of Clubs 10:15–11:15 a.m. Workshop I, Sankofa: The History of African American Music 11:30 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Workshop II 12:00 –12:45 ...

Address

5 E Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC
27601

Website

http://www.tarheeljuniorhistorians.org/

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