Resources

NEW GRANTS ROUND for digital learning! With education emphasizing distance learning, destination sites want to reach students while, at the same time, teachers are preparing online lessons that may have to replace field trips & site visits. The MSNHA has opened a special grants round to help fund digital site-specific educational content. Organizations within the MSNHA partnering with any teacher in an elementary or secondary school in Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone or Morgan county are eligible to apply. Maximum grant award is $1,200. Click this button below for more information and the application form.

Education-series grants

 

NEW this year! Are you a teacher planning a field trip to one of MSNHA’s cultural or historical sites? Then think about applying for one of our field-trip grants to help fund transportation costs. Any teacher in an elementary or secondary school in Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone & Morgan is eligible to apply.  Maximum field-trip grant amount is $200. Click this button below for more information and the application form.

Field-trip grants

 

The MSNHA is home to many colleges and universities, including the University of North Alabama, which is the oldest public university in the state of Alabama

Resources help teach history

Teachers, let us help you teach your students about local history! The six MSNHA counties are full of fascinating & significant stories. To help discover, preserve & share those stories, we offer educational resources & tools highlighting the culture & history of northwest Alabama. Click on the links below for educator packets & other publications that MSNHA staff and students from the University of North Alabama Public History Center have developed. We also have coloring pages, an activity sheet & a map for collecting stamps for the Passport to Your National Parks program. You can help other local teachers, too. Do you have additional lesson plans & resources highlighting history & heritage in Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone & Morgan counties you'd be willing to share? Email msnha.una.edu. In addition, MSNHA staff & UNA public history students can help museums & historic sites across our region preserve & interpret their collections. If you are interested in partnering with the MSNHA and UNA students to develop materials specific to your site, email us at msnha.una.edu.