Alabama History Institutes are immersive professional development workshops in history and civics for K-12 public, private, and homeschool educators. Each three-day, in-person workshop will incorporate intensive classroom training, hands-on experiences at local museums, parks, and historic sites. Participants will receive a stipend and professional development credits.

IMPORTANT! The Alabama Department of Archives and History is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. Every Alabama History Institute workshop will comply with all safety and precautionary measures set forth by the ADAH, public health officials, state mandates, and the host sites. By registering for an AHI workshop, you agree to comply with all requirements listed below. Please note that these requirements are subject to change in advance of your institute. You will be notified by email of any updates as soon as possible.

1. Upon arrival, participants will have their temperatures taken with a touchless thermometer. Anyone with a 100.40 degree or higher will be asked to leave.


2. Masks are required to be worn correctly at all times with the exception of while eating or drinking or when outside and maintaining social distance.


3. Participants will maintain the proper social distance of six feet from other participants.


4. Hand sanitizer will be provided and frequent hand washing is strongly advised.


5. Lunches will either be boxed or plated by a food server.


6. Surfaces will be cleaned and sanitized with disinfectant wipes regularly throughout the day.


7. These precautions shall be observed by all participants, regardless of whether a participant has completed any vaccination cycle for COVID-19. Although many educators will have been vaccinated by summer, most institute staff, content specialists, and guest speakers may not yet be eligible for vaccination.

These are uncertain times and we appreciate your patience and flexibility as circumstances change. Alabama History Institutes and the Alabama Department of Archives and History reserve the right to change the delivery of the workshops from in-person to virtual and/or to cancel the workshops at any time. You will be notified by email as soon as possible about changes that affect your institute.

Registration opens on March 11, 2021. In an effort to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, workshop capacity is limited to 20 teachers per workshop. The deadline to register is April 8.

Workshop Schedule 2021

Week of June 7-11, 2021

• Grades 3-6: Blast Off Through the History of Huntsville
  EarlyWorks Children’s History Museum, Huntsville (June 7-9)


• Grades 10-12: Hear Her Roar: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
  Alabama Humanities Alliance, Birmingham (June 8-10)


• Grades 10-12: Alabama and the Civil War
  Caroline Marshall Draughn Center for the Arts & Humanities, Auburn (June 9-11)

Week of June 14-18, 2021

• Grades 3-6: Made in Alabama: A Look at Art in Alabama
  University of Montevallo Campus, Montevallo (June 14-16)


• Grades 3-6: The Lifeblood of North Alabama: The Tennessee River
  Florence First United Methodist Church, Florence (June 14-16)


• Grades 3-6: Telling the Story of Our Town
  Little River Canyon Center, Fort Payne (June 16-18)

Week of June 21-25, 2021

• Grades 3-6: Alabama’s Longleaf Pine: A Closer Look
  Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Andalusia (June 21-23)


• Grades 10-12: Women’s History in Alabama’s Black Belt
  Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden (June 22-24)


• Grades 10-12: Exploring Our Land and Lake
  Lake Guntersville State Park, Guntersville (June 22-24)


• Grades 3-6: Exploring Alabama and Our Place in Early American History
  University of Alabama Inservice Center, Tuscaloosa (June 23-25)

Week of June 28-July 2, 2021

• Grades 4-12: There’s No Place Like Home
  Jacksonville State University Regional Inservice Center, Anniston (June 28-30)


• Grades 10-12: Hometown History: Engaging Students with Local History and Archival Research
  Troy University Dothan Campus, Dothan (June 28-30)


• Grades 3-6: Montgomery: A City of History
  Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery (June 28-30)

Questions? Contact kelly.hallberg@archives.alabama.gov.

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