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Education Services

Education Services program provides opportunities for teachers and their students in the researching and studying of local and state history. The program produces three publications in cooperation with the Publications unit titled Illinois History Teacher and, the web-only, Illinois History: A Magazine for Young People and Prairie Pages. The program administers the Illinois regional and state history fairs for junior and senior high school students, and participates in the National History Day competition. To view a little video from the 2001 History Fair click here.

2008 Illinois History Regional Fairs Information Sheet

Education Services Program Overview

May 8, 2008
All Illinois History Exposition
Prairie Capitol Convention Center

Project Set-up: 8:00-10:30 a.m.

Opening Ceremony & Superior Paper Awards: 10:30 a.m.

Judging: 10:30-1:00 p.m.

Public Viewing of Exhibits: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Exhibit Room Closed: 2:00-2:45 p.m.

Awards Ceremony: 2:45-3:30 p.m.

In addition, the program publishes the following:
Illinois History Teacher - Each issue provides a thorough examination of themes in Illinois history and includes essays by experts in the field along with lesson plans and class activities.

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Forthcoming Issues:

Volume 14:1 - (2007) Communications in Illinois History
Guest Editor, John Nerone

Volume 14:2 - (2007) Politics in Nineteenth-Century Illinois History
Guest Editor, Dan Monroe

Volume 15:1 - (2008) Railroads in Illinois History
Entire Issue, H. Roger Grant

Volume 15:2 - (2008) Illinois as the West
Guest Editor, Gregory Hall

Volume 16:1 - (2009) Lincoln in Illinois History, The Lincoln Bicentennial Edition

Volume 16:2 - (2009) The Illinois and Michigan Canal
Guest Editor, Ron Vasile

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Illinois History- Publication written by and for students in grades 6 through 12. Each issue is thematically based and includes original essays by students.

Prairie Pages-Series of publications for younger students published only online. Bback issues are downloadable from the internet.

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Link to an IHPA partner.

The following images will link you to the latest digitization projects spearheaded by Northern Illinois University.