Eye Opening Experience

Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to do a brief hour-long presentation about the concept of getting the stories of American Public lands into schools at the annual Montana Educators Association/Montana Federation of Teachers Career Development Conference. While I didn't draw a particularly large group due to an unfortunate scheduling reality, I did get a chance to talk to some teachers about this project. The primary thing that I brought home after that conference is the general lack of knowledge about American Public lands among the people that attended. This got me to thinking about that fact even if we can get rolling and start producing resources for teachers if they simply aren't looking for them our work will be for naught. My idea to respond to this is to work to create something of a "teach the teachers" program to make teachers aware of the public lands and their ties to American History.