Teacher Resources

The CALS Butler Center has created many resources for teachers to use in the classroom. We are also happy to host place-based learning visits to CALS Roberts Library and have funding to assist with student travel via bus.

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  • Lesson Plan Archive

    The lesson plans included in the Lesson Plan Archive were developed over the years for the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. Please note that they may not align with current educational standards,  may contain outdated historical information, and are not actively being updated.

    Visit the Lesson Plan Archive

  • Arkansas History Videos

    CALS Butler Center has created on-demand videos to be used in the classroom. These are archival recordings and all references may not be up-to-date.

    Heather Register Zbinden is no longer employed by the CALS Roberts Library; for assistance with any of our collections or resources shared in these archival videos please contact us.

  • Teacher Workshops & Seminars

    In the past, CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has offered ADE approved professional development for teachers. As of 2020, we are no longer offering these workshops.

    Past Workshop Topics:

    2019 – Tools for Teaching and Learning Difficult History: Racial Violence in Arkansas, the 1919 Elaine Massacre and a Century of Lynching, 1836-1936.
    2018 – Mapping the Arkansas Territory—Then & Now
    2017 – WWI Centennial: Finding Arkansas’s Stories of Challenge and Change in the Great War
    2016 – Words That Matter: Pulitzer Prize Authors with Arkansas Connections

    For access to past workshop handouts, please contact us.

  • Classroom Visits

    If you are in the CALS service area, CALS Roberts Library staff can visit your classroom as schedules allow. Outside of the service area we are happy to do virtual visits via Zoom.

    View a List of Available Programs