The Oklahoma Sesquicentennial Commission announces the Oklahoma Civil War Sesquicentennial Teachers’ Institute, set for July 16-20, 2012, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Historical Society, with support from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, will host the Teachers’ Institute to explore the American Civil War 150 years later. The class will be held in the field around several important landmarks of the war, including Fort Gibson Historic Site, Honey Springs Battlefield, the George Murrell Home, the Cherokee Nation Capital Square and others. Facilitators for the event include educational staff from the Oklahoma Historical Society and Northeastern State University. Oklahoma teachers will explore non-traditional classroom civil war experiences, as well as field trips, interactive activities, and other items to share with students. Teachers will each receive a resource kit with classroom hands-on activities and lesson guides. The institute will provide lodging, food and a travel stipend for the week. Only 15 teachers will be selected, so please apply early!
This institute is an official education program of the Oklahoma Sesquicentennial Commission and is sponsored by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council, with support from Northeastern State University, and the Oklahoma Historical Society. Apply online or call (580)237-1907 for more information.
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The historic George Murrell Home in Park Hill, Oklahoma, will hold its nineteenth annual Lawn Social on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The Lawn Social evokes the beauty, color, music, and dancing of the nineteenth-century Cherokee Nation. Reenactors in Civil War era dress will present living history scenes around the Greek Revival-style plantation home.
Visitors are invited to participate and learn traditional dances such as the Virginia Reel and the Quadrille, or bring a picnic lunch and watch the festivities. Guests will be able to view living history demonstrations from reenactors throughout the day, and tour the 1845 mansion and grounds.
Children’s lawn games and other events will be featured. The event will take place from 12:00-4:00pm. Admission is free. Families are invited to bring lawn chairs and picnics. The Friends of the Murrell Home will serve refreshments for donations.
A National Historic Landmark, the Murrell Home is owned and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mansion, built about 1845, was the residence of Virginian George Murrell and his wife Minerva, niece of the Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross. It is located three miles southwest of Tahlequah and one mile east of State Highway 82. Call 918-456-275l or email murrellhome@okhistory.org for more information.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
The Oklahoma History Center invites you and your family to load up family and join us for our 5th annual Call to Arms on Saturday, November 3, 2012. Join us as we celebrate Oklahoma’s military heritage with a special living history event for all. Call to Arms is scheduled from 10:00 AM through 3:00 PM and with activities running throughout the day. The event will feature reenactors and living history interpreters from a variety of time periods and includes activities for all ages.
For more information on Call to Arms please contact Jason Harris at jharris@okhistory.org or by phone at 405-522-0785.